On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 3:18 AM, Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Neil, > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Gowtham Anandha Babu > <gowtham.ab@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi Neil, >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: linux-bluetooth-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-bluetooth- >>> owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Neil Martin >>> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 12:52 AM >>> To: linux-bluetooth >>> Subject: Trying to run example-advertisement >>> >>> I was having trouble using the advertising api in my own code, so decided to >>> run the example-advertisement python test to rule out errors in my code. >>> This doesn't work either - I get the following error message: >>> >>> LEAdvertisingManager1 interface not found >>> >>> I know the advertising api is experimental. My bluez was built with --enable- >>> experimental and I'm running bluetoothd with the -E flag. >>> It seems like this is an environment issue, but I don't find any suggestions >>> when I try googling for help. Is there anything obvious that I'm missing? >> >> I faced the similar issue and got resolved after updating the kernel to latest one. >> Then it is able to successfully register. > > Yep, currently Linux 4.1 is required, you can actually check if your > kernel support with the tools/mgmt-tester: > > sudo ./tools/mgmt-tester -p "Read Advertising" > sudo ./tools/mgmt-tester -p "Add Advertising" > > The tests should all pass otherwise bluetoothd wont be able to work > since it depends on these commands to manage the advertising data. > > -- > Luiz Augusto von Dentz Thanks for all the replies. I'm running bluez on a raspberry pi 2 and as far as I can tell, there isn't an easy path to a 4.1 kernel. I applied all the updates to my installation and ended up at 4.07. I don't have a lot of linux background, but from googling the topic, it seems like 4.1 is so new that it isn't universally available. Neil -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
