Cannot turn Bluetooth on on my Ubuntu 14.04 system

Question

My hardware has support for Bluetooth, but every time I need to use Bluetooth I have no option but to boot to Windows. I have tried many options, but most of them have failed to provide any solution. The basic problem is that I cannot turn the adapter on at all. This is what I get on the System Settings window:

As you can see, the Bluetooth and Visibility switches are frozen. I haven't yet found a way to remedy this. Ideas?

what's your chip number/model ? use this command and send me the result lspci |grep Bluetooth — AliReza Mosajjal, Aug 09 '15 at 07:12
@AliRezaMosajjal 01:00.1 Bluetooth: Ralink corp. RT3290 Bluetooth — UserName, Aug 09 '15 at 07:20
possible duplicate of Ralink RT 3290 Bluetooth Problem on Ubuntu 14.04 — Pilot6, Aug 09 '15 at 07:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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I had the same problem. But I follow the answer of Ralink RT 3290 Bluetooth Problem on Ubuntu 14.04 question, and luckly it solved the problem I had. I already modified the files that needed to be modified. You can download the file form http://www.filedropper.com/rtbth-393. All you have to do is go to the directory from terminal and run

make
sudo make install

And then reboot your computer. I attached a screen shot. It worked for me, hope it work for you too. Good luck.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Aug 10 '15 at 01:17

raz

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Are you being able to pair devices now? – UserName Aug 16 '15 at 07:53
no. Pairing is not working for me.. :( – raz Aug 16 '15 at 10:45

score -3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 09 '15 at 07:15

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Have you tried reinstall bluetooth, and enter this in the terminal:

 sudo apt-get install blueman
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get upgrade

and it might work fine this way.

answered Aug 09 '15 at 07:15

Michael

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I am afraid I have tried that before, but to no avail. – UserName Aug 09 '15 at 07:32

Cannot turn Bluetooth on on my Ubuntu 14.04 system

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