Bluetooth is a wireless technology designed for short range communication between compatible devices. The Linux kernel includes the BlueZ Bluetooth stack.
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Bluetooth suddenly stopped working
I booted up my computer yesterday and found I couldn't discover new bluetooth devices.. It works fine when booting into Windows, so I know my radio didn't die.
I'm using a VIZIO CT15-A5 laptop...
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Why do I only hear sound from the speakers with A2DP headset connected?
I have a Sennheiser MM100 bluetooth stereo headset (using A2DP) I'd like to use on my Lubuntu machine. The headset works fine with my phone.
Please note that unlike all other Ubuntu flavours, Lubuntu ...
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How to control / disable low level battery on bluetooth mouse
I have a little problem with my Kesington Bluetooth Mouse on Ubuntu 12.10.
Ubuntu 12.10 considers my bluetooth mouse battery as a system battery as if it was the main laptop battery (so I have two on ...
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pavucontrol doesn't show Bluetooth headset
I'm trying to use an LG HBS700 Bluetooth headset with my laptop (Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon running Xubuntu 12.10). I'm able to successfully connect the headset using the Blueman program, but when I go ...
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Apple bluetooth keyboard (and mouse) issue on Ubuntu 12.10
I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 (Dual boot) on an Imac computer (Intel Core i5, 4GB RAM, AMD Radeon HD 6750 running OS X Lion). THe bluetooth apple keyboard (and mouse as well) are causing a huge ...
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Android device connects to my computer, but doesn't play audio over Bluetooth
I turn on Bluetooth on both my devices and open up Music on my Android. I select a song to play, press the menu button, and tap "Via Bluetooth":
I tap on my computer in the "Bluetooth Device ...
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How can I pair up wiimote plus to my Ubuntu 12.04 machine?
It keeps asking for the PIN, and the option of connecting a device without PIN is not added to Ubuntu for some reason.
I know there are things like wiican, but the package is not available for some ...
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How do I get my Sony VIAO to connect to Bluetooth devices?
I am on a Sony VIAO E-series, it is Brand new, so I am still setting
things up, and learning to use Ubuntu for the first time. I am dual
booting Win7 and Ubuntu 12.04, but I indend to mostly use ...
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Why can't my pc and iPhone find each other via Bluetooth?
I've got Bluetooth enabled on both the computer and the iPhone, and both devices can see my Bluetooth headset so this confirms that Bluetooth itself works.
But when I let either device look for other ...
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Controlling multiple audio outputs volume?
I have a little Bluetooth audio receiver, which I use to play music through my stereo.
Every time I power it on, all audio automatically switchs to it, but ALSA seems not to "know" it, so volume keys ...
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How to enable bluetooth when there is no hardware switch
My laptop Thinkpad Edge e320 got out of standby with bluetooth and wireless disabled. WiFi got enabled normally in unity but bluetooth says that "bluetooth is disabled by hardware switch".
There is ...
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How can I disable the notification for received files on GNOME?
When I receive files over bluetooth, my system makes an annoying peep and gives an even more annoying popup for every single file. How can I disable this.
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No Bluetooth adapter is present
I've a Sony Vaio VPCEH1S0E and I've got a problem with Bluetooth.
My Bluetooth applet is running but there's no way to configure my Bluetooth device because Ubuntu says that "no adapter is present".
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Configuring multiple mouse settings
I am a left-handed thinkpad user and have grown used to using the trackpoint in its default right-handed configuration. When I use my bluetooth mouse, however, I would like the buttons to have a ...
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How to detect Bluetooth, without rebooting
I have an external bluetooth adapter, it works if I attach it before booting, but if I connect it afterwards it fails to detect any device.
Is there any command to scan for and detect devices?
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Turning off battery management on desktop
Just installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell Optiplex GX280 desktop computer. When I hook up my bluetooth mouse and keyboard it seems to recognize their batteries as the actual battery of the computer. As if ...
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Installing Bluez in Python3
How do I install bluetooth/bluez modules into python3? In Python2 I'm able to import bluetooth and utilize it but in Python3 I have no such luck. How can I import bluetooth modules in python3?
