bluetooth not working in 15.10

[Norbert]

Ubuntu 15.10 Wily

No bluetooth indicator visible.

I can't activate bluetooth in the bluetooth system-settings.

Bluetooth mouse not working (I can't pair it).

syslog:
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z bluetoothd[677]: Starting SDP server
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z bluetoothd[677]: DIS cannot start: GATT is disabled
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z bluetoothd[677]: Failed to init deviceinfo plugin
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z bluetoothd[677]: Failed to init proximity plugin
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z bluetoothd[677]: Failed to init time plugin
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z bluetoothd[677]: Failed to init alert plugin
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z bluetoothd[677]: Failed to init thermometer plugin
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z NetworkManager[647]: <info> VPN: loaded org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z NetworkManager[647]: <info> DNS: loaded plugin dnsmasq
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z bluetoothd[677]: bluetoothd[677]: Starting SDP server
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z bluetoothd[677]: bluetoothd[677]: DIS cannot start: GATT is disabled
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z bluetoothd[677]: bluetoothd[677]: Failed to init deviceinfo plugin
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z bluetoothd[677]: bluetoothd[677]: Failed to init proximity plugin
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z bluetoothd[677]: bluetoothd[677]: Failed to init time plugin
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z bluetoothd[677]: bluetoothd[677]: Failed to init alert plugin
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z bluetoothd[677]: bluetoothd[677]: Failed to init thermometer plugin
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z avahi-daemon[680]: Successfully called chroot().
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z avahi-daemon[680]: Successfully dropped remaining capabilities.
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z avahi-daemon[680]: No service file found in /etc/avahi/services.
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z avahi-daemon[680]: Network interface enumeration completed.
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z systemd[1]: Started Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack.
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z avahi-daemon[680]: Registering HINFO record with values 'X86_64'/'LINUX'.
Jul 28 10:44:51 norbert-Aspire-5737Z systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.

hciconfig
hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB
 BD Address: 00:15:83:15:A3:0B ACL MTU: 672:4 SCO MTU: 48:1
 DOWN
 RX bytes:445 acl:0 sco:0 events:15 errors:0
 TX bytes:63 acl:0 sco:0 commands:15 errors:0

rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

that has nothing to do with touch settings

[Norbert (asterix52)]

I tested different kernel versions today:

Kernel 4.1: not working
Kernel 4.0: not working
Kernel 3.19: Bluetooth is running

Do we need a newer bluez version for a Kernel higher 4.0? Or is a kernel driver not working?

How to find out?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Norbert (asterix52)]

My problem was a kernel problem and was fixed with this patch upstream:

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103451

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

same as bug #1492532?

[BarryD9545 (k-barry-x)]

I can send files, but no dialog comes up to recive files.

[hyde (uniprimus)]

mouse and headset paired but not working thereafter
Keyboard cannot be paired

Oct 10 13:55:19 oranje bluetoothd[620]: 00:02:76:34:F7:5A: error updating services: Host is down (112)
Oct 10 13:55:49 oranje bluetoothd[620]: Refusing input device connect: No such file or directory (2)
Oct 10 13:55:49 oranje bluetoothd[620]: Refusing connection from 00:02:76:34:F7:5A: unknown device
Oct 10 13:56:35 oranje bluetoothd[620]: Refusing input device connect: No such file or directory (2)
Oct 10 13:56:35 oranje bluetoothd[620]: Refusing connection from 00:02:76:34:F7:5A: unknown device

[Mike Holmes (mike-holmes)]

On switching to 15.10 my Logitech H800 BT headset no longer exports a microphone in the sound settings dialogue, the headset works fine otherwise for HSP/HFP play back and A2DP

[Prahlad Yeri (prahladyeri)]

I have the same issue as BarryD9545. I can send files via bluetooth, but cannot receive from the smart-phone.

[Mike Carifio (carifio)]

I have mike-holmes's problem also, logitec h800, sound, no mic over bluetooth. No usb.

[gloonie (gloonie)]

I have no sound, no connection to jambox, Blueman reports: Connection Failed: DBusFailedError: No such file or directory

[Leonardo Garcia Tampelini (tampelini)]

I solve my problem with this:

sudo apt-get purge pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
sudo apt-get install pavucontrol
pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover
sudo apt-get install bluez-tools

[Mike Holmes (mike-holmes)]

Leonardos trick did not work for me.

[bsb (bshro)]

After reading many recipes, which didn't help, I made this: cp /etc/pulse/default.pa ~/.pulse/default.pa , and suddenly everything was ok. The msg 'Home directory not accessible' should be (in sense) 'we can't find a folder and a file' :-)
Healthy New Year!

[Mike Holmes (mike-holmes)]

I tried your solution bsb, it was not the answer for me, the H800 headset microphone remains the only thing not working in my case.