I bought this laptop 7 years ago and it is still going very well indeed.

I have just installed 20.04 Ubuntu on it and all is well EXCEPT the Bluetooth connectivity. It has never been a problem in the past.

The hardware is Intel Centrino 2230 -802.11 b/g/n Wireless LAN + Bluetooth Combo Module.

I have installed Bluez, Bluedevil, blueman and related bluetooth support files.

When I go to Bluetooth Manager and select, it says Bluetooth is not Enabled (or no response). Sometimes the bluetooth icon appears momentarily in the bottom panel but then disappears.

This might help?

gaz@gaz-Desktop:~$ lsusb; lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net; dmesg | egrep -i 'blue|firm'
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f3:0103 Elan Microelectronics Corp. ActiveJet K-2024 Multimedia Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 12cf:0106 DEXIN Laser Gamer Mouse
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002e] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Qualcomm Atheros AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:30a4]
Kernel driver in use: ath9k
Kernel modules: ath9k
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 15)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [1043:8677]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169


and

bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)


Apr 29 16:00:04 gaz-Desktop systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped.
Apr 29 16:10:34 gaz-Desktop systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped.
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Any help appreciated


Garry