Bluetooth doesn't work after suspend on a MacBook/MacBook Pro

[Niran Babalola]

I have my Bluetooth preferences set to show the applet whenever a Bluetooth adapter is present. On a fresh boot, everything works fine. After returning from suspend, there is no applet, and attempting to transfer files from my phone to my computer doesn't work.

I am running Hardy, and it is fully updated.

Workaround:

sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth stop
sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth start

Note: restart does NOT work.

[Niran Babalola (niran)]

I think it's likely a kernel issue, not a gnome-bluetooth issue.

[Sébastien Valette (sebastien-valette)]

I can confirm the same issue on my Toshiba laptop. Restarting bluetooth fixes the problem in ly case.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

[David Fraser (davidf)]

This seems similar to bug 234202

[Alexander Jones (alex-weej)]

Right now I can't even successfully suspend/resume to test this.

[Ladislav Kopecky (spex)]

I have same problem after fresh reboot bluetooth working normal a after return from suspend or hibernate bluetooth dont work. when i use this

sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth stop
sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth start

bluetooth working again

I have ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Alpha 4

[Robert Nasiadek (robzon)]

I just tested this on Alpha 5. Still no bluetooth after suspend.

[Ladislav Kopecky (spex)]

In kernel 2.6.27-3-generic this bugs miss.

[Robert Nasiadek (robzon)]

Still having this issue on a Macbook 3rd gen, running up-to-date intrepid (2.6.27-4).

[Alexander Jones (alex-weej)]

Seconded.

[Christian Stöveken (excogitation)]

Problem still persists on 8.10 (2.6.27-4) but
sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart works.

[Robert Nasiadek (robzon)]

The bug seems to be fixed now, at least for me. Can anyone confirm this?

[Anmar Oueja (anmar)]

I am using final release of Intrepid and the bug persists on macbook (white 3rd Gen) . the chipset is Intel.

[Christian Stöveken (excogitation)]

On my machine it's fixed as well.

[annunaki2k2 (russell-knighton)]

Just to state, I still have this issue too - Macbook 2,1.

For me a "sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart" after each resume seems to fix it.

Running most up-to-date patches on ibex.

[Alexander Jones (alex-weej)]

My bluetooth services come and go as they please after a suspend-resume
cycle. Up to date 8.10.

[Dario Bertini (berdario)]

I still have this issue (Macbook 3,1 with ubuntu 8.10 x86_64 2.6.27-11-generic):

boot: applet present
suspend-resume: applet absent
suspend-resume: present
suspend-resume: present
suspend-resume: present
suspend-resume: present
suspend-resume: absent

to me seems behaving completely random...

moreover: i use the bluetooth with my logitech mouse, and after the first resume, when the applet was absent, it still worked!

instead... after the 3/4th resume (applet present) it didn't...

and when it works after a resume the buttons works fine, except for the scroll wheel which is inert...

doing
sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart
fixes it, but it makes my mouse lose the connection (and so i'm forced to remove it from the bluetooth devices and reenable it)

[Dave Vasilevsky (djvasi)]

On my MacBook4,1 running Jaunty amd64, bluetooth still goes away after suspend. A restart of the bluetooth service brings it back.

As a workaround I've added the following to /etc/pm/sleep.d, but this is obviously not a real fix:

#!/bin/sh
case "$1" in
 hibernate|suspend)
  ;;
 thaw|resume)
  /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart
  ;;
 *) exit $NA
  ;;
esac