17.1 and Bluetooth

[p4trykx]

I've been using Linux Mint for past few years. I use Cinnamon but I decided to give it a try with KDE.
I installed a fresh 17.1 KDE 64 bit on a Dell E6500 Laptop.
My main problem now is bluetooth. Bluedevil does not work. I can't pair any of my devices (headphones, mice, phone).
Bluedevil sees the devices but then when it comes to pairing it hangs forever.
On Mint Cinammon everything work surprisingly fine.

So my question is: does it work for anyone?
From my past experience with bluetooth and Linux only the latest Mint 17.1 Cinammon appears working with various devices.

Where should I look for error log form Bluedevil?

[JeremyB]

What is the bluetooth device?

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hciconfig --all

and what kernel do you have

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uname -a

[oldgranola]

To answer part of the question, I do indeed have BT working in LM17.1 KDE running kernels 3.16.0-x where x=25,29,30. It was not quite as plugnplay as cinnamon but not hard. I think it depends on your BT hardware and device you are trying to pair with. I am using a standard generic USB-CSR 4.0 BT dongle which appears to be supported no matter what LM distro I've tried. Motorola headphones with mic was the most difficult to pair. My cellphone was easy go figure. There were a few choices for pairing protocols available via the bluedevil applet. I don't remember all the steps but I played with it a little while and now it is quite stable. I did have to manually set up the computer's sound output to look for the bluetooth headset when paired. Cinnamon was more obvious. I gave up on XFCE for a netbook that I wanted BT headphones on because bluedevil is broken in the version of ubuntu it is based on (known bug on bluemon github poject but wont be worked on as its fixed in newer ubuntu distros).

[p4trykx]

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hciconfig --all
hci0:   Type: BR/EDR  Bus: USB
        BD Address: 00:23:4D:EB:XX:XX  ACL MTU: 1021:8  SCO MTU: 64:8
        UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN 
        RX bytes:990 acl:0 sco:0 events:52 errors:0
        TX bytes:1905 acl:0 sco:0 commands:42 errors:0
        Features: 0xff 0xff 0x8f 0xfe 0x9b 0xff 0x79 0x83
        Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3 
        Link policy: RSWITCH HOLD SNIFF PARK 
        Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT 
        Name: 'mint-1'
        Class: 0x7c0100
        Service Classes: Rendering, Capturing, Object Transfer, Audio, Telephony
        Device Class: Computer, Uncategorized
        HCI Version: 2.1 (0x4)  Revision: 0x51c8
        LMP Version: 2.1 (0x4)  Subversion: 0x423d
        Manufacturer: Broadcom Corporation (15)

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uname -a
Linux kdefonte 3.13.0-37-generic #64-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 22 21:28:38 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I have Dell E6500 with some Broadcom Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Mini-card. However I tried with some usb bluetooth dongle(disabled buil-in one) with the same result.

[JeremyB]

Lets see

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lsusb

and

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lsmod | grep bluetooth

[p4trykx]

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lsusb 
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 413c:818d Dell Computer Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:63f8 Microdia Sonix Integrated Webcam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0a5c:5800 Broadcom Corp. BCM5880 Secure Applications Processor
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 006: ID 413c:8156 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 370 Bluetooth Mini-card
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 413c:8158 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Touchpad / Trackstick
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:8157 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

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lsmod |grep bluetooth
bluetooth             391136  22 bnep,btusb,rfcomm

[JeremyB]

Ok, lets see

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sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices | grep Vendor=0a5c -A8

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sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices | grep Vendor=413c -A8

It is possible that blueman would get it to work if it worked fine in Cinnamon

[Philspad]

This may help you guys out.
I had been having the same issues with bluetooth as you guys. Found this and it did the trick. Update the kernal and jump to the next page he refers to for the full fix.
+1 for these guys.
Best,
Phil

http://forum.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=183644