Bluetooth not being discovered and not discovering

[cjsdes]

System description:

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$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: HP250G4 Kernel: 3.19.0-32-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.8.2)
           Desktop: Cinnamon 2.8.6 (Gtk 3.10.8~8+qiana)
           Distro: Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP 250 G4 Notebook PC v: Type1ProductConfigId
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 80C3 v: 96.11
           Bios: Insyde v: F.0B date: 06/04/2015
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i3-4005U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 6784
           clock speeds: max: 1700 MHz 1: 1700 MHz 2: 1699 MHz 3: 1700 MHz
           4: 1700 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.17.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.6, 256 bits)
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.5.9 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 Intel Lynx Point-LP HD Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Card-2 Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.19.0-32-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n driver: wl bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: wlan1 state: dormant mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 2500.5GB (0.4% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST500LT012 size: 500.1GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: BUP_Slim_BL size: 2000.4GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 1.8T used: 5.0G (1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0
           ID-2: /boot size: 217M used: 48M (24%) fs: ext2 dev: /dev/sdb1
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 4.22GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-1
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 27.8C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 179 Uptime: 3 min Memory: 410.7/3879.0MB
           Init: Upstart runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.111) inxi: 2.2.28 

Problem:
I have a HP 250 G4 Notebook PC that runs both Windows 8.1 and Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon.

Hardware and software listed above.

The Bluetooth interface works under Windows.

Under the Linux OS, the PC will not discover other Bluetooth devices and cannot be
discovered by other devices, even though Bluetooth and Visibility are turned on.

Both the bluez and blueman packages have been installed. My username is included
in the bluetooth group.

Why is Bluetooth not working and how can the problem be fixed?

cjsdes

[majpooper]

I may be way off here but my experience may just help.
I could not get bluetooth to work with my Fitbit Charge on my LM17.3 laptop.
I installed Galileo and that solved my bluetooth problem with Fitbit.
Since Galileo is not just for Fitbit but rather a bluetooth application it may help.
FYI I do have to enter the sudo galileo from the terminal to sync my Fitbit

This is a HOW TO install Galileo although it was written for Fitbit it is applicable for Galileo in general.

https://linuxaria.com/article/how-to-sy ... nder-linux

[JeremyB]

Broadcom bluetooth devices usually require firmware that is not allowed to be distributed. There is an answer on another site that may help you find the appropriate hex file from a windows driver and use Jesse Sung's hex2hcd to convert it to the hcd format needed for LM
http://askubuntu.com/a/632348/300665

If you need help figuring out which device in the lsusb[/code] output is the bluetooth device, just post the results and I should be able to spot it as some don't say it is a bluetooth device

[cjsdes]

Thanks for the replies.

I have loaded the firmware as suggested and have been able to transfer a file from another computer.

This is what dmesg | grep -i blue produces:
[ 17.081716] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.20
[ 17.081747] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 17.081753] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 17.081758] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 17.081767] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 19.514911] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 19.514917] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 19.514923] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[ 19.516195] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 19.516204] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 19.516211] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[ 19.718307] Bluetooth: hci0 command 0x1001 tx timeout
[ 27.717661] Bluetooth: hci0: HCI_OP_READ_LOCAL_VERSION failed (-110)
[ 149.064351] Bluetooth: hci0 command 0x1001 tx timeout
[ 157.063767] Bluetooth: hci0: HCI_OP_READ_LOCAL_VERSION failed (-110)
[ 189.981330] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: patching hci_ver=06 hci_rev=0000 lmp_ver=06 lmp_subver=210b
[ 190.437548] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: firmware hci_ver=06 hci_rev=00e3 lmp_ver=06 lmp_subver=210b

(1) What does the failure of HCI_OP_READ_LOCAL_VERSION mean?

(2) I need to be logged in as superuser to get it to work.

(3) If I run the manager, I can turn Bluetooth on, but I cannot turn Visibility on.
The manager tells me that Bluetooth is disabled. Even so, I can transfer a file
from another computer.

(4) I have been unable to pair with the other computer.

(5) If I am logged is as superuser, hciconfig and hcitool work.

cjsdes

[JeremyB]

You may have better results doing a shutdown followed by a cold boot compared to a reboot

[cjsdes]

I have turned the computer off and re-booted a few times and the situation has not changed.

I have searched the Ask Ubuntu forum and found that there have been several reports of
similar problems with the Broadcom 43142 adapter on a range of machines. I have not found
any suggestions that might solve my problem.

cjsdes

[jbrines]

Are you using the Fitbit Dongle ? as I believe Galileo only works with the Dongle at the moment, they are working on native bluetooth support

Go to https://bitbucket.org/benallard/galileo and look at the issues