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C0rn3j

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Registered: 2016-02-14

Posts: 19

[SOLVED] Can't get integrated bluetooth to work

I have this card that has bluetooth
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ … tooth.html

However I have no idea how to get it working. Blueberry(I use cinnamon DE) doesn't show the adapter, and following the wiki page on bluetooth gets me stuck right after starting the service

c0rn3j@Lappy  ~  bluetoothctl
[bluetooth]# power on
No default controller available

Rfkill doesn't help.

The device shows up as

08:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 (rev 83)

Last edited by C0rn3j (2017-02-18 18:08:59)

Azured

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Registered: 2014-02-08

Posts: 9

Re: [SOLVED] Can't get integrated bluetooth to work

what does the output of "dmesg | grep iwlwifi" give?

EDIT: and "lsmod | grep bluetooth" ?

Last edited by Azured (2017-02-17 21:58:17)

C0rn3j

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Registered: 2016-02-14

Posts: 19

Re: [SOLVED] Can't get integrated bluetooth to work

[    3.204009] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: loaded firmware version 17.352738.0 op_mode iwlmvm
[    3.255216] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3160, REV=0x164
[    3.266145] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[    3.266538] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[    3.376460] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0 wlp8s0: renamed from wlan0
[    4.349080] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[    4.349412] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[    4.453441] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[    4.453767] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[    4.875759] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[    4.876060] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[    4.988106] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[    4.988446] iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled

lsmod has nothing that contains bluetooth.

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't get integrated bluetooth to work

Works fine here

ewaller@turing ~ 1002 %dmesg | grep iwlwifi
[   21.490226] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: loaded firmware version 17.352738.0 op_mode iwlmvm
[   22.388242] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3160, REV=0x164
[   22.390317] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Enabled
[   22.390606] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Enabled
[   24.167705] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0 wlo1: renamed from wlan0
[   48.451499] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Enabled
[   48.451761] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Enabled
[   48.566887] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Enabled
[   48.567150] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Enabled
ewaller@turing ~ 1003 %bluetoothctl
Waiting to connect to bluetoothd...
ewaller@turing ~ 1004 %systemctl start bluetooth.service 
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units ====
Authentication is required to start 'bluetooth.service'.
Authenticating as: ewaller
Password: 
==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ====
ewaller@turing ~ 1005 %bluetoothctl                     
[NEW] Controller 34:E6:AD:17:FE:57 ChromeLinux_9FF0 [default]
[NEW] Device B4:CE:F6:2D:E6:34 Eric's HTC One_M8
[NEW] Device 74:29:AF:E8:7C:0A DEN
[NEW] Device 6C:5A:B5:A8:71:04 SONY:SRS-X3
[bluetooth]# power on
[CHG] Controller 34:E6:AD:17:FE:57 Class: 0x0c010c
Changing power on succeeded
[CHG] Controller 34:E6:AD:17:FE:57 Powered: yes
[bluetooth]# 

01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 (rev 83)

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C0rn3j

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Registered: 2016-02-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't get integrated bluetooth to work

Thanks for your "works on my machine" post.

Made me recall that years ago I disabled integrated bluetooth in the UEFI, and now it's biting me in the ass.

After enabling it it works as it should, thanks a lot.