Can’t make bluetooth service to start

[Member skz-]

Hello,

Maybe someone could help me to identify and fix the issue I’m having here,
For some reason bluetooth (bluesz) service does not start, as a result (I assume), Bluetooth doesn’t work.
(not sure how to check the logs for this)

$ sudo service bluetooth status
bluetooth is not running ... failed!
skz@linux:~
$ sudo service bluetooth start
Starting bluetooth: bluetoothd.
skz@linux:~
$ sudo service bluetooth status
bluetooth is not running ... failed!
skz@linux:~
$ sudo service bluetooth restart
Stopping bluetooth: /usr/sbin/bluetoothd.
Starting bluetooth: bluetoothd.
skz@linux:~
$ sudo service bluetooth status
bluetooth is not running ... failed!
skz@linux:~
$ 

I’ve installed following packages:

bluez blueman pulseaudio bluetooth pulseaudio-module-bluetooth pavucontrol

I’ve edit the file: ~/.desktop-session/startup and uncommented: “pulseaudio -D &”

Running “sudo rfkill”, outputs:

ID TYPE      DEVICE      SOFT      HARD
 0 wlan      phy0   unblocked unblocked
 1 bluetooth hci0   unblocked unblocked

Running “lsusb”, outputs:

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp. Bluetooth wireless interface
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05e3:0610 Genesys Logic, Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c077 Logitech, Inc. M105 Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 03f0:034a HP, Inc Elite Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Wifi Connection (Conman) – Status – Bluetooth is enabled

Running Bluetooth manager shows “BlueZ” service is not started.

• This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by skz-.

[Moderator caprea]

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You have really well prepared already.Might gives hints
dmesg | grep bluetooth
inxi --bluetooth

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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Frankly I think some of the Bluetooth tools or the libraries they use have defects.

On some distributions they work fine and others are temperamental.

I got tired of fooling around with it and had difficulty isolating the source of the problems so if someone knows definitively what the typical problems are, I’d still be interested, but meanwhile it’s been working on at least one system so I use that when I need it quickly.

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Brian Masinick

[Member skz-]

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inxi -bluetooth outputs something, but not sure how to proceed with this information, dmesg shows empty output.

$ sudo dmesg | grep bluetooth
skz@linux:~
$ inxi --bluetooth
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb 
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: stopped 
  rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: 58:FB:84:70:19:F7 

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Are you using runit or sysVinit version of antiX? Full or base or other?

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.

[Member skz-]

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Hey,

antiX-base.
EDIT: Sorry, forgot to add, SysV.

$ /sbin/init --version
SysV init version: 2.96

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[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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sysVinit or runit?

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.

[Member skz-]

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Sorry, forgot to add,
SysV.

[Anonymous]

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> USB driver: btusb
As a troubleshooting step, if you have been booting with the ModernKernel… instead, try booting with LegacyKernel and recheck the result. (or other way ’round)

Also, you might try installing bluez-firmware package version from the debian bullseye-backports repository, then [reboot and] retest.

Additionally, installing these 2 packages may provide some useful troubleshooting tools//scripts
(I’ve never used these; I’m just reporting what I found to be available.)
packages.debian.org/bullseye/bluez-test-tools
packages.debian.org/bullseye/bluez-test-scripts

• This reply was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by Brian Masinick. Reason: From skidoo

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And one more thing. It can be ruled out that the bluetooth is switched off in the bios or that there is a hardware defect, yes?
Edit: Just seen it’s base. Base only provides one kernel, so you have to install another one for trying.

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