Improve stability of BT connection, by reconnecting.

Author: Lars Falk-Petersen

bluedo/bluedoapp.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 class BlueDo(Gtk.Application):
     project_name = 'bluedo'
-    project_version = 2.3
+    project_version = 2.4
     config_path = appdirs.user_config_dir(project_name) + '/' + project_name + '.ini'
     config_section = 'CONFIG'
     run_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/'
@@ -615,6 +615,8 @@ def bluetooth_ping(self, here_callback, away_callback):
                     syslog.syslog("No connection")
                     if lost_pings > 0:
                         syslog.syslog("Lost %s" % lost_pings)
+                        if lost_pings%5 == 0:
+                            attempt_bluetooth_connection(self.bt_address)
 
                 if self.enabled:
                     lost_pings += 1
@@ -674,6 +676,11 @@ def away_callback(self):
 # Static functions
 #
 
+def attempt_bluetooth_connection(device):
+    """ Sometimes ubuntu seems to not reconnect automatically. """
+    syslog.syslog("Attempting to start a bluetooth connection.")
+    subprocess.run(f"/usr/bin/bluetoothctl connect {device} > /dev/null", shell=True, check=False)
+
 def run_user_command(cmd=''):
     ''' Run user supplied command '''
     syslog.syslog("Running user command <%s>." % cmd)

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+bluedo (2.4) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Reach out to bluetooth device if not connected.
+
+ -- Lars Falk-Petersen <dev@falkp.no>  Sun, 09 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0200
+
 bluedo (2.1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Clear viewport before replacing demo animation with static picture. Minimum gtk 3.22. Move settings link to look OK when using large font. Other small changes.

debian/copyright

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
 Source: https://github.com/ways/BlueDo/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 Files: *
-Copyright: 2020-2022 Lars Falk-Petersen <dev@falkp.no>
+Copyright: 2020-2023 Lars Falk-Petersen <dev@falkp.no>
 License: GPL-3+

setup.py

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
         # Specify the Python versions you support here.
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
         "Topic :: Desktop Environment",
         "Topic :: Desktop Environment :: Gnome",
         "Topic :: Security",