How to Activate Bluetooth Support on DietPi

Troubleshooting
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Hi everyone,

I’m currently running DietPi on my device, and I’d like to enable Bluetooth support. However, I’m having some trouble figuring out the correct steps. I’ve read that DietPi is very lightweight and disables some services by default to conserve resources, but I need Bluetooth for a project.

Could anyone guide me through the process of activating Bluetooth on DietPi? Specifically, I’m looking for advice on:

  1. Installing any necessary packages.

  2. Ensuring that Bluetooth is enabled and running at startup.

  3. Troubleshooting tips in case the device doesn’t recognize Bluetooth hardware.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!

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A good starting point would be using our troubleshooting template and not just simply ignoring it. With this we will get some more details on your system.

Required

  • DietPi version | cat /boot/dietpi/.version
  • Distro version | echo $G_DISTRO_NAME $G_RASPBIAN
  • Kernel version | uname -a
  • Architecture | dpkg --print-architecture
  • SBC model | echo $G_HW_MODEL_NAME or (EG: RPi3)
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Required Information

  • DietPi version | v9.7.1
  • Distro version | bookworm
  • Kernel version | Linux pihole 6.6.44-current-rockchip64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Aug 3 06:54:42 UTC 2024 aarch64 GNU/Linux
  • Architecture | arm64
  • SBC model | NanoPi R5S/R5C (aarch64)
  • Power supply used | 5V 3A
  • SD card used | ineternal emmc
  • There is wifi/Bluetoothh card installed
    AW-CB375NF Wireless NIC for Jetson Xavier NX/Orin NX/Orin Nano Board etc. 2.4G / 5GHz 300Mbps / 867Mbps Dual-Band Wi-Fi 5, RTL8822CE-CG Core, Bluetooth 5.0, M.2 A/E NGFF
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Did you already checked dietpi-config > 4: Advanced Options > Bluetooth: [ON] ??