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Use bluetooth game controllers in kubuntu
How can I use a bluetooth gaming controller to play games in kubuntu 12.04?
Specifically, I want to play with a wii controller, but also have access to ps3 and xb360 conrollers. I installed wmgui, ...
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When a Bluetooth audio device auto-connects volume settings won't work until I manually select it
I have an Asus UX32VD running 12.10 and for audio I'm using a Big Jambox. They're paired and connect quickly every time. It also correctly directs audio to the Jambox every time it connects.
The ...
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Changing default text input on Nexus 7 Ubuntu to bluetooth keyboard
I was curious if it was possible to use a Logitech bluetooth keyboard for android 4.0+ with Ubuntu on Nexus 7?
I was able to connect the keyboard regularly with the GUI, the pin worked, so I would ...
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Bluetooth - How to browse files on a device?
It might sound stupid, but I don't know how to browse files on my device (phone) connected to Ubuntu machine via Bluetooth. I see that the connection is established, I can send files from my computer ...
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How to enable hard-blocked bluetooth in Thinkpad Edge 320
I'm trying to use the built-in bluetooth device of my Lenovo Thinkpad E320.
It seems to be hard blocked, but i can't find any possibility to unblock it.
rfkill list returns:
0: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: ...
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Is it possible to use Ubuntu as speaker while playing music from a bluetooth-linked smartphone?
Is there a way to use the notebook as speaker for my smartphone? I linked them via Bluetooth and saw that the smartphone can be used as an input-Device for music and sound.
You can see it here:
My ...
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How can I recover Bluetooth on my Lenovo S10-3 laptop?
I have a Lenovo S10-3 laptop. Since approximately two weeks ago, Bluetooth is not working anymore. I don't see any icon or notification in the device manager.
I checked my BIOS settings too, and ...
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Reconnect to a previously paired bluetooth mouse from command line
I have a bluetooth mouse which controls my laptop. Every time I restart the laptop (several times a day), I have to go to the bluetooth applet, find 'Bluetooth Laser travel mouse', and then click ...
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bluetooth daemon not running at startup
I'm trying to connect a bluetooth mouse to my Xubuntu system using Blueman (v. 1.21)
Problem seems to be bluetoothd not running at startup, so blueman refuses to start, only a dialog appears: "Bluez ...
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I`ve got some problems with new Acer Aspire S3
I just got a new Acer Aspire S3 Laptop, and I've installed Ubuntu on it. Here is some problems:
1. Bluetooth (AR3012) can't find any devices. rfkill shows that everything is fine, but I still can't ...
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Bluetooth Manager Tools
What bluetooth tools are available in Ubuntu to configure a bluetooth device. For example changing the frequency it uses, detecting and showing all bluetooth devices connected to the PC and any other ...
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New Mac Mini 5,1 wireless & Bluetooth not working
sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name
Macmini5,1
I have the newest available Mac Mini at time of this writing.
Installation of Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 goes ok only bluetooth and wireless is not ...
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Is there any way to check the battery percentage of Apple wireless peripherals?
I have an Apple Wireless Keyboard and a Magic Trackpad, and I was wondering if there is a way to monitor the battery life remaining/percentage like there is in OSX.
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Ubuntu 13.04 bluetooth A2DP does not work
I have installed Ubuntu 13.04 in a new partition and I have some issues with bluetooth.
I usually use bluetooth to connect to my wireless headset, in the old partition with Ubuntu 12.10 everything is ...
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Bluetooth keyboard connects but doesn't work
My HP TouchPad wireless bluetooth keyboard connects to input service in blueman, but it won't work as a keyboard in ubuntu.
Blueman receives data from the keyboard however when I mash buttons, since ...
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Dual monitors on Ubuntu? [closed]
Simple things in Ubuntu often seem to require annoying, long google-hunts - however as a scientist, I love Ubuntu because complicated things are never harder than they need to be. I'm looking to ...
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How can I avoid having to pair my bluetooth mouse all the time?
