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How can I change the names of paired/connected remote bluetooth devices?
This information is still valid for Ubuntu 22.04
First of all, following steps are directly derived from answer by @wolf
Note: This answer has only been tested on Ubuntu 16.04(Dropped here from ...
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Reinstall Bluetooth elementary OS
First, unblocking solution found there
rfkill unblock bluetooth
systemctl enable bluetooth.service
systemctl start bluetooth.service
afterwords the solution for the bluetooth audio from this link
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How do I accept a file via Bluetooth?
I have managed to fix this in elementaryOS 5 (Juno). You might be able to do this on lower versions as well:
Pair the device with your computer using the default Bluetooth settings in the control ...
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How can I change the names of paired/connected remote bluetooth devices?
I don't use bluetooth so I can't test, but I found something that should work:
When your device is connected, it should be listed in /var/lib/bluetooth by its MAC address. In that MAC address folder ...
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Fix bad quality audio in Bluetooth headphones
Funnily enough, I found the answer while writing this post, so I might as well write my first-ever Q&A post on StackExchange.
You have to go to Sound Settings and under the options for your ...
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How to disable Bluetooth by default?
Open /etc/bluetooth/main.conf and change AutoEnable=true to AutoEnable=false.
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Bluetooth connceted speakers - volume not adjusting
I found an older post regarding this situation for Ubuntu 15.04 and a bug report that was filed for it. That can be found here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-sound/+bug/1404729
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Turn off bluetooth by default on start up
You can disable the Bluetooth service.
sudo systemctl stop bluetooth
sudo systemctl disable bluetooth
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How to disable Bluetooth by default?
You can disable it by adding next line to /etc/rc.local file with following system restart:
rfkill block bluetooth
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Bluetooth not work on elementary os 0.4 Loki
maybe your bluetooth is soft blocked? try :
sudo rfkill list
if it is blocked, try this command
sudo rfkill unblock bluetooth
hope it helps!
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Missing "Bluetooth settings"
It's a known bug.
You can try installing
'sudo apt install switchboard-plug-bluetooth'
It should add bluetooth setting to your system settings menu up to next system update.
Moreover, I turn on ...
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How can I change the names of paired/connected remote bluetooth devices?
I had the same problem as Xristos. I fixed creating a new line:
Alias=My_Device
When the device connects, the Name variable is reset but not the Alias variable.
I hope this helps, I can't reply ...
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Bluetoooth Tether
From what I understand you are looking to set up a PAN. Ubuntu is preloaded with features while eOS is minimalist. I believe what you are looking for is discussed here on superuser.
.
UPDATE:
As you ...
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Compatibility chart
There is an Ubuntu hardware compatibility list (https://certification.ubuntu.com/desktop/) though no Asus machines are in the list. That doesn't mean they aren't compatible by any means. It just means ...
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How do I accept a file via Bluetooth?
In addition to what Pieter shared in his answer, I had to take the following additional steps before I could receive files from a Windows 10 laptop:
After installing blueman, restart the computer and ...
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Can I get bluetooth devices to remain after suspend/resume and/or reboot
To enable bluetooth on every startup you need to add your custom command in etc/rc.local
Open terminal and type
sudo nano /etc/rc.local
Now add the following line before exit 0
rfkill unblock ...
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Bluetooth turns off after reboot
In terminal:
Enter the /etc/bluetooth/main.conf file.
There you'll find settings for bluetooth.
I see that the last line is about AutoEnable, change it to true.
:)
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I couldn't find the Bluetooth settings in loki
I remember seeing it in the system settings applet, but not anymore.
Try installing this application
sudo apt install bluman
This is the standard ubuntu application
Best of luck!
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Bluetooth cannot search detect any device
I have to resize my Bluetooth window (Device search) for it to show an actual list of devices it sees. Heres to hoping the answer is just that simple.
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Q: Bluetooth automatically turns on
You can disable bluetooth using the following command in terminal
sudo rfkill block bluetooth
To disable it completely, run the following command in terminal
sudo scratch-text-editor /etc/rc....
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Turn off bluetooth on startup
Because of where I use my laptop at times, I also needed to have the machine boot with Bluetooth off. Here is how I did it:
I installed dconf-editor. This can be done via the AppCenter or at a ...
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Reinstall Bluetooth elementary OS
So, I tried a lot of different ways of doing this.
First, make sure your user is in the bluetooth group.
$ sudo usermod -G bluetooth -a <your_username>
Restarting your bluetooth service (and ...
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Trouble connecting wireless keyboard (connection loop)
In my situation the initial keyboard recognition [it did "see" the KB] was stuck in my Elementary OS bluetooth panel and it would neither connect nor could I delete it. (I thought that deleting it ...
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Bluetooth start automatically on wake up
You can disable the Bluetooth service.
sudo systemctl stop bluetooth
sudo systemctl disable bluetooth
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How can I set my bluetooth headphones to use A2DP?
I had the same problem. My solution was to install pavucontrol with
sudo apt install pavucontrol.
With this program, you can change the audio configuration of your headset to A2DP easily.
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How do I configure my Logitech Keyboard / Mouse?
I found a solution using Solaar.
It is a Linux manager for many Logitech devices
The installation documentation can be found here.
I personnally chose to use pip to install the latest release of ...
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Cannot update any app
It seems like two questions.
For the first one,
try (according to this post) removing the locking file with the command in terminal:
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
and then running updates manually ...
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Bluetooth - poor sound quality for regular user (JBL Speaker)
I might be a bit late, but today I had the same issue. The solution was to click on sound settings, pick JBL and switch the mode to High Fidelity Playback.
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How to remap Wii U Pro controller buttons?
It depends how the game uses the configurations: if the game uses SDL (FEZ, for example), you can try to modify the gamecontrollerdb.txt, or you can create an environment variable with a new mapping. ...
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Bluetooth manager requests use of pin to pair headphones - elementaryOS
I would just use terminal to pair with the headset if the bluetooth manager is causing problems
bluetoothctl
scan on
If the headset is in pairing mode it should show as a [NEW] Device followed by the ...
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