Buttons on my bluetooth headset aren't working

Question

I have noticed, that although my "Bluetooth Headset" works perfectly fine, buttons on it, like Previous, Next, Play etc do not.

Why is that?

vava · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-13 00:58:22Z

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As of Ubuntu 10.04, uinput module that handles such buttons is not started by default. To fix the situation:

That should fix the issue temporarily, until restart. To fix it permanently, run:

echo 'uinput' | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

answered Oct 13 '10 at 0:58

vava

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worked for me in Ubuntu 14.04 – DmitrySandalov Apr 30 '14 at 8:10
Still needed and working in Kubuntu 18.04 – Lord_JABA Jun 29 '18 at 8:10
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not working on my ubuntu 19.10. uinput does not appear with lsmod. I think it's an obsolete module – Daniel Pinyol Nov 26 '19 at 15:42
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This is still needed in Ubuntu 18.04. It's pretty surprising this problem hasn't been fixed in 8 years. Hopefully in 20.04... – user1754322 Mar 15 '20 at 10:50

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