I've been trying to get my bluetooth to work but I don't even see the icon for it. When I restart the pi and check the status I get:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ systemctl status bluetooth
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset
Active: inactive (dead)
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo modprobe btusb
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo systemctl start bluetooth.service
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ systemctl status bluetooth
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset
Active: active (running) since Thu 2021-08-26 11:18:10 EDT; 2s ago
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
Main PID: 1444 (bluetoothd)
Status: "Running"
Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
└─1444 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd
I saw somewhere to do the modprobe thing which then makes the bluetooth active until I restart the pi, at which point it just reverts to inactive. When I turn the bluetooth on I just get a no controller available message:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo bluetoothctl
Agent registered
[bluetooth]# power on
No default controller available
Based on similar questions I've seen the following asked for so here it is:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ lspci
00:00.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom Limited Device 2711 (rev 10)
01:00.0 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VL805 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 01)
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ lspci -k
00:00.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom Limited Device 2711 (rev 10)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
01:00.0 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VL805 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VL805 USB 3.0 Host Controller
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ lsmod | grep blue
bluetooth 376832 11 btrtl,btintel,bnep,btbcm,btusb
ecdh_generic 16384 1 bluetooth
rfkill 28672 6 bluetooth,cfg80211
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 258a:0001
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1bcf:0005 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2109:3431 VIA Labs, Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
I also messed up at some point while troubleshooting and tried this which did not fix anything but messed up my wifi so i no longer get network options to connect to I just get the 2 blue arrows that indicate that I'm connected but when I click on it to change the network I get no interfaces found and eth0 is down.
sudo apt install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
I would really appreciate help with fixing this. I need it for a time sensitive project and I've tried everything (within reason as someone who has no idea what they're doing)