When I use hcitool dev:
sudo hcitool dev Devices: Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64
lsmod | grep -i blue bluetooth 374429 6 bnep,btusb 6lowpan_iphc 16588 1 bluetooth rfkill 18867 6 cfg80211,acer_wmi,bluetooth crc16 12343 2 ext4,bluetooth Dmesg command output:
dmesg | grep -i firmware [ 0.166480] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored [ 9.257608] [Firmware Bug]: battery: (dis)charge rate invalid. [ 10.691014] psmouse serio1: elantech: assuming hardware version 3 (with firmware version 0x550f01) [ 11.742351] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI(PEGP) defines _DOD but not _DOS For bluetooth
dmesg | grep -i blue [ 11.300428] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.19 [ 11.300445] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized [ 11.300452] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized [ 11.300454] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized [ 11.300464] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized [ 84.877650] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3 [ 84.877653] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast [ 84.877658] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized Bluetooth service status:
bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled) Active: active (running) since Вт 2016-03-29 19:11:14 MSK; 1h 21min ago Docs: man:bluetoothd(8) Main PID: 1470 (bluetoothd) Status: "Running" CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service └─1470 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd мар 29 19:11:14 debian bluetoothd[1470]: Bluetooth daemon 5.23 мар 29 19:11:14 debian bluetoothd[1470]: Starting SDP server мар 29 19:11:14 debian bluetoothd[1470]: Bluetooth management interface 1...d Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full. PS If this helps my laptop - Acer aspire v3-571g
