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When recently installing Lubuntu 19.10 I notice there is no bluetooth indicator present, although bluedevil is installed and I can run "Bluedevil Wizard". In order to get an indicator I have installed blueman. Am I supposed to do that and not have a bluetooth indicator by default?

(By the way, this 18.10 problem still affects me in 19.10: Bluetooth connection (Bluez) not working after logout (works after restart). In the context of that question - different from this one as it may be: with just bluedevil I cannot even see my bluetooth device and cannot add it at all. I need blueman to see and add the device, and then reinstall bluez or restart when the linked problem appears.)

cipricus
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  • https://manual.lubuntu.me/stable/2/2.1/2.1.4/bluedevil.html Bluedevil is the default application to manage Bluetooth devices for Lubuntu. (I don't use bluetooth, but I have an applet on my panel for bluetooth in the System.Tray) https://packages.ubuntu.com/eoan/lubuntu-desktop shows bluedevilis installed by default – guiverc Jan 14 '20 at 09:39
  • @guiverc - I will make clear in the question body just like in the title: I too have bluedevil but starting it brings no Bluetooth indicator to the panel. – cipricus Jan 14 '20 at 09:41

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Just install Bluetooth Manager:

sudo apt-get install blueman

and go to Start -> Bluetooth Manager.

Also works fine for Lubuntu 20.04.

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    The same solution is for Lubuntu 21.04 – v_mil Jul 10 '21 at 04:43
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    minor correction - at least in LXDE (plain, no QT, not the Lubuntu session which both didnt work well for me) it is: Start -> Preferences -> Bluetooth Manager (one more menu level) – Henning Jun 02 '22 at 11:46