[SOLVED] Bluetooth not working in Linux Mint 21

ben44b · 02-15-2023, 06:11 PM

Hello,

Can't get Bluetooth to work on a new installation of LM21.1. Bluetooth worked in LM20.3.

Some information:

Code:

$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bda:57cc Realtek Semiconductor Corp. HD Webcam - Realtek Semiconductor
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0438:7900 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Root Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0438:7900 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Root Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 045e:0745 Microsoft Corp. Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

My system info

Code:

$ inxi -Fxxxrz
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-60-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
    Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.7 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire E5-722G v: V1.11
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Acer model: Aspire E5-722G v: V1.11 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI-[Legacy]: Insyde v: 1.11 date: 03/10/2016
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 31.5 Wh (99.7%) condition: 31.6/37.0 Wh (85.3%)
    volts: 17.3 min: 14.8 model: SANYO type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
    status: Not charging
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: AMD A8-7410 APU with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics bits: 64
    type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch: Puma rev: 1 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 2 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1604 high: 2187 min/max: 1000/2200 boost: enabled
    cores: 1: 1333 2: 1827 3: 1070 4: 2187 bogomips: 17566
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Mullins [Radeon R4/R5 Graphics] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: radeon v: kernel ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 00:01.0
    chip-ID: 1002:9851 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: AMD Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 M430 Radeon
    520 Mobile]
    vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: radeon v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6660
    class-ID: 0380
  Device-3: Realtek HD Webcam - type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-1.2:3
    chip-ID: 0bda:57cc class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: ati,radeon
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: radeon display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 423x238mm (16.7x9.4")
    s-diag: 485mm (19.1")
  Monitor-1: eDP res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 106 size: 382x214mm (15.0x8.4")
    diag: 438mm (17.2")
  OpenGL: renderer: KABINI ( LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 2.50 5.15.0-60-generic)
    v: 4.5 Mesa 22.2.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Kabini HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:01.1 chip-ID: 1002:9840
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1022:780d
    class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-60-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 02:00.1 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0f1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: Lite-On driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0042 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 14.68 GiB (1.6%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10JPVX-22JC3T0
    size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
    rev: 1A01 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 908.47 GiB used: 14.68 GiB (1.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: 37.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
  GPU: device: radeon temp: 39.0 C device: radeon temp: 39.0 C
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 2187
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http://mirror.scd31.com/mint vera main upstream import backport
    2: deb http://gpl.savoirfairelinux.net/pub/mirrors/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http://gpl.savoirfairelinux.net/pub/mirrors/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http://gpl.savoirfairelinux.net/pub/mirrors/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
    1: deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
Info:
  Processes: 219 Uptime: 11m wakeups: 1 Memory: 6.74 GiB
  used: 1.73 GiB (25.7%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
  gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11/12 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal
  inxi: 3.3.13

Code:

lsusb; dmesg | egrep -i 'blue|firm'
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bda:57cc Realtek Semiconductor Corp. HD Webcam - Realtek Semiconductor
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0438:7900 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Root Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0438:7900 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Root Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 045e:0745 Microsoft Corp. Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
[    0.540117] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[    0.575317] acpi PNP0A08:00: [Firmware Info]: MMCONFIG for domain 0000 [bus 00-3f] only partially covers this bridge
[    3.501257] [drm] Found UVD firmware Version: 1.64 Family ID: 9
[    3.502834] [drm] Found VCE firmware/feedback version 40.2.2 / 15!
[   30.538282] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: firmware ver WLAN.TF.2.1-00021-QCARMSWP-1 api 6 features wowlan,ignore-otp crc32 42e41877

Thank you for any help.

beachboy2 · 02-17-2023, 09:16 AM

ben44b,

Someone corrected a similar problem by installing bluetuith in LM 21.1(that is NOT a typo by the way):

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=387774

https://github.com/darkhz/bluetuith

ben44b · 02-19-2023, 12:57 PM

Thank you for your help beachboy.

I installed bluetuith correctly. A terminal opened up when I started it but nothing happened. Just a flashing cursor.

When I run this command I get:

Code:

systemctl status bluetooth.service
○ bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: inactive (dead)
       Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)

Feb 19 13:36:39 Bernie systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped.
Feb 19 13:37:58 Bernie systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped.
Feb 19 13:48:08 Bernie systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped.

I installed Linux Mint 21 in Legacy mode and not UEFI. Could that be the problem?

Thank you.

ben44b · 02-27-2023, 08:58 PM

I downloaded an update and bluetooth works exactly like its supposed to!

Love Linux.