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When I start Bluetooth Manager, I get this

Connection to Bluez failed.
bluez daemon is not running, blueman-manager cannot continue...

I tried re-installing bluez and blueman.

I have several dongles that I am trying to troubleshoot.

sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth status
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: inactive (dead)
     Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)

sudo rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
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2 Answers2

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Starting the Bluetooth Manager while bluetooth is disabled brings up this error message.

Connection to BlueZ failed

The fix is to start up the bluetooth service via terminal with the command below:

NOTE: Don't type the $ in the command below, it is used to show the terminal prompt and the terminal response below it showing that bluetooth service has been started successfully.

$ sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth start
[ ok ] Starting bluetooth (via systemctl): bluetooth.service.

Once the bluetooth service has been started, starting the Bluetooth Manager again brings this window up:

Bluetooth turned off

In which case, just press the Enable Bluetooth button to enable bluetooth and start the main window as seen below.

Bluetooth Manager main window

Finally, search and add your bluetooth devices using the Search button on the top left corner.

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I recently added a FitBit dongle. I decided to unplug it.

Bluetooth manager started without any error message.

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