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Ubuntu 13.04 64 bits, on ELiteBook 8740, gnome desktop with bluetooth-applet shown.

I could not figure out how to turn on and off from shell the Bluetooth and not from the notification bt applet menu. I need to turn on the service and the thing from menu from shell or C.

service bluetooth start/stop has noting to do with the applet button menu item because here are the four scenarios I can see.

  1. Service off, menu item from applet is off (shows turn on)

    bt-device --list yields bluez service is not found

  2. Service on, (sudo service bluetooth start) menu item from applet is off (shows turn on)

    bt-device --list yields rg.bluez.Error.NoSuchAdapter: No such adapter

  3. Service on, menu item from applet is on (shows turn off)

    bt-device --list yields

    Added devices:
HMDX JAM (36:8F:E8:07:B2:CA)
Mint Speaker (5BA5) (01:19:53:4C:5B:A5)

  4. Service off, menu item from applet is on (shows turn off)

    bt-device --list yields bluez service is not found

I want to be able to turn on and off the Bluetooth as is being done from the applet button. How can I do this?

Pablo Bianchi
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user2195463
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7 Answers7

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The commands you're looking for are:

rfkill block bluetooth

and

rfkill unblock bluetooth

To toggle on/off:

rfkill toggle bluetooth
Michael Butler
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Marcus
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To stop :

sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth stop

To start :

sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth start

To restart :

sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart
Anwar
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Chester
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On systems that use systemd, including Ubuntu 15.04 and later:

systemctl start bluetooth

for turning on Bluetooth

systemctl stop bluetooth

for turning off Bluetooth

systemctl restart bluetooth

for restarting Bluetooth

éclairevoyant
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moonshadowolf13
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Try this, it worked for me: From: bluetooth keeps turning off in 19.04 after physically and manually turning off bluetooth device, any fix to this?

$ sudo rmmod btusb
$ sudo modprobe btusb
nirala
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If you have tlp installed you can use:

$ bluetooth on  # To start 
$ bluetooth off # To stop

To install TLP:

$ sudo apt install tlp
Grammargeek
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arrazicode
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I know this is a quite old question.

service

command worked for me.

To stop the service -

service bluetooth stop

To start the service -

service bluetooth start

Mitesh Budhabhatti
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What worked for me was to install bluez:

  1. Go to http://en.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/b/bluez-tools/

  2. Select your compatible version

  3. Install it manually

Zanna
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