Bluetooth Adapter not powering on in Linux (Bazzite)

Bluetooth Adapter not powering on in Linux (Bazzite)

Bluetooth Adapter not powering on in Linux (Bazzite)
Bluetooth Adapter not powering on in Linux (Bazzite)
2024-09-30 06:17:03 - last edited 2024-10-03 01:02:23
Model: UB500  
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I recently bought this Bluetooth adapter to upgrade the Bluetooth capabilites of my Rog Ally X as the solution it comes with is quite weak. I am however running into issues when using said adapter in Bazzite, a linux distro built from Fedora. I am using my Ally with a dock, and the adapter is plugged into said dock as the Ally does not have any USB-A ports. The Bazzite OS fully recognises that the adapter is connected, but whenever a device attempts to connect to it, it provides the error message: "br-connection-adapter-not-powered". Would appreciate some potential remedies for this issue, and can provide further information and screenshots if needed.
 

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Re:Bluetooth Adapter not powering on in Linux (Bazzite)-Solution
2024-10-02 23:22:05 - last edited 2024-10-03 01:02:23

  @Buddle 

 

Maybe one last thing you could test is if disabling the built-in Bluetooth controller makes any difference.

 

Check if the internal BT controller can be deactivated in the BIOS setup of the Rog Ally X. If there is no such option available in the BIOS settings, then disable that BT controller in Linux.

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Re:Bluetooth Adapter not powering on in Linux (Bazzite)
2024-09-30 19:48:05

  @Buddle 

 

Hi,

 

I don't know if this works on your Linux distro or whether it will do anything good, but you could try the following.

 

At a command prompt run the command "bluetoothctl".
After "bluetoothctl" has started up it should show its own command prompt.
At that command prompt enter the command "power on" and see what happens.
In case there is a second Bluetooth adapter installed in your Linux (you mentioned something about upgrading your BT capabilities), then you might first need to "list" the installed adapters and then "select [MAC address]" the UB500 adapter.

 

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Re:Bluetooth Adapter not powering on in Linux (Bazzite)
2024-10-02 07:22:10

  @woozle 

I have tried this in the past and it returns the same error afterward. As seen in the image I have named the dongles appropriately, with 40:AE:30:9A:AD:26 being the adapter I wish to power on. In the image shown below I use the command you requested, the blue area is me powering on the adapter, while the red area is the result of me disabling the built-in dongle through Bazzite's built-in Bluetooth handler, which I believe is called "Bluez". I have to turn off the built-in dongle as it is powered on alongside the other adapter when using this command. However, after doing so the same error as shown before persists when trying to connect a device.

 


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Re:Bluetooth Adapter not powering on in Linux (Bazzite)-Solution
2024-10-02 23:22:05 - last edited 2024-10-03 01:02:23

  @Buddle 

 

Maybe one last thing you could test is if disabling the built-in Bluetooth controller makes any difference.

 

Check if the internal BT controller can be deactivated in the BIOS setup of the Rog Ally X. If there is no such option available in the BIOS settings, then disable that BT controller in Linux.

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