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InfernalByte

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Registered: 2020-01-08

Posts: 8

[SOLVED] ish Bluetooth problem

sudo systemctl status bluetooth gives this result

@InfernalByte:~][1]$ sudo systemctl status bluetooth          (01-22 21:53)
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor>
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2020-01-22 21:43:31 GMT; 13min ago
       Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
   Main PID: 333 (bluetoothd)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 4383)
     Memory: 2.7M
     CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
             └─333 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd

Jan 22 21:43:31 InfernalByte systemd[1]: Starting Bluetooth service...
Jan 22 21:43:31 InfernalByte bluetoothd[333]: Bluetooth daemon 5.52
Jan 22 21:43:31 InfernalByte systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
Jan 22 21:43:31 InfernalByte bluetoothd[333]: Starting SDP server
Jan 22 21:43:31 InfernalByte bluetoothd[333]: Bluetooth management interface 1.>
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Blueman is also present, but when I run Blueman I get a little spinning icon for a few seconds and then, nothing. No crash no error.

Last edited by InfernalByte (2020-01-26 18:07:17)

bidetaggle

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Registered: 2018-12-22

Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] ish Bluetooth problem

The bluetooth status seems to be okay. This could be a graphical bug. Did you try some stuffs from the troubleshooting wiki section?

Let's see at least if you can use it using the cli:
type in the terminal

bluetoothctl

then

scan on

If you don't get any error/crash from the cli, you can ditch blueman and try another graphical package.

Last edited by bidetaggle (2020-01-25 23:38:24)

InfernalByte

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Registered: 2020-01-08

Posts: 8

Re: [SOLVED] ish Bluetooth problem

InfernalByte:~][1]$ bluetoothctl                             (01-26 13:51)
Agent registered
[bluetooth]# scan on
No default controller available
[bluetooth]#

I know this isn't Windows but do you think uninstalling and re-installing everything will help?

InfernalByte

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Registered: 2020-01-08

Posts: 8

Re: [SOLVED] ish Bluetooth problem

I did it, I don't know what I did but I did it an it works, well, when I say works I mean I can connect to other devices, The service is very unsatisfactory but this is 7 year old hardware trying to talk to last years phone so maybe I was optimistic.  I learned some though.