I am dual booting Ubuntu and Windows 8. I have a Microsoft bluetooth mouse. It is working properly in both OSes but I have to pair every time when I switch OS.
Is there any way to use the bluetooth ...
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How to get data from a bluetooth device that is not visible?
I just bought a Fitbit One which includes Bluetooth 4.0 to sync with mobile devices. Currently libfitbit does not include support for bluetooth syncing, so I would like to see how much data I can get ...
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Bluethooth doesn't work on Ubuntu 12.10
I've Sony Vaio E Series laptop VPCEH3AEA, while I was installing Ubuntu 12.10, the bluetooth worked well.
After finishing the installation process, there was a problem that when I tried to activate ...
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Bluetooth Modem Not Working After Certain Time
I am using a Nokia N72 as modem via bluetooth with my Ubuntu 12.10 laptop. It gets connected without any trouble, but after sometime a network disconnection notification is shown and the connection ...
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Can't enable bluetooth because of adapter [closed]
I can't use my Bluetooth with Ubuntu 12.04 64bit .
I have installed bluetooth, gnome-bluetooth and blueman packages. But i'm getting No adapter found error.
eray@eray-vaio-ubuntu:~$ sudo hciconfig ...
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Automatically connect bluetooth mouse
I have a bluetooth mouse (Apple Mighty Mouse) which I use with Kubuntu (KDE). I always have to manually connect to the mouse, although it is listed as a trusted device. How can I automatically connect ...
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No A2DP streaming audio from 12.04 to Bluetooth headset
I want to listen to streaming audio from Ubuntu using headset (Bose Bluetooth Headset Series 2). Although Bluetooth connection is established, I haven't been able to hear anything via the headset. How ...
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Bluetooth - No device
I've got a Packard Bell Easynote ML65 with a integrated Bluetooth device. Well, after I installed Ubuntu 12.04 it says: "No Bluetooth-device found".
lspci and lsusb don't show a device.
Thank you ...
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“No Bluetooth Adapter Found” error on an ASUS K53E
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit os on my ASUS k53E. I cannot get bluetooth to work, I see that it says "No Bluetooth Adapter Found". I have an Atheros Bluetooth adapter, could you please help me ...
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Wifi problems when I use Bluetooth on my laptop
Whenever I use my Bluetooth on my laptop, which is almost always since I use a bluetooth mouse, my internet speed falls to 1MB/s in the internet panel and almost nothing loads.
I'm using the iwlwifi ...
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Bluetooth keyboard won't connect until PIN verification
I want to connect my bluetooth keyboard (macintosh) at Startup.
But what should i say, i have to enter a PIN, without a keyboard is
connected...
Is there a way to connect my keyboard without ...
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Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 not detected
Ubuntu 11.10 cannot detect my Bluetooth Mouse at all (it doesn't appear at all using "Set up new device" after clicking on the Bluetooth icon at the top of the screen).
Obviously the wireless switch ...
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Apple Aluminum Keyboard Via Bluetooth - Fn Key Problem [closed]
I'm connecting an Apple Bluetooth Aluminum keyboard (this one) to my Lubuntu setup using the blueman applet.
The keyboard types fine, but I would like to use its fn key to change screen brightness ...
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How do I ensure my Apple bluetooth keyboard connects on boot? [closed]
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 on a laptop and have an Apple bluetooth keyboard which pairs fine.
Every time I turn my computer off and back on again my keyboard stops working. I have to use the keyboard on ...
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Acer Aspire 5720g bluetooth keeps turning on on reboot [closed]
İ'm using acer aspire 5720g and after every reboot bluetooth module activates by default. I just want to use bluetooth under my control. How can i fix this problem?
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Sound over bluetooth to transit to several blueooth headsets [closed]
I would like to watch movies using Ubuntu PC, and use a bluetooth USB adapter (it's a desktop PC) as the sound output. Then if two or more people come, they can connect with their stereo bluetooth ...
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Execute command on wakeup
There is a bug in Ubuntu that prevents bluetoothd from starting when the computers wakes up from hibernate. So far there is no solution. I am fed upstarting bluetoothd manually every time, I think a ...
