I have two notebook computers - a Toshiba and a Fujitsu both of which are very old and are both dual boot computers with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTE 32 bit. Both computers and both operating systems work fine with Bluetooth linking to a Bose mini soundlink speaker for playing music. I use a USB bluetooth dongle for the link and all works well.
However, with a much newer laptop, a Toshiba Satellite Pro C50-A-1K9 running the 64 bit version of Ubuntu 14.04 LTE I cannot get bluetooth to work despite using the same dongle and the same speaker. The first time it finds the device, attempts to pair, but asks that a particular 4 digit code be entered from the device. This is of course impossible as the Bose mini soundlink speaker does not have a keypad! Further attempts to search for bluetooth devices after this first time find nothing. If I then go back to the old notepad computers they also cannot find the device at all with either Windows or Ubuntu 14.04 32 bit. I strongly suspect that the 64 bit version of Ubuntu 14.04 LTE has sent a code to the speaker which prevents it linking via bluetooth thereafter. If anyone else has the Bose mini soundlink speaker and needs to overcome this problem, then Perform a factory reset on the speaker by first turning it on then holding down the bluetooth button for about ten seconds when the speaker beeps and will now work again with the old computers and windows 7 or Ubuntu 14.04 LTE 32 bit. Hope a skilled programmer finds the bug! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to bluez in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1283003 Title: [Bluetooth + 14.04] Bluetooth headsets are not working after last couple of updates Status in Blueman: New Status in blueman package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in bluez package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-bluetooth package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, I found a bug in Ubuntu 14.04 ! I tried to pair a bluetooth stereo headset (A2DP compatible). The pairing process goes well, but after that I can't select it on the audio preferences. When I select it, it only shows the last selected item options and don't do anything. (he should switch to the headset output). I must mention that it worked very well on Ubuntu 12.04. This bug can be in the bluetooth stack or in unity-control-center or maybe pulseaudio. I actually have no idea. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/blueman/+bug/1283003/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp