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Bluetooth mouse randomly stops working

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wim4rk
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Bluetooth mouse randomly stops working

#1 Post by wim4rk »

Hi,

I really need some help with my bluetooth mouse: Logitech MX master 2S. It basically works excellent, but it randomly stops working. The bluetooth in my task manager says it's still attached, but it doesn't work at all. If I disable Bluetoth and then switch it on again, everything works all right. For a while.

So, I figured it could be a power saving thing, so I did

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$/sbin/iw dev wlp2s0 set power_save off
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olov@helm:~$ /sbin/iwconfig
eno1      no wireless extensions.

wlp2s0    IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"D________p"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:5.54 GHz  Access Point: C6:EA:1D:F4:05:C6   
          Bit Rate=780 Mb/s   Tx-Power=22 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=46/70  Signal level=-64 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:64   Missed beacon:0

lo        no wireless extensions.
This has bothered me for a while, and I can't solve it. I've been googling a lot, but no-one seem to have had this issue exactly. There's been related errors but no sollutions has worked for me.

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PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
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Re: Bluetooth mouse randomly stops working

#2 Post by wim4rk »

Solved this myself.

`$ /sbin/iw dev wlp2s0 set power_save off` does the job, after a good reboot. :oops:

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[Unsolved] Bluetooth mouse randomly stops working

#3 Post by wim4rk »

Nope, I got fooled. It just worked an extra long while. It stopped again after a couple of hours. No idea where to go from here.

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Re: Bluetooth mouse randomly stops working

#4 Post by dannychen »

Hello ,
Have you solved this problem ?
I have the similar issue, the XiaoMi bluetooth mouse randomly disconnected.
Debian Version is the bookworm sid.
I googled some cluses, however, can't fix it.

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Re: Bluetooth mouse randomly stops working

#5 Post by Joe2Shoe »

I'm running Debian 11 Bullseye. Maybe Bluetuith will work for you.
Bluetooth must be active and running for Bluetuith to functionwith this Terminal command:
systemctl status bluetooth.service

You need to be online to install Bluetuith.

Open a Terminal & paste the following command:
cd ~/Downloads;sudo apt install -y aria2 bluez;B=bluetuith;L=Linux_x86_64.tar.gz;\
aria2c https://github.com/darkhz/$B/releases/d ... .3_$L;sudo tar -xf $B_*_$L -C /usr/local/bin/;\
echo -e "[Desktop Entry]\nName=Bluetuith\nComment=Bluetooth Frontend\nExec=/usr/local/bin/bluetuith --set-theme-config='Adapter=red,Device=purple,MenuBar=blue'\nTerminal=true\nIcon=bluetooth\nType=Application\nCategories=System;GTK;Utility;TerminalEmulator;\nStartupNotify=true">$HOME/.local/share/applications/bluetuith.desktop

After it has installed, use the menu to launch Bluetuith (look for the Bluetooth logo).
It opens in a Terminal window, that you can maximize/resize.

Click on your BT device in Bluetuith's list, and then click the [Device] menu to select Pair/Connect/Trust/Remove etc.

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Re: Bluetooth mouse randomly stops working

#6 Post by sunrat »

Joe2Shoe wrote: 2022-11-28 22:40 I'm running Debian 11 Bullseye. Maybe Bluetuith will work for you.
That's a big maybe. 3rd party applications should not be needed and would be totally unsupported here. We don't know what it does or how it may change or conflict with default configurations. Users are on their own if they wish to try it.
You also need to clean up your command and put it inside code tags.
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