Bluetooth on Ubuntu 16.04

Question

I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my ASUS S200e laptop. Everything is working except the bluetooth - I cannot get my mouse connected.

When I try to open Blueman, I get:

"Bluez daemon not running"

When I run lspci -knn | grep Net -A2; lsusb output is:

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: AzureWave BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [1a3b:2107]
    Kernel driver in use: wl
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 005: ID 03eb:8417 Atmel Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:b3d8 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
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 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Solution 1

Depending exactly what the issue is, there are a bunch of options. Here are a few.

1. Start the bluetooth daemon

Go to your terminal and type :

sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth start

2. Reinstall packages

If this doesn't work, go to your terminal and type :

sudo apt-get purge blueman bluez-utils bluez bluetooth
sudo apt-get install blueman bluez-utils bluez bluetooth

Then run :

sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth start

Solution 2

i did the purge command already mentioned:

sudo apt-get purge blueman bluez-utils bluez bluetooth

but modified the install command like below

sudo apt-get install blueman bluez:i386 bluetooth

My settings icon is now missing but when I searched for bluetooth it prompted me to enable it and it now seems to work

I went back and reinstalled the other packages the purge removed:

sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth* ubuntu-desktop* unity-control-center*

The abovecommand reinstalled the settings that had been uninstalled but bluetooth not connecting to my device. To be continued...

Comments

[anonymous2]

Okay, repeat the commands without the bluez-utils.

[Paul]

OK - now the blueman program runs, but the buttons are greyed out. When you click adapter/device - activate, nothing happens

[anonymous2]

Do you have a bluetooth switch on your laptop? If so, try switching it off and then on again.

[anonymous2]

Could also try running sudo rfkill unblock bluetooth.

[anonymous2]

Or sudo hciconfig hci0 reset.

[Paul]

Thanks for your help on this: "sudo rfkill unblock bluetooth" - this does nothing; "sudo hciconfig hci0 reset" returns Can't get device info. No such device

[anonymous2]

Have you restarted your computer? Sometimes it can be as simple as that...

[Paul]

I have restared, yes

[Paul]

I also see that when I try to run Unity Tweak tool, I get the error "The following schema is missing: com.canonical.indicator.bluetooth"

[Paul]

UPDATE: I managed to fix the wireless by running Synaptic and installing/fixing the packages under CUSTOM FILTERS - MISSING RECCOMENDS

[Paul]

So now it's just the bluetooth not working. Bluetooth Manager says: "NO adapters found"

[bicepjai]

This post helped me resolve the last part askubuntu.com/questions/801404/…

[Kyle Baker]

wait, so, after the first part, bleutooth was working, but too much stuff was purged; and then, when you reinstalled that stuff, it broke again?

[Craicerjack]

I ended up getting it working but the lag in sound vs video made it pointless. I put it out of my mind after that so I cant offer any further info...

[Dagmar]

I got my Microsoft designer keyboard and mouse working wonderfully on Ubuntu 16.04 running on an Asus Vivobook. See my answer here: askubuntu.com/a/1023532/815371 (hope this helps someone)

[Prasanth Ganesan]

Works great. ty!!