Bluetooth not turning on issue since last update

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I have a desktop computer with Fedora 41 and a motherboard supporting Bluetooth and WIFI. I never had any issue with Bluetooth before with any Linux distros on this computer. There has been an updated yesterday (not sure exactly what got updated), that I installed like every other updates since I installed Fedora (I installed Fedora 40 last year, and updated to Fedora 41 a couple of days ago, with no issues).

Bluetooth won’t enable, I got no error message, nothing. It just won’t enable any more. I tried to use previous kernel (I believe it was 6.11.6 and .5), but it did not work either. I also tried to restart the bluetooth service.

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  • Date generated: 2024-11-14 13:19:58

Hardware Information:

  • Hardware Model: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7B85
  • Memory: 32.0 GiB
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 7 5700X × 16
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon™ RX 6700 XT
  • Disk Capacity: 4.0 TB

Software Information:

  • Firmware Version: 1.G0
  • OS Name: Fedora Linux 41 (Workstation Edition)
  • OS Build: (null)
  • OS Type: 64-bit
  • GNOME Version: 47
  • Windowing System: Wayland
  • Kernel Version: Linux 6.11.7-300.fc41.x86_64
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Greetings.

What does systemctl --global --user is-enabled obex give you?

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Hi,

thanks for your reply.

systemctl --global --user is-enabled obex
enabled

However, the issue is not related to Fedora. I tried to boot on Windows, and no Bluetooth either. I have no idea what happened neither how to solve the issue. But I think this is not the good forum now :confused:

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I might be out on a limb here, but is this a laptop? Have you checked your BIOS settings and made sure Bluetooth is not disabled there (can happen, and is possible on some manufactures)? Is there a hotkey on your keyboard to enable/disable the Bluetooth device?

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For the heck of it, try this command systemctl status bluetoothand check the output?

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It is a desktop, my motherboard has WIFI/bluetooth capabilities (and WIFI works fine). I tried to check if there is an option to turn on/off Bluetooth in UEFI, but I need to look again, I think.

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Service seems enabled, there are some warning, however. Not sure if that helps. It may be a hardware issue. I’ll try to clear CMOS when I have the time.

Output of the command:

● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2024-11-14 14:19:10 CET; 2h 7min ago
 Invocation: f95010d9338446c4ba87d2fb048a4381
       Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
   Main PID: 1180 (bluetoothd)
     Status: "Running"
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 38260)
     Memory: 2.1M (peak: 6.2M)
        CPU: 47ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
             └─1180 /usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd

Nov 14 14:19:10 fedora-desktop bluetoothd[1180]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support bap plugin
Nov 14 14:19:10 fedora-desktop bluetoothd[1180]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support bass plugin
Nov 14 14:19:10 fedora-desktop bluetoothd[1180]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support mcp plugin
Nov 14 14:19:10 fedora-desktop bluetoothd[1180]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support vcp plugin
Nov 14 14:19:10 fedora-desktop bluetoothd[1180]: profiles/audio/micp.c:micp_init() D-Bus experimental not enabled
Nov 14 14:19:10 fedora-desktop bluetoothd[1180]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support micp plugin
Nov 14 14:19:10 fedora-desktop bluetoothd[1180]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support ccp plugin
Nov 14 14:19:10 fedora-desktop bluetoothd[1180]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support csip plugin
Nov 14 14:19:10 fedora-desktop bluetoothd[1180]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support asha plugin
Nov 14 14:19:10 fedora-desktop bluetoothd[1180]: Bluetooth management interface 1.23 initialized
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After I cleared CMOS, Bluetooth is now working back again… Thanks anyway for the help!

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