Bluetooth on Thinkpad

[henrym]

I have Mint 19.1 Cinnamon on a Lenovo T510 Thinkpad. It is supposed to have Bluetooth, but Mint does not detect it. How do I fix that?

[Hoser Rob]

You'll have to begin by posting more system info, copy/paste this to the teriminal and copy/paste the text output here (no screenshots please):

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inxi -Fxz

And is there a BIOS/UEFI switch to anable Bluetooth?

[henrym]

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System:
  Host: henry-ThinkPad-T510 Kernel: 4.15.0-43-generic x86_64 bits: 64 
  compiler: gcc v: 7.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.0.8 
  Distro: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 4349WF6 v: ThinkPad T510 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 4349WF6 serial: <filter> BIOS: LENOVO 
  v: 6MET81WW (1.41 ) date: 10/26/2010 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 32.8 Wh condition: 33.7/47.5 Wh (71%) 
  model: Panasonic 42T4793 status: Unknown 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5 M 540 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: 20216 
  Speed: 1457 MHz min/max: 1199/2534 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1449 2: 1410 
  3: 1422 4: 1463 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GT218M [NVS 3100M] vendor: Lenovo driver: nvidia 
  v: 340.107 bus ID: 01:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: nvidia 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa 
  resolution: 1440x900~60Hz, 1366x768~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVS 3100M/PCIe/SSE2 v: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 340.107 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
  Device-2: NVIDIA High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.15.0-43-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e 
  v: 3.2.6-k port: 1820 bus ID: 00:19.0 
  IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN driver: rtl8192se v: kernel 
  port: 3000 bus ID: 03:00.0 
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 15.07 GiB (12.6%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD SM841N 2.5 7mm 128GB 
  size: 119.24 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 37.30 GiB used: 11.24 GiB (30.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
  ID-2: /home size: 57.01 GiB used: 3.83 GiB (6.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 
  ID-3: swap-1 size: 7.63 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: 0.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2375 
Info:
  Processes: 206 Uptime: 4m Memory: 3.72 GiB used: 1.24 GiB (33.3%) 
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.19 
  inxi: 3.0.27 

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There is nothing on the keyboard to enable bluetooth.

[jglen490]

Just checked a couple of places, and you may need to activate Bluetooth from within the BIOS, then install a Linux Bluetooth driver. It may be worth checking into.

[Moem]

There is nothing on the keyboard to enable bluetooth.

A BIOS / UEFI switch would not be on the keyboard as it's not a physical switch but a setting in the BIOS or UEFI; the low-level system that starts up before the operating system does.

[henrym]

I already checked the BIOS at startup. There is no mention of bluetooth, but according the the specs this laptop should have bluetooth.

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/pd003320

https://www.cnet.com/products/lenovo-thinkpad-t510/

[jglen490]

I saw a suggestion that Bluetooth is accessible in the BIOS settings under Security, then IO Port Access under that. Then the F10 key to save and exit the BIOS. That example may not be exactly the way your model is set up, but the setting for Bluetooth is probably buried and non-intuitive.

[henrym]

It is not there, and everything which is in that section is enabled.

Is there a terminal command which could check for a Bluetooth device?

[AndyMH]

Are you sure you have bluetooth? It was an option on the T430.

[henrym]

According to the online specs I do.

[jglen490]

O.K., let's assume for a moment that Lenovo had a Bluetooth device on every T510 (which seems to be true, by Lenovo's site), then the only thing that could be missing would be a Bluetooth driver/application. So try this, for Mint. Go into your Software Manager, or even better Synaptic, and search for

bluetooth

. If some package or application shows up, and it's not installed, install it. If a package or application shows up as already installed, then see what program/executable/script has been installed, search for it and try to run it.

Sometimes an application will show up in a menu but under some unexpected name, or under some unexpected item or submenu such as "Network".

Neither my Mint laptop nor my Kubuntu desktop unit has a native Bluetooth adapter, nor have I installed a dongle for Bluetooth on either one, so I can't direct you to some menu item and say "try this".

[JeremyB]

The only way Lenovo could have included Bluetooth with some of the listed wifi cards would be to have another internal module as none of the Intel models listed included Bluetooth
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lsusb

[jglen490]

According to Lenovo, the T510 DOES have Bluetooth.

Recommend installation of a Bluetooth driver/application. Then proceed to troubleshoot.

[SuperBoby]

I saw a suggestion that Bluetooth is accessible in the BIOS settings under Security, then IO Port Access under that. Then the F10 key to save and exit the BIOS. That example may not be exactly the way your model is set up, but the setting for Bluetooth is probably buried and non-intuitive.

Hi everyone,

On my Thinkpad X220T I never saw any bluetooth device showing up, then got curious after reading this thread. I confirm that I found it in the BIOS menu indicated by jglen490. Thanks !


PS : I just checked on my Thinkpad T410, it's in the same BIOS menu. So there's a fairly good chance that it's the case for your T510 too.

EDIT : Ok, this is not the solution, I misread henrym's answer. But thanks jglen490 anyway

[Executioner]

I have a 510, and I don't think it has Bluetooth.

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Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 17ef:480f Lenovo Integrated Webcam [R5U877]
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

I also restarted and went into the BIOS, I did not see any option for Bluetooth.

[AndyMH]

And this is a T430 that does have bluetooth:

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Bus 002 Device 005: ID 045e:0745 Microsoft Corp. Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 045e:07a5 Microsoft Corp. Wireless Receiver 1461C
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 17ef:100a Lenovo ThinkPad Mini Dock Plus Series 3
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:b2da Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd thinkpad t430s camera
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:21e6 Broadcom Corp. BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 [ThinkPad] <-----------------------------------------
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching 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 0bdb:1926 Ericsson Business Mobile Networks BV 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

[henrym]

I have a pre-installed bluetooth software, and I already installed another with out luck. Maybe I do not have the adapter, but I will check a bit further.

Here is the output of lsusb:

Bus 002 Device 003: ID 062a:4102 Creative Labs
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0781:5583 SanDisk Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Sorry for the delayed response. Holiday stuff with family

[SuperBoby]

I'd guess that if there is no Bluetooth entry in the BIOS menu Security > I/O Port Access, then you may not physically have the chip. If it never showed under any OS, then to make sure the last thing you have to do is to open and check for yourself :

https://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/p ... 3y0536.pdf page 106