Why would I get "No Bluetooth Adapter Found"

picreekhouse · January 28, 2021 at 10:59 PM

I'm running 9.2.6 on a Pi 3 and I am getting either "No Bluetooth adapter found" or "Bluetooth disabled" when enabling the Bluetooth on the device.

I ran a dmesg which listed that Bluetooth got both device and sockets initialized.

What could be the problem that causes this?

**Da Flex** · January 28, 2021 at 11:20 PM Official Post

Please post a link to a kodi.log.

picreekhouse · January 29, 2021 at 5:42 AM

Da Flex,

Thank you for responding.

I didn't see anything in the log that listed a problem with Bluetooth but maybe you can find it.

Kodi Log file

**Da Flex** · January 29, 2021 at 2:15 PM Official Post

I can't find Bluetooth errors, too. I guess WiFi (RPi internal) and Bluetooth (RPi internal) share a driver dependency. If you have WiFi disabled, enable it, and try Bluetooth again.

Do you use the internal RPi Bluetooth, or an external adapter?

picreekhouse · January 29, 2021 at 5:14 PM

I likely have WiFi disabled as I always do if I don't plan on using it so I will take a look and see if that does the trick. It is the internal Bluetooth I am using so initially thought maybe it hadn't been set up however the dmesg test showed it got initialized ok.

picreekhouse · January 29, 2021 at 10:24 PM

mystery solved.

Turns out its been a bit longer since I last messed with my Kodi setup than I thought (isn't it great when things just work) and it turns out that I was running on a Pi 2 model B.

I will like retire this device and find a new purpose for it and upgrade to a Pi 4.

**Da Flex** · January 29, 2021 at 10:38 PM Official Post

No Bluetooth on RPi 2B.

picreekhouse · January 30, 2021 at 6:17 AM

Exactly lol

At least I learned you can't trust everything the dmesg command tells you.

Thank you for trying to help.