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Impossible to enable bluetooth on an Acer Aspire One 756-877

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I just installed 12.04 (dual-boot, kept Windows just in case) on my new Acer Aspire One 756-877. As soon as I installed it, I also installed the Broadcom driver, since Wi-Fi wasn't working, and that solved it right away. But when I tried Bluetooth, I had a problem that I see is quite recurring:

• The hardware is on (and working fine under Windows)


• The icon shows up on the menu, giving me the options of turning Bluetooth on or off, and then just "Bluetooth preferences".


• I can apparently turn it on that way, which only lights up the icon but makes no difference at all (and doesn't give any other options in the Bluetooth menu)


• When I open "Bluetooth preferences" (whether Bluetooth is apparently on or off, it makes no difference), it says it's disabled and will not let me slide the button to enable it. I've rebooted, but nothing happens.


• The material is Broadcom and the port (if it's relevant at all) is Port_#0001.Hub_#0003

I tried the following commands suggested in other similar questions, with no result at all:

sudo dmesg | grep blue

sudo service bluetooth start

sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth start

Any other clues on what I can do?

12.04 bluetooth

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  Possible duplicate of Bluetooth Broadcom 43142 isn't working on ubuntu
  
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  I encourage you to check the answers in this question askubuntu.com/questions/632336/… You may find one useful such as to solve your problem.
  
  – Yufenyuy Veyeh Dider
  Nov 20 '18 at 12:10
  

  
  
  
  

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I just installed 12.04 (dual-boot, kept Windows just in case) on my new Acer Aspire One 756-877. As soon as I installed it, I also installed the Broadcom driver, since Wi-Fi wasn't working, and that solved it right away. But when I tried Bluetooth, I had a problem that I see is quite recurring:

• The hardware is on (and working fine under Windows)


• The icon shows up on the menu, giving me the options of turning Bluetooth on or off, and then just "Bluetooth preferences".


• I can apparently turn it on that way, which only lights up the icon but makes no difference at all (and doesn't give any other options in the Bluetooth menu)


• When I open "Bluetooth preferences" (whether Bluetooth is apparently on or off, it makes no difference), it says it's disabled and will not let me slide the button to enable it. I've rebooted, but nothing happens.


• The material is Broadcom and the port (if it's relevant at all) is Port_#0001.Hub_#0003

I tried the following commands suggested in other similar questions, with no result at all:

sudo dmesg | grep blue

sudo service bluetooth start

sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth start

Any other clues on what I can do?

12.04 bluetooth

share|improve this question

edited Sep 8 '12 at 16:25

Jorge Castro

37.4k107423618

asked Sep 7 '12 at 21:18

PChPCh

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bumped to the homepage by Community♦ 16 mins ago

This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed.

• 
  
  
  

  
  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Possible duplicate of Bluetooth Broadcom 43142 isn't working on ubuntu
  
  – Pilot6
  Feb 12 '17 at 10:24
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I encourage you to check the answers in this question askubuntu.com/questions/632336/… You may find one useful such as to solve your problem.
  
  – Yufenyuy Veyeh Dider
  Nov 20 '18 at 12:10
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I just installed 12.04 (dual-boot, kept Windows just in case) on my new Acer Aspire One 756-877. As soon as I installed it, I also installed the Broadcom driver, since Wi-Fi wasn't working, and that solved it right away. But when I tried Bluetooth, I had a problem that I see is quite recurring:

• The hardware is on (and working fine under Windows)


• The icon shows up on the menu, giving me the options of turning Bluetooth on or off, and then just "Bluetooth preferences".


• I can apparently turn it on that way, which only lights up the icon but makes no difference at all (and doesn't give any other options in the Bluetooth menu)


• When I open "Bluetooth preferences" (whether Bluetooth is apparently on or off, it makes no difference), it says it's disabled and will not let me slide the button to enable it. I've rebooted, but nothing happens.


• The material is Broadcom and the port (if it's relevant at all) is Port_#0001.Hub_#0003

I tried the following commands suggested in other similar questions, with no result at all:

sudo dmesg | grep blue

sudo service bluetooth start

sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth start

Any other clues on what I can do?

12.04 bluetooth

share|improve this question

edited Sep 8 '12 at 16:25

Jorge Castro

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asked Sep 7 '12 at 21:18

PChPCh

1612

sudo dmesg | grep blue

sudo service bluetooth start

sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth start

share|improve this question

edited Sep 8 '12 at 16:25

Jorge Castro

37.4k107423618

asked Sep 7 '12 at 21:18

PChPCh

1612

share|improve this question

edited Sep 8 '12 at 16:25

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asked Sep 7 '12 at 21:18

PChPCh

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edited Sep 8 '12 at 16:25

Jorge Castro

37.4k107423618

edited Sep 8 '12 at 16:25

Jorge Castro

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asked Sep 7 '12 at 21:18

PChPCh

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asked Sep 7 '12 at 21:18

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Check the BIOS. If Bluetooth is disabled or if there is an external switch or keyboard key to enable it, try these.

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  Thanks, rmaultz, but yes, I started by checking that the hardware is actually enabled (and works fine under windows). Regarding the keyboard keys, curiously the "Fn+F3" that opens the wifi+bluetooth preferences under windows is the only one of the computer's preset keyboard commands that won't work under ubuntu...
  
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  (And by the way, when I request to start bluetooth in the terminal (the commands I mentioned, that were suggested in response to other similar questions), it says it is already working)
  
  – PCh
  Sep 9 '12 at 17:47
  

  
  
  
  

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Check the BIOS. If Bluetooth is disabled or if there is an external switch or keyboard key to enable it, try these.

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edited Nov 8 '14 at 13:26

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answered Sep 7 '12 at 21:29

rmaultzrmaultz

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks, rmaultz, but yes, I started by checking that the hardware is actually enabled (and works fine under windows). Regarding the keyboard keys, curiously the "Fn+F3" that opens the wifi+bluetooth preferences under windows is the only one of the computer's preset keyboard commands that won't work under ubuntu...
  
  – PCh
  Sep 9 '12 at 10:41
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  (And by the way, when I request to start bluetooth in the terminal (the commands I mentioned, that were suggested in response to other similar questions), it says it is already working)
  
  – PCh
  Sep 9 '12 at 17:47
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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Check the BIOS. If Bluetooth is disabled or if there is an external switch or keyboard key to enable it, try these.

share|improve this answer

edited Nov 8 '14 at 13:26

Peter Mortensen

1,03421016

answered Sep 7 '12 at 21:29

rmaultzrmaultz

12

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks, rmaultz, but yes, I started by checking that the hardware is actually enabled (and works fine under windows). Regarding the keyboard keys, curiously the "Fn+F3" that opens the wifi+bluetooth preferences under windows is the only one of the computer's preset keyboard commands that won't work under ubuntu...
  
  – PCh
  Sep 9 '12 at 10:41
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  (And by the way, when I request to start bluetooth in the terminal (the commands I mentioned, that were suggested in response to other similar questions), it says it is already working)
  
  – PCh
  Sep 9 '12 at 17:47
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Check the BIOS. If Bluetooth is disabled or if there is an external switch or keyboard key to enable it, try these.

share|improve this answer

edited Nov 8 '14 at 13:26

Peter Mortensen

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answered Sep 7 '12 at 21:29

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edited Nov 8 '14 at 13:26

Peter Mortensen

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