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MarvinIT

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Registered: 2016-05-20

Posts: 8

Bluetooth issues on RTL8723be

Hi everyone, I have an HP laptop using the RTL8723be network card.

To use the wifi I installed the rtlwifi_new from AUR (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtlwifi_new-dkms/) and did so much stuff I can't even remember correctly.

I hate this RTL8723be so much!

Now I have a new pair of bluetooth headphones and I'm trying to have them paired to my laptop.

My rtl8723be.conf is this (if that even matter)

options rtl8723be swlps=0 fwlps=0 ips=0 msi=1

My rfkill list output is:

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
2: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

my hcitool dev doesn't list anything.

Bluetooth.service is started and enabled.

hciconfig -a:

hci0:	Type: Primary  Bus: USB
	BD Address: 2C:33:7A:80:34:3C  ACL MTU: 820:8  SCO MTU: 255:16
	DOWN 
	RX bytes:1225 acl:0 sco:0 events:122 errors:0
	TX bytes:23230 acl:0 sco:0 commands:127 errors:0
	Features: 0xff 0xff 0xff 0xfe 0xdb 0xff 0x7b 0x87
	Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3 
	Link policy: RSWITCH HOLD SNIFF PARK 
	Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT 

and when I try hciconfig hci0 up i get

 Can't init device hci0: Connection timed out (110) 

lsmod | grep bluetooth

bluetooth             454656  41 bnep,btbcm,btrtl,btusb,rfcomm,btintel
rfkill                 20480  6 cfg80211,hp_wmi,bluetooth
crc16                  16384  2 ext4,bluetooth

If I start bluetoothctl and then show:

Controller 2C:33:7A:80:34:3C
	Name: ArchLorenzo
	Alias: ArchLorenzo
	Class: 0x000000
	Powered: no
	Discoverable: no
	Pairable: yes
	UUID: Headset AG                (00001112-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: Generic Attribute Profile (00001801-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: A/V Remote Control        (0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: OBEX File Transfer        (00001106-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: Generic Access Profile    (00001800-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: OBEX Object Push          (00001105-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: PnP Information           (00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: A/V Remote Control Target (0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: IrMC Sync                 (00001104-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: Audio Source              (0000110a-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: Audio Sink                (0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: Vendor specific           (00005005-0000-1000-8000-0002ee000001)
	UUID: Message Notification Se.. (00001133-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: Phonebook Access Server   (0000112f-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: Message Access Server     (00001132-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	Modalias: usb:v1D6Bp0246d052A
	Discovering: no

and when power on

 Failed to set power on: org.bluez.Error.Failed

Any tips?

wipsy-benjamin

Member

Registered: 2016-09-30

Posts: 1

Re: Bluetooth issues on RTL8723be

same problem

mese79

Member

Registered: 2016-10-10

Posts: 1

Re: Bluetooth issues on RTL8723be

I have the same problem too.
I guess the main problem is about realtek network card driver of rtl8723be.
Try this command to find out your card driver:

lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net

Here is some more info and possible solution from ubuntu guys:  Wifi problems with rtl8723be in Ubuntu 14.04