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#1 2021-11-21 10:53:04

Franco_64
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From: Milano, Italy
Registered: 2021-11-20
Posts: 33

Bluetooth doesn't work after last system upgrade

Hi all,

it's my first post here, so be nice :-). I have a fresh installation, made following the guides in Arch Wiki and after circa 10 hours of work I have Arch with internet connection, X, lxde, sound and a lot of features working perfectly. But today...

I've done last complete upgrade with "pacman -Syu" about an hour ago. I noticed a new kernel installed. After a reboot, all works fine, except for bluetooth, that works well since the uggrade.

1 - The bluetooth module wasn't loaded, so I made it working with a "modprobe btusb". I havent't understand how to reload that module automatically anytime I reboot, but this is another question, I read the wiki to resolve it.
2 - Also after loading modules, bluetooth wasn't active (bluetoothctl doesn't start). So i start it via "systemctl start bluetooth.service".
3 - After that, bluetoothctl apparently works, but if I do "list" to set my controller when in bluetoothctl, nothing happens. No response, neither errors nor other messages.

My pc is a HP Spectre laptop; Arch is installed on an external SSD disk. All commands are execute from a lxde console with "su root".

I'm blocked, because now apparently bluetooth  is on, but I can't see the controller of my laptop, and I don't know how to do.

Thanks to all for helping me,

Franco

Last edited by Franco_64 (2021-11-21 10:56:02)

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#2 2021-11-21 22:18:43

skunktrader
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From: Brisbane, Australia
Registered: 2010-02-14
Posts: 1,538

Re: Bluetooth doesn't work after last system upgrade

There is a bluetooth issue with some intel BT controllers. See here

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#3 2021-11-21 22:59:55

Franco_64
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From: Milano, Italy
Registered: 2021-11-20
Posts: 33

Re: Bluetooth doesn't work after last system upgrade

So I have to wait next kernel release in Arch or build my own compiling it with the patch... I think i'll wait.

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#4 2021-11-21 23:40:24

loqs
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Registered: 2014-03-06
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Re: Bluetooth doesn't work after last system upgrade

The fix for the issue skunktrader referenced is in  5.15.4.arch1-1 currently in testing.

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#5 2021-11-22 13:37:29

burafino
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From: London
Registered: 2009-12-07
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Re: Bluetooth doesn't work after last system upgrade

Today's update to 5.15.4 in official repos didn't fix it for me on Intel AC 3165.
Cold booting into Arch - BT works alright in Gnome.
Restarting into Arch - BT doesn't work in Gnome.
Putting the laptop to sleep and then waking it up again makes BT work fine even if it wasn't.

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