OS: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Kernel: x86_64 Linux 5.15.0-67-generic
DE: GNOME 3.36.5
I have several bluetooth devices that have the same model name.
It is difficult to manage them through Gnome's default bluetooth manager GUI, because Gnome's bluetooth manager does not respect/use device aliases.
I 'renamed' the devices through Blueman, and confirmed Blueman has changed the device aliases, but the Gnome bluetooth manager device list is unchanged.
I've tried:
bluetoothctl set-alias my_desired_device_name- renaming device in Blueman
- deleting
/var/lib/bluetooth/*/device-mac - deleting
/var/lib/bluetooth/<controller-mac>/cache service bluetooth restart
Nothing has made a difference in the Gnome BT gui. Blueman respects aliases, but not gnome BT manager.
How can I make it so the Gnome BT manager gui uses device aliases like Blueman?
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