{"id":30013,"date":"2023-09-24T21:33:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T21:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/?p=30013"},"modified":"2023-09-24T21:33:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T21:33:58","slug":"linux-mint-21-bluetooth-not-working-here-is-a-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/linux-mint-21-bluetooth-not-working-here-is-a-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Mint 21 Bluetooth not working, here is a fix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Linux Mint 21, Blueman replaces Blueberry as the default Bluetooth manager. Blueman is a desktop-agnostic Bluetooth manager that integrates well in all environments. It relies on the standard Bluez stack , which works everywhere and can even be used or queried from the command line. Blueman provides better connectivity, especially for headsets and audio profiles, and offers more features and information for monitoring connections and troubleshooting Bluetooth issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gtech-migrated-from-ad-inserter-placement-2\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-759955384\"><div style=\"margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-998911954\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/linkout\/76065\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" aria-label=\"26002\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/10\/26002.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/10\/26002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/10\/26002-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><p>If you are experiencing Bluetooth issues in Linux Mint 21, there are a few things you can try:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"has-palette-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-list\">\n<li>Check if Bluetooth is enabled: Make sure that Bluetooth is turned on in your system settings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Restart Bluetooth service: Restart the Bluetooth service by running the following command in the terminal:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/09\/linux-control-panel-jpg.webp\" alt=\"linux control panel\" class=\"wp-image-30019\" style=\"border-width:1px;border-radius:5px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/09\/linux-control-panel-jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/09\/linux-control-panel-768x480.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Linux control panel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><code>sudo service bluetooth restart<\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"has-palette-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-list\">\n<li>Install Bluetooth packages: Install the necessary Bluetooth packages by running the following command in the terminal:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><code>sudo apt-get install bluez bluez-tools bluez-hcidump<\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"has-palette-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-list\">\n<li>Update your system: Make sure that your system is up to date by running the following command in the terminal:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><code>sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get upgrade<\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\" class=\"has-palette-color-6-background-color has-background wp-block-list\">\n<li>Remove and re-pair devices: Remove any previously paired devices and try re-pairing them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"cls has-palette-color-14-color has-palette-color-1-background-color has-text-color has-background\">That is it, this should get you going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Information \u2139<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/i\/linux-mint\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2196\">Linux Mint<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"gtech-end-cont\" id=\"gtech-3143488071\"><div style=\"margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-310235016\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/linkout\/17207\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" aria-label=\"26001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/01\/26001.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/01\/26001.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/01\/26001-768x960.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restarting the Bluetooth service can sometimes help resolve Bluetooth issues. You can do this by opening a terminal and running the command sudo systemctl restart bluetooth. Otherwise, lets begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":30018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2196,2197,517],"class_list":["post-30013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-linux-mint","tag-linux-mint-21","tag-linux"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}