I am unable to find any bluetooth devices.
I was able to fix it by using this, but since the Ubuntu kernel update this fix has stopped working.
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
3.16.0-34-generic #45~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 24 11:13:52 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
You follow similar instructions to when you first installed
cd rtlwifi_new
make clean
make
sudo make install
And for bluetooth
git clone -b troy https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723au_bt.git
cd rtl8723au_bt
make
sudo make install
Reboot
October 2015 edit, Pilot6 has a PPA with a dkms module that doesn't need to be reinstalled after a kernel update
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hanipouspilot/rtlwifi
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rtlwifi-new-dkms linux-firmware rtl8723au-bt-dkmsReboot and done
Please try:
sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723au_bt.git
cd rtl8723au_bt.git
make clean
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe rtk_btusb
You should be all set.
NOTE: According to this: https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new/issues/18 the driver covers all Realtek BT devices.
I made a ppa with DKMS driver from lwfinger. It builds against all supported Ubuntu kernels. Install it by running
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hanipouspilot/rtlwifi
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rtlwifi-new-dkms rtl8723au-bt-dkms linux-firmware
Jeremy31 answered this in a comment:
Bluetooth would also need github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723au_bt/tree/troy as it isn't supported in any kernel yet or git command would be
git clone -b troy https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723au_bt.git
Until now I've spent hours to read in different threads to let my bluetooth work reliable.
I'm using Mint Rafaela 17.2 on a HP 350 G2 with a RTL8723BE device. But for sure you can transfer this workaround to Ubuntu
These things I found out for my notebook:
Bluetooth works only when OS starts with connected AC power. With battery you will encounter in terminal by entering hciconfig -a following output
"Can't read local name on hci0: Connection timed out (110)"
Sometimes ISCAN is not enabled automatically. So you need a sudo hciconfig hci0 piscan. Then retry hciconfig -a to check.
I updated the driver with
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hanipouspilot/rtlwifi
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rtlwifi-new-dkms linux-firmware rtl8723au-bt-dkms
Did a reboot
In a terminal I entered:
hciconfig -a # To check first if you have running PISCAN ISCAN.
pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover && pactl load-module module-switch-on-connect
You should get for both modules a number. In my case 24 and 25.
If you get an error like
module initialisation fails
then I did a
sudo service bluetooth restart && pulseaudio -k
pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover && pactl load-module module-switch-on-connect
Now you should get the numbers.
With sudo hcitool scan you should now find your bluetooth device you want to pair. Like: mydevice 08:DF:1F:1F:82:0C
Try now to search the device with your bluetooth applet. I installed blueman, bluez-utils and bluez-tools.
If till now everything worked fine. Congrats. Now you can connect your device and enjoy it.
I made a script to access to my BT device by shortcut (ex. AltC).
My script for my Bose Soundlink - soundlink.sh (executable file):
service bluetooth restart
pulseaudio -k
sleep 10
pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover && pactl load-module module-switch-on-connect
bt-audio -c 08:DF:1F:1F:82:0C # you need to change it with the address of your device
To disconnect you can make a new shortcut like (Altd) with the following command:
bt-audio -d 08:DF:1F:1F:82:0C #address of your device
Now everything works fine for me and I hope it can also be helpful for you. I'm very happy that I found this thread. Thank you a lot.
