Can not activate bluetooth

[kevinthefixer]

What a surprise, permissions problems. Not being a guru, I can't tell if "the configuration file" is for dbus or bluez, but that's where I'd start looking.

[LarsF]

When I try to upload an attachment I get an error The extension txt is not allowed.

Hmm, okay. Could you upload it to a site like https://textuploader.com/ and paste the URL here? I just don't want the forum or your copy-pasting to strip out valuable info.

Here is a link to textuploader http://txt.do/1dmyf

[chaanakya]

Did you modify /usr/share/dbus/system-services/org.bluez.service? Could you try the following?

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sudo apt purge bluez && sudo apt install bluez

That should hopefully reset the security policy and hopefully fix the issue.

[LarsF]

Did you modify /usr/share/dbus/system-services/org.bluez.service? Could you try the following?

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sudo apt purge bluez && sudo apt install bluez

That should hopefully reset the security policy and hopefully fix the issue.

That didn't work.

I dont know if it is related but I made a

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sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

and that also made fail

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Havde:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates InRelease
Ignorerer:2 http://ftp.dk.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease                  
Ignorerer:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/enlightenment-git/ppa/ubuntu eoan InRelease
Havde:4 http://ftp.dk.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease
Havde:5 http://ftp.dk.debian.org/debian stretch Release                       
Fejl:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/enlightenment-git/ppa/ubuntu eoan Release
  404  Not Found
Indlæser pakkelisterne... Færdig                
E: Arkivet »http://ppa.launchpad.net/enlightenment-git/ppa/ubuntu eoan Release« har ikke en udgivelsesfil.
N: Opdatering, fra et sådant arkiv, kan ikke udføres sikkert og er derfor deaktiveret som standard.
N: Se apt-secure(8)-manualsiden for detaljer om arkivoprettelse og brugerkonfiguration.

Sorry it is in danish. Is there any way to get it in english, else If there is something I should translate just let me know.

[chaanakya]

This is sort of unrelated, but you added a PPA (which is for Ubuntu) to Debian. You made a FrankenDebian. Enlightenment exists in the Debian repositories, and you should directly pull from their git repository if you want a newer version (or switch to Testing or Unstable). Don't use PPAs in Debian.

As for bluez, I'm not really sure, since purging and reinstalling should have reset the security policy. What is the output of the following?

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cat /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.bluez.service

How about this?

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systemctl cat bluetooth.service

Did you change anything bluetooth related, like the systemd service or the D-Bus policy?

[sickpig]

This is sort of unrelated, but you added a PPA (which is for Ubuntu) to Debian. You made a FrankenDebian. Enlightenment exists in the Debian repositories, and you should directly pull from their git repository if you want a newer version (or switch to Testing or Unstable). Don't use PPAs in Debian.

As for bluez, I'm not really sure, since purging and reinstalling should have reset the security policy. What is the output of the following?

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cat /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.bluez.service

How about this?

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systemctl cat bluetooth.service

Did you change anything bluetooth related, like the systemd service or the D-Bus policy?

thats either here nor there, y cant u give him the right entries for the sources.list?

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Sorry it is in danish. Is there any way to get it in english

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sudo -i
LC_ALL=C apt update
LC_ALL=C apt upgrade
exit

@chaanakya: +1 about the PPAs but in this case the OP's system hasn't used the sources because it can't find the Release file.

[chaanakya]

thats either here nor there, y cant u give him the right entries for the sources.list?

Because you don't need any extra repositories to use Enlightenment? And I clearly said that it was unrelated to the problem.

@chaanakya: +1 about the PPAs but in this case the OP's system hasn't used the sources because it can't find the Release file.

Yup. Still not sure why purging and re-installing bluez didn't fix the permissions problem though. As far as I can tell, the service files (both the systemd service and the D-Bus policy) are installed by that package, and I don't think the default policy files are that strict.

OH! LarsF, is your user in the bluetooth group? I mean, that shouldn't matter, since that only affects whether your user can use bluetooth stuff. It shouldn't affect whether bluetooth is activated in the first place.

[LarsF]

This is sort of unrelated, but you added a PPA (which is for Ubuntu) to Debian. You made a FrankenDebian. Enlightenment exists in the Debian repositories, and you should directly pull from their git repository if you want a newer version (or switch to Testing or Unstable). Don't use PPAs in Debian.

As for bluez, I'm not really sure, since purging and reinstalling should have reset the security policy. What is the output of the following?

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cat /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.bluez.service

How about this?

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systemctl cat bluetooth.service

Did you change anything bluetooth related, like the systemd service or the D-Bus policy?

