Bluetooth always searching and never finding....

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Jeanpatou
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Bluetooth always searching and never finding....

Post by Jeanpatou »

Hello linux users !

I'm having issues with my bluetooth always searching but never finding anything, did somebody already had this issu.

Thanks in advance for your help, bellow my system.

System:
Kernel: 5.4.0-84-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.7 wm: muffin 4.6.3 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 20 Ulyana base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: TOSHIBA product: Satellite Pro C660
v: PSC0RE-01C00EFR serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 9 serial: <filter>
Mobo: TOSHIBA model: PWWAA v: 1.00 serial: <filter> UEFI [Legacy]: TOSHIBA
v: 1.90 date: 01/10/12
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 13.0 Wh condition: 44.4/47.5 Wh (93%) volts: 10.5/10.8
model: COMPAL PA3817U-1BRS type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: Discharging
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3 M 380 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Nehalem rev: 5 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 20219
Speed: 1358 MHz min/max: 933/2533 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1347 2: 1317
3: 1279 4: 1428
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Toshiba
driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0046
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 21.0.3
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Toshiba
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:3b56
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-84-generic
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Toshiba
driver: N/A port: 3000 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8136
Device-2: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network
Adapter
vendor: Askey driver: wl v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 06:00.0
chip ID: 14e4:4727
IF: wlp6s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 282.49 GiB (126.4%)
ID-1: /dev/sdb vendor: GALAX model: TA1D0240A size: 223.57 GiB
speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 71.0 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 218.57 GiB used: 141.24 GiB (64.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb5
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 61.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-beta.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-beta.s3.brave.com/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nordvpn.list
1: deb https://repo.nordvpn.com//deb/nordvpn/debian stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyana main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
1: deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list
1: deb https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
Info:
Processes: 253 Uptime: 1h 34m Memory: 7.57 GiB used: 3.23 GiB (42.7%)
Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 8/9
Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38
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Re: Bluetooth always searching and never finding....

Post by shedyed »

On the other BT device, you may have to switch to 'listen...' Maybe not on newer BT devices, perhaps only the earlier ones to pair off successfully
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