How to enable bluetooth connection in anyremote on Ubuntu 17.10
As you can see in http://anyremote.sourceforge.net/tips-tricks.html , anyremote uses sdptool. The issue is the following: sdptool search --bdaddr local SP Failed to connect to SDP server on FF:FF:FF:00:00:00: No such file or directory To enable it on Ubuntu 17.10, you need enable compatibility mode in /etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.bluez.service file replacing: ExecStart=/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd by ExecStart=/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd --compat After that, you must restart bluetooth daemon with the following command: sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl restart bluetooth Now, change permissions and run sdptool again: sudo chmod 777 /var/run/sdp sdptool search --bdaddr local SP Searching for SP on FF:FF:FF:00:00:00 ... Enjoy it! NOTE: This method also allow to fix the following issue: bluetooth.btcommon.BluetoothError: (2, 'No such file or directory')