[Networking] Bluetooth always disabled when starting Debian 12

[scorpyous]

Previously, when starting Debian 12, Bluetooth was always activated, making my life easier with my mouse and keyboard. Now, Debian always starts with Bluetooth disabled, making it necessary to go to the settings to activate it and then use the peripherals. How can I make Debian automatically turn Bluetooth back on? Thanks in advance.

[bbbhltz]

Hi

In /etc/bluetooth/main.conf under the [General] section is there an entry that looks like this?

DiscoverableTimeout = 0

And also under the [Policy] section

AutoEnable=true

[scorpyous]

hi @bbbhltz, thanks for your help... only DiscoverableTimeout was disabled/commented out. AutoEnable was enabled and true. I enabled DiscoverableTimeout, restarted the machine and... the same, the Bluetooth didn't start...

[kopper]

What desktop environment are you using (Gnome, KDE, etc.)? You could check whether for some reason Bluetooth daemon is disabled during boot.

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systemctl list-unit-files bluetooth.service

[peer]

Check if power is on:

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/usr/bin/bluetoothctl show
Controller 4C:44:5B:86:16:49 (public)
        Name: debian
        Alias: debian
        Class: 0x00000000
        Powered: no
        Discoverable: no
        DiscoverableTimeout: 0x000000b4
        Pairable: yes
        ....................

In the output there is a line: ¨Powered: no" or "Powered: yes"
If it is not powered you can turn it on with:

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/usr/bin/bluetoothctl power on