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Bug 740063 - The gnome applet is not able to turn on bluetooth. Torn off works flawlessly.
The gnome applet is not able to turn on bluetooth. Torn off works flawlessly.
Status: RESOLVED NOTGNOME
Product: gnome-bluetooth
Classification: Core
Component: applet
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-bluetooth-general-maint@gnome.bugs
gnome-bluetooth-general-maint@gnome.bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-11-13 12:57 UTC by codingdave
Modified: 2014-11-13 14:51 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description codingdave 2014-11-13 12:57:09 UTC 
After booting up the computer the GNOME bluetooth applet is not able to turn on bluetooth (the slider slides, for an instance of a second my paired devices show up, and then the slider is on OFF again). The error is the same when:
- closing and opening the lid
- Turning BT off and trying to turn it on again using the applet

WORKAROUND: The blueman-applet allows me to turn on and off bluetooth without any modifications.

WORKAROUND: Execute:
rfkill unblock all

(im in the bluetooth group) the bluetooth applet displays bluetooth being on and Im able to connect to my BT devices.

Im using 'rfkill unblock all' in /etc/rc.local before the 'exit 0' line s.t. I have BT always on after starting up the system.

Please see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-bluetooth/+bug/1384437 for more information.

Thank you,
David
Comment 1 Bastien Nocera 2014-11-13 14:21:18 UTC 
Which version of gnome-bluetooth and gnome-settings-daemon are you using?

(In reply to comment #0)
> Please see
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-bluetooth/+bug/1384437 for more
> information.

No, post the information here please.
Comment 2 codingdave 2014-11-13 14:25:36 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> No, post the information here please.

Please ask for more information required. I'll happily add all missing information here. What do you need?
Comment 3 codingdave 2014-11-13 14:28:18 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Which version of gnome-bluetooth and gnome-settings-daemon are you using?
Sorry, didnt see that.

Im using Ubuntu 14.10:

gnome-bluetooth 3.8.2.1-0ubuntu9
gnome-settings-daemon 3.12.2-1ubuntu2
Comment 4 Bastien Nocera 2014-11-13 14:33:59 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > Which version of gnome-bluetooth and gnome-settings-daemon are you using?
> Sorry, didnt see that.
> 
> Im using Ubuntu 14.10:
> 
> gnome-bluetooth 3.8.2.1-0ubuntu9
> gnome-settings-daemon 3.12.2-1ubuntu2

Get the distribution to fix this. GNOME 3.12 (when both g-s-d and gnome-bluetooth 3.12 are used) will talk to rfkill directly to fix such problems. Your mismatched version won't (older gnome-bluetooth doesn't know how to talk to the newer gnome-settings-daemon).
Comment 5 codingdave 2014-11-13 14:51:59 UTC 
Thank you Bastien,

this makes sense. I talked back to the distri.

Ty,
David