The Bluetooth USB adaptor works fine when I boot to Windows but not Linux Mint 21.3 which was a clean install a month ago as Mint 20 started giving issues I couldn't solve I decided to fresh install the latest version to avoid upgrade or legacy issues.
I could open Bluetooth manager but no adaptor showed so I moved the Bluetooth dongle to another USB port then Bluetooth Manager stopped opening even after reboot or Bluetooth USB adaptor removed.
The Bluetooth adaptor is back in its original USB port.
I tried a lot of things from these forums late at night that I don't really understand including what looked like managing to uninstall and reinstall the Bluetooth and see the services are running but my skill level and understanding is beyond working this out by myself.
I even rolled back Linux using Timeshift and this appeared to work but doesn't obviously return the system fully. It must be missing something in the rollback.
I will need help in getting Bluetooth Manager working then troubleshooting how why the Bluetooth dongle doesn't work.
It appears the service is running.
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor pre>
Active: active (running) since Mon 2024-03-25 14:41:33 AEDT; 1h 0min ago
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
Main PID: 983 (bluetoothd)
Status: "Running"
Tasks: 1 (limit: 18828)
Memory: 1.8M
CPU: 35ms
CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
└─983 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd
Mar 25 14:41:33 Media systemd[1]: Starting Bluetooth service...
Mar 25 14:41:33 Media bluetoothd[983]: Bluetooth daemon 5.64
Mar 25 14:41:33 Media systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
Mar 25 14:41:33 Media bluetoothd[983]: Starting SDP server
Mar 25 14:41:33 Media bluetoothd[983]: Bluetooth management interface 1.21
I can list USB devices
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Any help appreciated.
Bluetooth Manager won't start 21.3 Cinnamon
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Re: Bluetooth Manager won't start 21.3 Cinnamon
I see I missed system information which I will add below.
1. removed Blueman, cleaned up an reinstalled.
sudo apt remove blueman
sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
Rebooted
sudo apt update
Everything is updated
sudo apt install blueman
Blueman Manager still won't start but Bluetooth service is running.
sudo systemctl status bluetooth.service
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor pre>
Active: active (running) since Thu 2024-04-04 08:40:47 AEDT; 2h 28min ago
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
Main PID: 945 (bluetoothd)
Status: "Running"
Tasks: 1 (limit: 18805)
Memory: 1.8M
CPU: 44ms
CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
└─945 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd
I then read about kernel issues so updated to 6.5.0-26-generic x86_64 bits
Still not opening Blueman. It will sometimes flash the icon in the taskbar for a fraction of a second.
System:
Kernel: 6.5.0-26-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4 tk: GTK 3.24.33
wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4007 date: 12/08/2020
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech MX Keys Wireless Keyboard serial: <filter>
charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging
Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech MX Ergo Multi-Device Trackball serial: <filter>
charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Zen 2 rev: 0
cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2581 high: 4195 min/max: 2200/4208 boost: enabled cores: 1: 2200 2: 2200
3: 2200 4: 2099 5: 3483 6: 2200 7: 3600 8: 2200 9: 2200 10: 2200 11: 2200 12: 4195
bogomips: 86400
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia v: 535.161.07
pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c03 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 68 s-size: 1434x807mm (56.5x31.8") s-diag: 1645mm (64.8")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 3840x2160 dpi: 69 size: 1420x800mm (55.9x31.5") diag: 1630mm (64.2")
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.161.07
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 08:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.5.0-26-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
hardware: no software: no address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.41 TiB used: 47.38 GiB (1.4%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Seagate model: ST3000DM001-1E6166 size: 2.73 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: CC45 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 219.44 GiB used: 47.35 GiB (21.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb5
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB used: 33.1 MiB (34.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb2
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-3:2 info: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: Bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0a12:0001
class-ID: e001
Device-2: 1-5:3 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID
driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 98mA
chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: 37.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 39 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 918 case-1: 0 case-2: 1083 case-3: 764 gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Power: 12v: 9.87 5v: N/A 3.3v: N/A vbat: 3.23
Repos:
Packages: 2382 apt: 2351 flatpak: 31
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com virginia main upstream import backport
2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
Processes: 356 Uptime: 2h 14m wakeups: 60 Memory: 15.53 GiB used: 3.08 GiB (19.9%) Init: systemd
v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Client: Unknown python3.10 client
inxi: 3.3.13
1. removed Blueman, cleaned up an reinstalled.
sudo apt remove blueman
sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
Rebooted
sudo apt update
Everything is updated
sudo apt install blueman
Blueman Manager still won't start but Bluetooth service is running.
sudo systemctl status bluetooth.service
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor pre>
Active: active (running) since Thu 2024-04-04 08:40:47 AEDT; 2h 28min ago
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
Main PID: 945 (bluetoothd)
Status: "Running"
Tasks: 1 (limit: 18805)
Memory: 1.8M
CPU: 44ms
CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
└─945 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd
I then read about kernel issues so updated to 6.5.0-26-generic x86_64 bits
Still not opening Blueman. It will sometimes flash the icon in the taskbar for a fraction of a second.
System:
Kernel: 6.5.0-26-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4 tk: GTK 3.24.33
wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4007 date: 12/08/2020
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech MX Keys Wireless Keyboard serial: <filter>
charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging
Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech MX Ergo Multi-Device Trackball serial: <filter>
charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Zen 2 rev: 0
cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2581 high: 4195 min/max: 2200/4208 boost: enabled cores: 1: 2200 2: 2200
3: 2200 4: 2099 5: 3483 6: 2200 7: 3600 8: 2200 9: 2200 10: 2200 11: 2200 12: 4195
bogomips: 86400
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia v: 535.161.07
pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c03 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 68 s-size: 1434x807mm (56.5x31.8") s-diag: 1645mm (64.8")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 3840x2160 dpi: 69 size: 1420x800mm (55.9x31.5") diag: 1630mm (64.2")
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.161.07
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 08:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.5.0-26-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
hardware: no software: no address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.41 TiB used: 47.38 GiB (1.4%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Seagate model: ST3000DM001-1E6166 size: 2.73 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: CC45 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 219.44 GiB used: 47.35 GiB (21.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb5
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB used: 33.1 MiB (34.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb2
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-3:2 info: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: Bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0a12:0001
class-ID: e001
Device-2: 1-5:3 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID
driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 98mA
chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: 37.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 39 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 918 case-1: 0 case-2: 1083 case-3: 764 gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Power: 12v: 9.87 5v: N/A 3.3v: N/A vbat: 3.23
Repos:
Packages: 2382 apt: 2351 flatpak: 31
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com virginia main upstream import backport
2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
Processes: 356 Uptime: 2h 14m wakeups: 60 Memory: 15.53 GiB used: 3.08 GiB (19.9%) Init: systemd
v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Client: Unknown python3.10 client
inxi: 3.3.13
Re: Bluetooth Manager won't start 21.3 Cinnamon
Problem fixed. If you put an incompatible adaptor in the Bluetooth Manager will stop working. Remove the dongle and it still fails to load. Must be some config issues. Purchased a recommended dongle and everything is working but its a tiny thing and keyboard doesn't work unless very close to the computer and I wanted 3 meters. Now just need to find one that has some range plus works under Linux. Hope this helps someone.
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 7392:c611 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd Edimax Bluetooth Adapter
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 7392:c611 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd Edimax Bluetooth Adapter