The option is off by default in the upstream build see https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/bluetooth/bluez.git/tree/README#n252
Since the option is flagged experimental by upstream it doesn't seem like something we want to enable in Ubuntu yet -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to bluez in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1713017 Title: Enable MIDI support Status in bluez package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Now that bluez has landed with 5.46-0ubuntu2, it would be nice to enable Bluetooth MIDI support. This did not seem to be enabled by default in the build from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/5.46-0ubuntu2 (it found BLE MIDI devices, gatttool could talk to them, but no MIDI device was made; also ldd showed no linkage to libasound.so.2). After recompiling it with libasound2-dev installed and --enable-midi in debian/rules, it worked. Suggestion: add libasound2-dev to bluez dependencies, add --enable- midi to rules. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1713017/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp