Ubuntu 13.10 bluetooth is not working

Question

Blue-tooth is not working it is giving error like GDbus erro...

One solution to this i found is to install Blueman from app centre, but then I’ve two blue-tooth icons on indicator, i tried to remove the default blue-tooth but i can't, after removing is still shows up there.

Solution 1

I had the exact same problem, here is how i fixed it.
Blueman somehow fixes the default bluetooth manager (bluez), but u will have two bluetooth icons
Blueman has a plugin named AppIndicator that allows it to show in the system tray.
So all you need to do is remove the plugin's files (to hide blueman's tray icon) & use the default bluetooth manager (bluez) to transfer files:

sudo rm '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/blueman/plugins/applet/AppIndicator.pyc'  
sudo rm '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/blueman/plugins/applet/AppIndicator.py'

Then restart/logout to see the results.

I hope this helps

Solution 2

I suspect your bluetooth not working on 13.10 can be attributed to a bug in the latest kernel.

It can be fixed by installing a bazaar fork below:

https://code.launchpad.net/~robert-ancell/indicator-bluetooth/dont-hide-on-rfkill

Installation instructions are at:

How do I install a bazaar fork in 13.10?

The summary of commands to use:

sudo apt-get install bzr build-essential 
sudo apt-get build-dep indicator-bluetooth  
bzr branch lp:~robert-ancell/indicator-bluetooth/dont-hide-on-rfkill  
cd dont-hide-on-rfkill  
dpkg-buildpackage  
cd  
sudo dpkg -i indicator-bluetooth_0.0.6daily13.02.19-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb

Restart the system.

Details are at Missing Bluetooth indicator

Comments

[Admin]

try using ubuntu 12.04

[guntbert]

What is your question now?

[Raj]

Man it worked but i did one more mistake... I removed blueman from start up applications.. How to add that back.

[Dzero]

run startup applications from dash, and check Blueman-applet, if it's not listed, just add it by clicking on add (Name : Blueman Applet,Command : blueman-applet)

[Raj]

Thax buddy for the help. It's good now, working like charm.

[Dzero]

Glad i could help :)