[SOLVED] USB Bluetooth adapter recognized but not working

[kdeuser]

Hello ,

Hi to all afer a long time absence , hope someone can lend some knowledge.

The usb adapter is detected :

reel@BM2LTSR66RBin:/media/hd/home/reel$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
[B]Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0bda:8771 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. [/B]
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 04d9:a01c Holtek Semiconductor, Inc. 
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
reel@BM2LTSR66RBin:/media/hd/home/reel$

But Bluetooth not detected . There`s no switch on the pc to toggle .

reel@BM2LTSR66RBin:/media/hd/home/reel$ sudo service bluetooth restart
bluetooth: unrecognized service
reel@BM2LTSR66RBin:/media/hd/home/reel$

The usb device is also not blocked :

reel@BM2LTSR66RBin:/media/hd/home/reel$ rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

Thanks for any help in advance.

[claydoh]

[B]Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0bda:8771 Realtek Semiconductor Corp[/B]

https://linuxreviews.org/Realtek_RTL8761B

or, probably more useful:
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread....2448259&page=2

[kdeuser]

@claydoh, many thanks for those links , unfortunately i don`t understand the workaround , i do understand that the driver needs to be compiled, i.e. using the make command .

I have the driver folder on my desktop but how do you upload a folder ?

In any case i am clueless as to install the driver.

[woodsmoke]

Hi
claydoh has posted the elegant way to do it.

But, do you have "Blueman" or any such installed and just tried clicking the various options?

woodjustathoughtsmoke

[kdeuser]

Hello, thanks for all the help.

Finally got Bluetooth working installing an updated Blueman deb package.

I had version 1.23-git201403102151-ubunty1 and upgraded to 1.23-git201406261335-deb-1.

Hope this helps someone .