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schmidtbag

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From: NH, USA

Registered: 2011-02-08

Posts: 344

Auto-run Application After Bluetooth Connection *solved*

I was wondering if there was a way to immediately run an application after establishing a connection to a specific Bluetooth device.

For example, I have a DualShock 4, and there's an application out there that lets you customize the LED and use the touchpad to control the mouse.  I would like it if this application would run as soon as I am connected to this controller.  I don't want it to run when I establish a connection to just any Bluetooth device.

Does anybody know of a way I can do this?  I'd rather not use cron, since it's a bit slow and this is something that only needs to happen once.

If it matters, I'm using KDE.

Last edited by schmidtbag (2015-02-28 18:50:48)

Head_on_a_Stick

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From: The Wirral

Registered: 2014-02-20

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Re: Auto-run Application After Bluetooth Connection *solved*

Try writing a udev rule.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev
http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev … ternal-run

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schmidtbag

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From: NH, USA

Registered: 2011-02-08

Posts: 344

Re: Auto-run Application After Bluetooth Connection *solved*

hmm good idea.  Unfortunately the software doesn't seem like being run after the connection is already established, but that's the software's fault (not udev's).  It's open source so maybe if I really feel like it I can try modifying it.

Thanks for the tip.