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Bluetooth gets stuck off, and can't be turned on without a restart. #1153
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Installing Blueman kinda fixed the problem for me. Instructions here: https://support.system76.com/articles/bluetooth/ |
I had a similar issue.
it shows something like this.
Tried:
No luck. My fix: go boot into Windows>Device Manager>Wifi card>uncheck "allow windows to turn off this device to save power" Something to add: i also installed pulseaudio-modules-bt |
can you try this:
And see if bluetooth can be turned on. If it works(report back, as i cant recreate this issue and cannot test my theory), refer here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/269661/how-to-turn-off-wireless-power-management-permanently for the permanent solution. EDIT: The >sudo iwconfig wlan0 power off
Change:
To:
And reboot THIS IS A TEMPORARY FIX, if it works |
The problem is still there even after the 'permanent fix', although I can get bluetooth to turn on again if I suspend the system manually and wake it up again. Also, whenever I'm playing some form of audio, whether its Spotify or Youtube or anything related, and I pause the audio just to resume it shortly afterwards, it doesn't play through my headphones but rather though the laptop's speakers. I believe my headphones are still connected, although I don't know for sure. I did the command "sudo service bluetooth status" and got these errors: Edit [12/06/20]:
Edit [12/09/20]: (A FIX)
Now to fix the whole routing issue when bluetooth headphones are connected but audio plays through laptop's speakers instead:
This is apparently a known bug in Pulse-Audio that creates a routing issue. I've tried it and for the few minutes I've used it, the issue seems to have disappeared. I will update this as time goes on for reliability sake. Both of these bugs exist in the Ubuntu 20.04 system as well so it must've carried over to Pop!_OS and I don't think its an issue with Pop!_OS itself. It might be beneficial to file these issues with Ubuntu themselves. With that said, my bluetooth still disconnects for no reason sometimes and when I turn it off, it won't turn on again. Running those commands turns it on without requiring a sleep cycle. Thanks. |
FYI still seeing this in 21.10 (kernel 5.15.8). As mentioned above, suspending and resuming (not restarting) seems to temporarily resolve the issue for me. |
I'm having the same bluetooth issue in 21.10, however neither suspending/restarting or the suggested |
21.10 here, and had issue with bluetooth not turned on and not able to be turned on after a reboot. Thelio Major with built-in Intel Dual Band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax + Bluetooth 5.0. '''rmmod btusb && modprobe btusb''' also solved the problem for me, however I had to manually reconnect my bluetooth mouse. |
20.04 LTS (NVIDIA drivers) on an HP Zbook 15 G5, no dual boot whatsoever. None of the workarounds presented here work, sadly. |
I just updated packages, restarted my pc and bluetooth is working again. I'm now on Pop OS 21.10 with kernel version 5.15.15. Will edit this if bluetooth stops working again after another restart. |
Also repro'd this morning on Pop_OS 21.10 with Linux kernel
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Hi, I'm on a Thinkpad X1 Extreme 3rd Gen. EDIT: Typing this on the machine from my Bluetooth keyboard, so all is back to normal now. |
Hi all! Same problem today. Put the computer to sleep on Friday, the battery was drained this morning, and when booting up the Bluetooth can no longer be turned 'on'. Going to sleep and draining the battery seems to be the root cause in my instances. |
Hi i have the same problem today after updates. Tried everything above including in https://support.system76.com/articles/bluetooth/ but none of it works. The bluetooth button cannot be toggle and cannot connect to my devices. this issue also cannot be resolve with restart neither power off. i have also found this upon running
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@imnirfn the same for me here:
Any solution? |
@imnirfn and for all the others: I solved installing a previous linux firmware. From : http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/ I downloaded: linux-firmware_1.201.5_all.deb Then I run downgrade forcing the rewrite:
Then reboot. Please note, could be a great idea to hold update of linux firmware with a sudo apt-mark hold linux-firmware. |
Hi all, For me this turned out to be a hardware problem. |
I am getting this issue on the System76 Pangolin. What happenedSo just to be clear I'm not advocating that anybody do this, but BEFORE
