Bluetooth not working -- mostly -- no idea why
So this has been a problem since I first installed Kubuntu (my first Linux install) about two months ago. I had other issues to resolve that were more pressing. Now that I have the other stuff solved, I want to come back to this.
I'm on an ASUS Q501LA laptop running 13.10. Built-in bluetooth. The bluetooth icon does appear in the system tray. When I select and congfigure it, there is a yellow bar warning that "your default bluetooth adapter is not visible for remote devices." If I click "fix it," then select "adapters" the same warning comes on. I can select "fix it" again, but the "visibility" radio button remains clicked. If I change to "temporarily visible," and hit "apply," it reverts back to "hidden" and the "fix it" bar returns.
Under any configuration, here are the outputs of various bluetooth troubleshooting commands that I've perused in my attempts to resolve this via google:
Any help is greatly appreciated. I am going to try Trusty Tahr under a VM to see if it recognizes bluetooth.
Thoughts?
I'm on an ASUS Q501LA laptop running 13.10. Built-in bluetooth. The bluetooth icon does appear in the system tray. When I select and congfigure it, there is a yellow bar warning that "your default bluetooth adapter is not visible for remote devices." If I click "fix it," then select "adapters" the same warning comes on. I can select "fix it" again, but the "visibility" radio button remains clicked. If I change to "temporarily visible," and hit "apply," it reverts back to "hidden" and the "fix it" bar returns.
Under any configuration, here are the outputs of various bluetooth troubleshooting commands that I've perused in my attempts to resolve this via google:
Code:
hcitool scan Device is not available: No such device
Code:
hciconfig -a
hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB
BD Address: 0C:8B:FD:6A:20:01 ACL MTU: 1021:5 SCO MTU: 96:5
DOWN
RX bytes:1016 acl:0 sco:0 events:104 errors:0
TX bytes:16335 acl:0 sco:0 commands:103 errors:0
Features: 0xff 0xfe 0x0f 0xfe 0xdb 0xff 0x7b 0x87
Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3
Link policy: RSWITCH HOLD SNIFF
Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT
Code:
hciconfig hci0 reset Can't down device hci0: Operation not permitted (1)
Code:
hciconfig hci0 piscan Can't set scan mode on hci0: Operation not permitted (1)
Code:
sudo rfkill list
0: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Code:
lsusb | grep -i blue *NADA*
Code:
dmesg | grep blue *NADA*
Thoughts?
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