Bluetooth does not work . Pls help !?

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#1

So I noticed that my integreated bluetooth adapter does not work . If I do " rfkill list " it does display only the wireless adapter . When I try to start blueman from Control Center it gives me that " Bluez is not running " . Please help !?
System : Ubuntu Mate 15.04
Hardware : HP Compaq 6510b

lsusb output
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 0e8f:00a5 GreenAsia Inc.
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc. AES2501 Fingerprint Sensor
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

dmesg | grep Blue
[ 772.512142] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.20
[ 772.512175] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 772.512182] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 772.512186] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 772.512197] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized

#2

Hi IvCHo,
Maybe it has nothing to do with your problem, but in [another topic][1] I explained the solution I found (from another website) for my bluetooth headphones issue:

sudo apt-get purge pulseaudio-module-bluetooth bluetooth bluez-* bluez
sudo apt-get install blueman bluez pulseaudio-module-bluetooth --install-suggests
pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover

What is interesting is that for this to work, some bluetooth packages need to be purged on line 1 before being reinstalled on line 2.
I cannot say whether it would help in your case but maybe something to consider.
[1]: How I got my bluetooth headphones to work

#3

When I do the purge of bluez it gives me that it will delete ubuntu-mate-core and ubuntu-mate-desktop and if i do that my Mate Desktop will be deleted . When I do sudo apt-get install bluez-* it again gives me that ubuntu-mate-desktop and ubuntu-mate-core will be deleted .
pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discove gives the output 22 so this means it is started .

#4

Hi!
Maybe you’ll find a hint
BT review

#5

That is because you are running an unofficial release of Ubuntu MATE instead of those built and hosted by canonical

#6

So if I wan’t to purge pidgin withought braking ubuntu-mate-core I have to do a clean install of Ubuntu Mate 15.04 ?

#7

I understood that this behaviour is normal because these are meta packages (which happens when you want to remove an application like e.g. pluma or pidgin in your example) and that removing them will not break your distro. @Wimpy, can you please confirm?

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#8

In Ubuntu MATE 14.04 and 14.10 the unofficial build system uses meta-packages, which means if you try and remove a package within ubuntu-mate-desktop it will also remove the parent meta-package.

This limitation is removed in the official images from Ubuntu MATE 15.04 and onward.

The Bluetooth “fix” outlined above I’ve seen on various blogs, the package removal step is completely pointless.

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#9

So which is the proper fix, under Ubuntu MATE 15.04? The package manager shows I have bluez and blueman installed.

#10

Solution checked . You should see it . Also Canonical ends support for 15.04 so you should upgrade to 15.10

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