The code

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cat /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.bluez.service
[D-BUS Service]
Name=org.bluez
Exec=/bin/false
User=root
SystemdService=dbus-org.bluez.service

and the code

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systemctl cat bluetooth.service
# /lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service
[Unit]
Description=Bluetooth service
# /lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service
[Unit]
Description=Bluetooth service
Documentation=man:bluetoothd(8)
ConditionPathIsDirectory=/sys/class/bluetooth

[Service]
Type=dbus
BusName=org.bluez
ExecStart=/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd
NotifyAccess=main
#WatchdogSec=10
#Restart=on-failure
CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
LimitNPROC=1
ProtectHome=true
ProtectSystem=full

[Install]
WantedBy=bluetooth.target
Alias=dbus-org.bluez.service

# /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.service.d/override.conf
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothhd --debug -n

I did install Enlightenment with apt. But in the beginning I had some trouble finding out how to install it. So I tryed different guides on the net. Do you know how I can remove the PPA.

[LarsF]

thats either here nor there, y cant u give him the right entries for the sources.list?

Because you don't need any extra repositories to use Enlightenment? And I clearly said that it was unrelated to the problem.

@chaanakya: +1 about the PPAs but in this case the OP's system hasn't used the sources because it can't find the Release file.

Yup. Still not sure why purging and re-installing bluez didn't fix the permissions problem though. As far as I can tell, the service files (both the systemd service and the D-Bus policy) are installed by that package, and I don't think the default policy files are that strict.

OH! LarsF, is your user in the bluetooth group? I mean, that shouldn't matter, since that only affects whether your user can use bluetooth stuff. It shouldn't affect whether bluetooth is activated in the first place.

Sorry it is in danish. Is there any way to get it in english

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sudo -i
LC_ALL=C apt update
LC_ALL=C apt upgrade
exit

@chaanakya: +1 about the PPAs but in this case the OP's system hasn't used the sources because it can't find the Release file.

Here it is in english

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LC_ALL=C apt update
Ign:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/enlightenment-git/ppa/ubuntu eoan InRelease
Ign:2 http://ftp.dk.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease
Get:3 http://ftp.dk.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease [91.0 kB]
Err:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/enlightenment-git/ppa/ubuntu eoan Release
  404  Not Found
Get:5 http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates InRelease [94.3 kB]
Hit:6 http://ftp.dk.debian.org/debian stretch Release                          
Get:7 http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates/main Sources [207 kB]
Get:9 http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates/main amd64 Packages [495 kB]
Reading package lists... Done                      
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/enlightenment-git/ppa/ubuntu eoan Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

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LC_ALL=C apt upgrade
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Job for bluetooth.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
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invoke-rc.d: initscript bluetooth, action "start" failed.
* bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
  Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.service.d
           `-override.conf
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2019-06-12 16:29:06 CEST; 6ms ago
     Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
  Process: 12320 ExecStart=/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothhd --debug -n (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
 Main PID: 12320 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)

Jun 12 16:29:06 Acer systemd[1]: Starting Bluetooth service...
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Jun 12 16:29:06 Acer systemd[1]: Failed to start Bluetooth service.
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Jun 12 16:29:06 Acer systemd[1]: bluetooth.service: Failed with result 'exi…de'.
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And yes my user is in the bluetooth group

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Why have you over-ridden bluetoothhd.service?

Does the package update succesfully if you remove the over-ride?

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# rm -r /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.service.d

Disclaimer: I don't use bluetooth so I have no idea how to fix this.

[chaanakya]

Why have you over-ridden bluetoothhd.service?

Does the package update succesfully if you remove the over-ride?

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# rm -r /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.service.d

Disclaimer: I don't use bluetooth so I have no idea how to fix this.

The override was to get more debugging info in the log. I asked LarsF to do that. It doesn't affect whether the bluetooth works or not.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Gaaah, sorry chaanakya

Note to self: read thread before wading in...

[chaanakya]

And yes my user is in the bluetooth group

You have a typo in your override file (/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothhd instead of /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd) which you should fix first.

So for now, can you remove the PPA repository (I'm not sure how you added it, but it's either a line starting with deb http://ppa.launchpad.net in /etc/apt/sources.list or it's a file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d), and run

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sudo apt update && sudo apt purge bluez && sudo apt upgrade

and make sure it completes properly without any errors? I want to start from a clean place before we try anything else.

After that completes without any errors, can you make sure the file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/bluetooth.conf doesn't exist? Just to be sure it was removed (since that's actually where the security policy is stored...I did some research). Now do a

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sudo apt install bluez

and upload the logs again, same way as before.