Trying to run example-advertisement

Trying to run example-advertisement

[Neil Martin]

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?

Neil

RE: Trying to run example-advertisement

[Gowtham Anandha Babu]

Hi Neil,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-bluetooth-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-bluetooth-
> owner@vger.kernel.org] 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.

> 
> Neil
> --

Regards,
Gowtham Anandha Babu

Re: Trying to run example-advertisement

[Luiz Augusto von Dentz]

Hi Neil,

On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Gowtham Anandha Babu
<gowtham.ab@samsung.com> wrote:
> Hi Neil,
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: linux-bluetooth-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-bluetooth-
>> owner@vger.kernel.org] 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

Re: Trying to run example-advertisement

[Neil Martin]

On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 3:18 AM, Luiz Augusto von Dentz
<luiz.dentz@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Neil,
>
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Gowtham Anandha Babu
> <gowtham.ab@samsung.com> wrote:
>> Hi Neil,
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: linux-bluetooth-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-bluetooth-
>>> owner@vger.kernel.org] 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