I am using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and after the recent upgrade to the final release on April 26, 2018, I found that my laptop (Dell Inspiron 1440) was unable to connect to my Bluetooth speakers using a generic USB Bluetooth dongle which was earlier working perfectly in Ubuntu 17.10 Any help in this regard would be highly appreciated.
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- Install "synaptic".
- Search synaptic to ensure "bluez" is installed.
- Use synaptic to search and install "blueman".
- reboot.
- If no icon in task bar, search for "bluetooth manager" in your apps, and start it. Follow the screens to connect your device.
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This is what I was going to recommend. I had to use the same steps to get an Apple Magic Mouse to work with 16.04. The built-in Bluetooth control applet is not versatile enough, but the BlueZ replacement works well. – Liam Proven Oct 18 at 16:04
lsusb
– Jeremy31 Jun 8 '18 at 10:34