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Bluetooth won't turn On on Ubuntu 20.04

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I recently installed ubuntu 20.04 and bluetooth seemed to work out-of-the-box. Yesterday, it stopped working with no known reason. I can turn it ON but the settings still show it to be OFF.enter image description here I tried the following:
$ sudo -i
$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
and on running bluetoothctl,
Agent registered
[bluetooth]# power off
No default controller available
[bluetooth]# power on
No default controller available
[bluetooth]# exit
What could be the problem and how to tackle it ?
Asked by Pe Dro (1509 rep)
Sep 6, 2020, 08:57 AM
Last activity: Jul 11, 2025, 05:40 PM