
So, I went out home with my laptop, tested an USB adapter and bought it. Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initializedĬonsidering how much time (man-hour) I spent trying to make my built-in Bluetooth adapter work on Linux, I decided it would be cheaper and faster to buy an USB adapter that actually works on Linux. Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3 Bluetooth: Can't change to loading configuration err Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized Linux viny-notebook 4.4.0-24-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 8 19:27: x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 a friend of mine suggested running: $ dmesg | grep -i bluetooth RTS5129 Card Reader Controllerīus 002 Device 004: ID 1bcf:2c81 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.īus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter īus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8001 Intel Corp.īus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hubīus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hubīus 002 Device 005: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. I don't know if that helps, but my laptop also has an Atheros Wi-Fi adapter, which the AIDA report shows as Atheros AR9565 802.11b/g/n Wireless Network Adapter, a PCI device with ID 168C-0036.ĮDIT: as requested in the comments, here is some more info: $ lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 lsusbĠ3:00.0 Network controller : Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) Is there any way I could make that Bluetooth adapter work on Ubuntu 16.04? For me, it seems like Linux is not even seeing my laptop's Bluetooth adapter.Ī report made using AIDA64 for Windows shows: 04CA 3014 Qualcomm Atheros Bluetooth 4.0 I've already tried other Q&A here at Ask Ubuntu, but all of them refer to different versions of Ubuntu and/or different Bluetooth adapters. While using Ubuntu, the Bluetooth adapter is the only piece of hardware that does not work.

I've installed Ubuntu 16.04 in dual boot.

While using Windows, I'm able to use the Bluetooth adapter. Acer Aspire E15 laptop (model number E5-573-54ZV) with Windows 10 and Bluetooth 4.0 adapter out of the box.
