Can't find Samson BT4 Bluetooth speakers in Ubuntu MATE 16.04 device list

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#21

Undo blacklisting first!. :smiley:

#22 
$ sudo modprobe btusb

$ sudo echo "050d 065a" >> /sys/bus/usb/drivers/btusb/new_id
bash: /sys/bus/usb/drivers/btusb/new_id: Permission denied

$ sudo services udev restart
sudo: services: command not found
#23

Hi @globetrotterdk,

it might be one of the following commands but I really don’t know?:

drm-device-added (7) - Bridge between Upstart and udev
graphics-device-added (7) - Bridge between Upstart and udev
net-device-added (7) - Bridge between Upstart and udev
net-device-removed (7) - Bridge between Upstart and udev
systemd-udevd (8) - Device event managing daemon
systemd-udevd-control.socket (8) - Device event managing daemon
systemd-udevd-kernel.socket (8) - Device event managing daemon
systemd-udevd.service (8) - Device event managing daemon
udev (7) - Dynamic device management
udev.conf (5) - Configuration for device event managing daemon
udevadm (8) - udev management tool
upstart-udev-bridge (7) - Bridge between Upstart and udev
upstart-udev-bridge (8) - Bridge between Upstart and udev

Did you read this from ChrisW?:

As a test, boot from the live CD with the speakers connected and see if that work, it may be a case of because you had the USB plug in the wrong socket that it locked onto it?. :smiley:

#24

The command is already in my 99-local-bluetooth.rules file. I also tried booting from the live CD. No luck.

#25

Hi @globetrotterdk,

have you considered trying 16.10 and see if that picks it up?. :smiley:

#26

Done. No difference :frowning: Extremely strange.

#27

Sorry but I am out of ideas, it doesn’t help that I have any Bluetooth speakers to work with either!. :smiley:

#28

I just solved this issue. As I suspected, it was the Belkin Bluetooth dongle that was giving me problems. I got my hands on a Chinese no-name dongle and was able to connect immediately. Very weird as both are Bluetooth v. 4 dongles and I made no changes to the system. I guess the conclusion is that Ubuntu/GNU Linux does not support all USB devices, or at least not equally. A bit irritating that I had to purchase three different dongles and work on this off and on for over a year to finally get it to work. Anyway, thanks for all of your help and patience wolfman!

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#29

Hi @globetrotterdk,

no problem, you got it sorted in the end and that’s the main thing!. :smiley:

For anyone else reading this thread, an interesting read here:

https://certification.ubuntu.com/catalog/