Bluetoothctl - no default controller available

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bluetooth keeps saying no default controller available as shown below and i cant find any solution to the problem online

[manav@manav-80qq ~]$ sudo bluetoothctl
Agent registered
[bluetooth]# scan on
No default controller available
[bluetooth]# list
[bluetooth]#

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.32-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=879414a2-cf69-4ef8-a9ee-5d77d3615afb rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.16.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
    v: 4.16.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 80QQ v: Lenovo ideapad 100-15IBD
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo ideapad 100-15IBD
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: Nano 5B6 v: SDK0J40700 WIN
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: E0CN23WW date: 09/16/2015
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 23.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 23.3/31.7 Wh (73.7%)
    volts: 16.3 min: 14.4 model: GC 15L4A01 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
    status: full
Memory:
  RAM: total: 3.75 GiB used: 2.13 GiB (56.9%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i3-5005U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Broadwell
    family: 6 model-id: 0x3D (61) stepping: 4 microcode: 0x2F
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
    L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1896 min/max: 500/1900 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
    governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1896 2: 1896 3: 1896 4: 1896 bogomips: 15969
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon
    avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8
    de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb erms est f16c flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase
    fxsr ht ibpb ibrs intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce
    md_clear mmx monitor movbe msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid
    pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand
    rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2
    ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme x2apic
    xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel
    ports: active: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1616
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: IMC Networks Lenovo EasyCamera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 2-6:5 chip-ID: 13d3:5744 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver:
    X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3286x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 869x285mm (34.21x11.22")
    s-diag: 915mm (36.01")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: primary,top-left
    model: BenQ GL2450 serial: <filter> built: 2013 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60
    dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 size: 531x298mm (20.91x11.73") diag: 609mm (24")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: bottom-r model: LG Display 0x04bd built: 2015
    res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
    diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.8
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:160c class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9ca0
    class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.32-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.49 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Lenovo
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 4000
    bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lenovo
    driver: rtl8188ee v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000
    bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8179 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> virtual: stable-privacy scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 16.42 GiB (3.5%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MQ01ABF050
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 5E scheme: GPT
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: ■■■■■■■■ model: DVD-RAM UJ8HC rev: G801
    dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
    rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 457.09 GiB (98.20%)
    used: 16.42 GiB (3.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
    uuid: 879414a2-cf69-4ef8-a9ee-5d77d3615afb
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: NO_LABEL
    uuid: 8DE9-B22C
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 8087:8001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 11 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-1:2 info: SiGma Micro Keyboard TRACER Gamma Ivory
    type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 98mA chip-ID: 1c4f:0002 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 2-2:3 info: Sunplus Innovation Optical Mouse type: Mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
    power: 98mA chip-ID: 1bcf:0005 class-ID: 0301
  Device-3: 2-4:4 info: Realtek RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
    type: <vendor specific> driver: rtsx_usb,rtsx_usb_ms,rtsx_usb_sdmmc
    interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0129
    class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: 2-6:5 info: IMC Networks Lenovo EasyCamera type: Video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 200mA
    chip-ID: 13d3:5744 class-ID: 0e02
  Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 198 Uptime: 2h 14m wakeups: 2 Init: systemd v: 250
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1160
  lib: 343 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: xfce4-terminal
  inxi: 3.3.15
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Hi @Mahtav,

Please don’t start duplicate threads:

Also, a tip:

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This will just cause it to be rendered like this:

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Thereby improving legibility and making it much easier for those trying to be of assistance.

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Hi @Mahtav,

Are you sure the bluetooth hasn’t been disabled physically oy in the BIOS? I mean, there’s not even a chip-ID to work with…

Because, it looks like the kernel doesn’t even detect there’s anything. (that might need a driver.)

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as a fast workaround please use a live-iso of a different de, for example linux-mint to check if bluetooth is avaiable at the live-system and as already mentioned, check your bios-settings first.

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i am new to all this stuff so im gonna need your help, how do i access the BIOS settings

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I asked Google this crude question:

Lenovo ideapad 100-15IBD bios

… and something probably helpful came up :wink: