Well I had the problem that bluetooth was always off. I go to configuration->Bluetooth and everytime I tried to put it off just returns to off a while after. I tried with this command:
aptitude install bluetooth
and then ran
/etc/init.d/bluetooth start
after that I ran /etc/init.d/bluetooth status and this is what shows:
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Tue 2017-01-17 21:13:47 UTC; 29s ago Docs: man:bluetoothd(8) Main PID: 7939 (bluetoothd) Status: "Running" Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) CGroup: / └─7939 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd
Jan 17 21:13:47 kali bluetoothd[7939]: Error adding Link Loss service
Jan 17 21:13:47 kali bluetoothd[7939]: Not enough free handles to register ...ce
Jan 17 21:13:47 kali bluetoothd[7939]: Not enough free handles to register ...ce
Jan 17 21:13:47 kali bluetoothd[7939]: Not enough free handles to register ...ce
Jan 17 21:13:47 kali bluetoothd[7939]: Current Time Service could not be re...ed
Jan 17 21:13:47 kali bluetoothd[7939]: gatt-time-server: Input/output error (5)
Jan 17 21:13:47 kali bluetoothd[7939]: Not enough free handles to register ...ce
Jan 17 21:13:47 kali bluetoothd[7939]: Not enough free handles to register ...ce
Jan 17 21:13:47 kali bluetoothd[7939]: Sap driver initialization failed.
Jan 17 21:13:47 kali bluetoothd[7939]: sap-server: Operation not permitted (1)
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.My computer is a sony VAIO SVF15A17CLV.
Thank you!!
Edited: After running the service restart command some of you suggested I got the following output:
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Thu 2018-05-03 23:44:12 UTC; 5min ago Docs: man:bluetoothd(8) Main PID: 3882 (bluetoothd) Status: "Running" Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) CGroup: / └─3882 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd
May 03 23:44:12 kali systemd[1]: Starting Bluetooth service...
May 03 23:44:12 kali bluetoothd[3882]: Bluetooth daemon 5.36
May 03 23:44:12 kali systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
May 03 23:44:12 kali bluetoothd[3882]: Starting SDP server
May 03 23:44:12 kali bluetoothd[3882]: Bluetooth management interface 1.12 ...ed
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.Seems better but it is still not working. When I go to bluetooth settings it's always off. After I press start it stays like the following image:
PS: I know is not a hardware issue because if I boot with windows 10 it works properly.
9 Answers
I believe we were having the same problem. My Bluetooth would not turn on and would remain in the off position. Here is what I did to fix this problem:
service bluetooth restartThis restarted the Bluetooth service and I was able to turn it on and it stay on. I was also able to see Bluetooth devices and connect to my headphones again.
2I had the same problem a few minutes ago, until I restarted the Bluetooth service from the terminal as a root user. I fix it by by typing on the terminal:
sudo service bluetooth restartOn systemd systems:
sudo systemctl restart bluetoothThen go back to settings and under bluetooth menu, you will have the available devices.
I did the following to fix the issue.
I started with a service restart:
$ sudo service bluetooth restartThen system control restart:
$ sudo systemctl restart bluetoothWent to the bin directory:
$ cd //binThen ran the service file as an exec found in bin
$ sudo ./bluetoothctlWith bluetoothctl, use terminal commands in blutoothctl to scan (by turning it on)
$ scan onThen connect the device (use the digit ID of the device without the name, copy and paste is quick):
$ connect 00:00:00:00:00*Note, double check rfkill and make sure it is unblocked. If blocked the following (assuming bluetooth ID is listed as device 0) will unblock it:
$ sudo rfkill unblock 0I've made a little newbie script to get Bluetooth on your device automated.
Open Leafpad and copy&paste this text and save as
btwithout extension e.g., .sh or anything else into the folder/bin.Go to the folder
/bin/and look forbt. Right-click the file, choose propereties, and make the file executable.Then open terminal @root and type
bt.
and you're good to go.
#!/bin/bash
if [ $(id -u) != "0" ]; then echo echo -e "!! You need to be logged in as \e[101m"!!Superuser!!"\e[0m" "\e[39m to run this script !!" >&2 "\e[0m" echo
exit 1
fi
read -p "Are you sure you want to start Bluetooth y/n ? " -n 1 -r echo if [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]] then [[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1
fi echo echo -n read -t 1 echo -n -e "\e[39m"!! Starting "\e[34m \e[5m"Bluetooth "\e[25m \e[39m"Manager !!"\e[0m" echo read -t 1 echo echo -n -e "!! Take the \e[34m"Blue "\e[39m"pill and Enjoy the Ride !! "\e[0m" echo read -t 1 echo -n "!! working on it !! " echo read -t 1 echo echo -n "!! Loading Update !! " echo read -t 1 echo sudo apt-get update echo echo -n -e "\e[31m"!! "\e[39m"installing missing drivers "\e[31m"!! "\e[0m" echo read -t 2 echo sudo apt-get install bluetooth echo echo -n -e "unblocking bluetooth using \e[101m"Rfkill"\e[0m" unblock all"\e[0m" echo read -t 2 echo sudo rfkill unblock all sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth start echo echo -n -e "\e[31m"!! "\e[32m"You re good to "\e[34m \e[5m"Go "\e[25m \e[31m"!! "\e[0m" echo read -t 1 echo
exit 1
fiFor me, starting the service worked.
/etc/init.d/bluetooth startI was able to find the bluetooth device and connect.
Then I had tried to enable it using
bluetooth manager / bluetooth adapter - no go
service was not running for me. Run sudo systemctl enable bluetooth this will add the service bluetooth to the startup process even after reboot you can do this with other system services.
1.) root@a:~# sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth status
2.) root@a:~# sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth start
then after that you can go setup your Bluetooth. I hope this helps
Dell Inspiron 15 3537 running Kali
First i updated the bios version to A12.
It took me couple of days figuring out and breaking my head, but finally it worked for me
I assumed that mere starting the service didn't get BT to work. While checking it's status it was active (running), but in the above line it printed disabled .
# systemctl enable bluetooth.service
# systemctl start bluetooth.serviceThere are many reasons which may cause such issues and sometimes restarting the Bluetooth services simply solve the problem.
Run: sudo service Bluetooth restart and you will able to connect with your Bluetooth devices now.
Also I have seen that this problem causes again and again sometimes after day for that I have created a alias for it in .bashrc or .zshrc file which you may be using like alias bt = 'sudo service bluetooth restart'.
Then whenever I face such issue I just have to run bt in terminal to solve it.
