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Bluetooth issues on Linux Debian

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mamiemando Posted messages 33537 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   -
Hello,

Configuration: Linux / Firefox 78.0

I have Linux Debian 10 (Buster) on my PC and I can't transfer files from my phone to my PC or vice versa using Bluetooth.

My phone is a Redmi 6 running Android:
And the phone recognizes my PC very well via Bluetooth

When I enable Bluetooth on my PC, it searches for nearby devices but finds nothing, while the phone detects the PC very well

Can anyone tell me what I might be missing?

Thank you for your help
Sincerely

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mamiemando Posted messages 33537 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   7 927
 
Hello,

As for me, I use 
bluedevil
, it works very well. But I think the problem lies not so much with the software but with the Bluetooth layer itself.

1) Make sure the essentials are installed: 

sudo apt update
sudo apt install bluetooth bluez


Also install the Bluetooth software of your choice (e.g. 
bluedevil
on KDE, 
blueman
on Gnome, etc...) 

sudo apt install bluedevil


2) Make sure the Bluetooth kernel module is loaded: 

lsmod | grep btusb


... and if necessary, load it: 

sudo modprobe btusb


Check if the Bluetooth interface is visible: 

hciconfig


3) Ensure that the Bluetooth service is running: 

systemctl status bluetooth.service


... and if necessary, start it: 

sudo systemctl start bluetooth.service


4) Check that you can use your Bluetooth software.

Off-topic note: also consider what you want to do with Bluetooth. Tools like 
kdeconnect
 (or its Gnome equivalent 
gsconnect
) allow you to do most of the things you might want to do with Bluetooth (and even more) but over IP. And it's very easy to set up.

Good luck.
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jns55
 
Hello mamiemando,
Bluedevil is for KDE, Blueman for GNOME, both serve the same purpose...

When you say it works very well for you, are you referring to file transfers from smartphone to PC or vice versa, or do you mean your Bluetooth devices are functioning normally?

For transferring over the network, there's also Warpinator developed by the Mint team; I think it must be based on GSConnect. There's also Zorin Connect developed by the Zorin OS team, which should work on the same basis.
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mamiemando Posted messages 33537 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   7 927 > jns55
 
Hello jns55

Bluedevil is for kde, blueman for gnome, both serve the same purpose...

Yes, that's what I seem to have written :D (see step 1)

When you say it works very well for you, are you talking about file transfer from smartphone to PC or vice versa, or do you mean that your Bluetooth devices work normally?

All three.

For network transfer, there's also warpinator developed by the Mint team; I think it must be based on gsconnect, there's also zorinconnect developed by the Zorin OS team which should work on the same basis.

Yes, I saw that you mentioned 
warpinator
a bit earlier. I don’t know the others; I admit that in my case 
kdeconnect
and 
bluedevil
work well for what I do and meet my needs.

Thank you for your comments.
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