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I upgraded from 22.04 to 22.10 a couple days ago, had some initial issues related to GDM, and now bluetooth doesn't seem to turn on - meaning I can't use my keyboard or trackpad unless over usb.

I've tried:

  • rebooting. still happens
  • turning bluetooth on from settings menu and quick settings (see screenshot) - stays stuck at off.
  • running bluetoothctl which just says Agent Registered
  • looking at can't connect any bluetooth device after updating from 22.04 to 22.10 ubuntu but their issue seemed different.
  • searching around in journalctl, can't find anything under searching 'bluetooth', is there something else to look for?

Any ideas?

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Vivek Gani
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I did have the same problem: Bluetooth audio did not work anymore after upgrade to Ubuntu 22.10.

All the suggested checks did not show any problems -- bluetooth was enabled, not blocked etc.

First note that Ubuntu 22.10 has replace the old sound server Pulseaudio with Pipewire.

Install the libraries for the PipeWire multimedia server - bluetooth plugins

sudo apt install libspa-0.2-bluetooth

after that I had to restart pipewire (or do a restart)

systemctl --user restart pipewire

sources:

Andreas J
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Check if the bluetooth radio is not blocked by software/hardware switches by running rfkill

The output should be something like

$ rfkill
ID TYPE      DEVICE                   SOFT      HARD
 0 bluetooth tpacpi_bluetooth_sw unblocked unblocked
 2 wlan      phy0                unblocked unblocked
14 bluetooth hci0                unblocked unblocked

If it's soft-blocked, you should be able to unblock it with rfkill unblock bluetooth. If it's hard-blocked, look for a physical switch on your laptop.

Marius Gedminas
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    Thanks for the tip. Tried running rfkill, was softblocked, then ran rfkill unblock bluetooth and rfkill after which showed unblocked. Still couldn't enable bluetooth from gnome settings though. Rebooted, ran rfkill to make sure it still said unblocked, still can't enable bluetooth from gnome though. May need to search/file an issue in gnome 43 and/or ubuntu 22.10. – Vivek Gani Oct 31 '22 at 17:17
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While not a full answer, I ended up observing that I switched from having bluetooth issues to having Wifi issues after reinstalling Windows 10 & Linux, and resolved the wifi issues by booting into Windows then turning off Wifi then going back into Linux to turn it back on, per answer in https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/724043/200022

There's a possibility this issue with bluetooth may be similarly resolved this way for anyone else running a dual-boot setup.

Vivek Gani
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Open a Terminal.

Enter "bluetoothctl"

Then enter "scan on"

Give it a minute and your bluetooth devices should now show upp in the Bluetooth Manager and you will be able to connect them. Your system should remmeber your devices on reboot.

TeamOliva
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