Bluetooth nightmare
System specs:
Operating System: Kubuntu 23.04 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.104.0 Qt Version: 5.15.8 Kernel Version: 6.2.0-1007-lowlatency (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics Memory: 30.6 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Product Name: ASUS TUF Gaming A17 FA707XU_FA707XU System Version: 1.0 I have both Bluez and Blueman installed... neither will find any bluetooth device I have. Nothing they just search. And I can't see it with my phone. My old laptop no problemo! Code:
@Ryzen9-Linux:~$ rfkill Code:
@Ryzen9-Linux:~$ sudo dmesg | grep -i blue Code:
@Ryzen9-Linux:~$ lsusb; dmesg | grep -i blue Code:
@Ryzen9-Linux:~$ sudo lspci -vvnn | grep -A 9 Network Code:
@Ryzen9-Linux:~$ inxi -bE Links below are the solutions I have tried so far with 0, ZERO, ZILCH, NADA, NIL success: https://dev.to/campbelljones74/commo...-fix-them-18b5 https://dev.to/campbelljones74/commo...-fix-them-18b5 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1450...n-ubuntu-22-04 |
First of all, I feel your pain. I have struggled with bluetooth way too many times, to the point I use it as little as posible. ( end of rant ).
From your posting, some things look good. rfkill results are fine. YAY. This error Quote:
I learned a long time ago the gui's for bluetooth don't provide much information, if they did you would be as frustrated as you are now. So, open a terminal, and run bluetoothctl. That need root privledges, so 'sudo bluetoothctl' should give you a bluetoot prompt. Type help to see the commands you can run. This is what it looks like on my system. Quote:
You can try to run the scan command. That looks for devices you might want to connect to, ie pair. Give that a go and post the results. Once again, here is what it can look like. After letting it run a few seconds, this is what showed up. Quote:
Post what you can find out. |
Code:
@Ryzen9-Linux:~$ sudo bluetoothctl |
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@Ryzen9-Linux:~$ sudo bluetoothctl Bluetooth is the last thing I need to get working on this system. I use it to connect my hearing aids to my laptop so I can listen to training videos or watch movies without disturbing people around me ( I'm deaf as heck ). So for me Bluetooth is important. Code:
[bluetooth]# show |
I finally hacked bluetooth into working here on my laptop once, and managed to transfer test files both ways. Then I promptly gave up on the thing. It's too much of a PITA.
I used bluetoothctl for setting up everything, and blueman(?) for file transfer. Bluetoothctl is a terminal tool. YMMV with other tools. With bluetoothctl, you have to
Bluetooth was invented in the last milennium and IBM guys waxed eloquent about it. They envisaged it used for controlling huge corporations. So the board members might get the new combination to the safe, or part thereof. And you could send them the new combination on their pagers every week. Board members might also get the root password for the mainframe along with all sysadmins, but the sysadmins could never get a bit of safe combination, etc. IBM were dreaming - not for the first time either. In fact, we all want to do is drive a coach & four through the security and transfer data fast. I believe one-way systems like audio are handier. |
Do you have any other bluetooth device, like a smart phone? You can scan with android phones.
I don't know much about bluetooth speakers, might be worth looking at the doc to see what procedure is used to pair. I also don't see any abvious problem with your system. I would look into the bluetooth versions, to see if there is some incompatability between the two devices in question. Look at the firmware level for the bluetooth adapter, and search for any clews. Quote:
Best of luck. |
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So I bought a Linux supported Bluetooth dongle and viola! Stuff works! Yes the laptop is pretty new, Ryzen 9 should be a good indicator... anyhow thanks! Guess I'll have to wait until the installed Bluetooth is supported. For now though I can use the dongle.
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Great!
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