AFTER
More Details (A possible solution)I carry my laptop around a lot and was thinking that the jostling could have caused a loose connection. A more practical solution would be to try opening up your computer and disconnecting/reconnecting the bluetooth card. My issue was that sometimes the bluetooth would cut out after sleeping and a number of restarts would make it work. Every time it wasn't working |
Same/similar issue. After a recent update, I could not "turn on" bluetooth via Gnome. For some reason -unknown to me- when I suspended and resumed it, it seems to work again. For reference, I never use suspend, so I'm unsure why this would have an effect. Give that a try. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ |
Same problem, for me, I had to unpair and pair the device again to work. |
I am experiencing this issue as well with logitech bluetooth keyboard and mouse |
You can try running following commands in terminal to fix this problem:
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I am also affected by this mainboard MSI b450i ac plus but I suspect that it isn't only the Bluetooth that is the problem. I have tried deactivating Bluetooth on my main board and plugging in an external adapter. Problem persists but if I plug the adapter into my external hub and then turn it off and on again, when the problem occurs I get my Bluetooth back. I suspect it has something to do with power saving. Since if I don't use my keyboard and mouse for a while, it's parented to happen. Unfortunately I cannot find anywhere I can turn off the power saving since pop isn't using grub anymore (as far as I can see).. but maybe it will put someone else on the right track. could be due to mainboard failure.. but dono |
If you're having the issue with a System76 computer, please open a support ticket. It may not be possible to manage every single motherboard/wireless card combo under the sun, but this kind of issue would generally be tested for before release (and/or investigated if it's found to occur later) on System76 hardware. (I know that report was a while ago, but I'm leaving this mostly for future commenters, as most of the reports in this issue are for non-System76 configurations.) |
Still an issue. It's like the WiFi adapter forgets to wake up. (Asus Z270E mobo with the external WiFi that comes with it) Worth mentioning that I'm dual-booting Windows, could be related? |
Actually that's not the first time I've heard of Windows dual boot affecting wifi. Someone opened a documentation PR mentioning it recently: system76/docs#1143 If that fixes it for you, could you let me know? |
I disabled the "Allow windows to turn off this device in order to save power" - (something like that), in Device Manager. Not sure if that's what fixed it, but I did a quick sleep, and my magic trackpad works normally now after waking up. I'll keep you updated here if the results change during the longer overnight sleep. |
@leviport nope, still broken, let me try disabling Fast Startup. Edit: Bad news, fast startup is already disabled. This is quite breaking. I didn't have the bug since 2020 (or just didn't seem to notice), but can anyone bump this up? |
Ahhhh...this worked!!! |
This fixed it for me. Im on a Beelink mini computer with built in bluetooth. It had hard shutdown in a power outage right before this issue happened. |
Distribution (run
cat /etc/os-release
):Pop!_OS 20.4 LTS
Related Application and/or Package Version (run
apt policy $PACKAGE NAME
):N/A
Issue/Bug Description:
Bluetooth Toggle occasionally stops functioning, causing Bluetooth to get stuck off, and requires restart to fix
Note that the menu says "Bluetooth off", but the button says still "Turn off". After clicking "Turn off", it switches to "Turn on", but the menu still doesn't change the status of Bluetooth.
Note that the toggle is in the on position, but Bluetooth is still turned off.
Steps to reproduce (if you know):
Seems to happen when unlocking the system, when my Bluetooth mouse attempts to reconnect.
Expected behavior:
When the switch to enable/disable Bluetooth in the Settings menu or in the task bar menu is flipped, the menu should update, showing Bluetooth devices, and the updated status.
Other Notes:
I tried running 'sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart', which didn't change anything. Also, my Bluetooth headphones refuse to connect, despite connecting to all other devices. I'm not sure if this is related, but I thought I'd mention it since it involves Bluetooth as well.
I'm on a MacBookPro9,2 (Mid 2012 MacBook Pro)
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