How to set up bluetooth in ubuntu 18.04?
Solution 1:
I've struggled for years with bluetooth. The bluetooth stack is very complex and has issues but it gets better year by year.
Here's what I have done and it works great
- get yourself a Plugable usb bluetooth adapter (Amazon)
hot plug it, no need to reboot
find and install blueman from the repos (bluez never has worked well for me)
- power up your headphones, ready to pair
- open blueman, select devices, find your headphones in the list
- select setup, choose how you want to connect and click next
after a couple seconds, it should pair
open sound, scroll to find and select your headphones from the list
Note: You'll have to pair again and select in sound after every boot.
Solution 2:
What is headset ?
For to speak with microphone ? Or for to listen to music ? (I am deaf Ubuntu Linuxer.)
;-)
In Ubuntu often new hardware is recognized, when hardware is at least 4 months to 6 months old (better 1 year old). Concerning music - it can be that there are additional drivers in packages rhythmbox and in amarok and after installation then hardware is recognized - like it was before with some speakers. You might try to install packages with additionally drivers:
sudo apt-get install rhythmbox amarok
And here is a different solution for additionally drivers - specially for Bluetooth and else firmware:
Additional Drivers for Ubuntu 17.10
You might configure this.
After this all perform re-boot.
Solution 3:
I have found that a Soundbot dongle works. It reqired a reboot after insertion and was slow to pick up my headphones, but it did finally.
Solution 4:
RTL8188EE doesn't have bluetooth
I guess the best answer comes from Linux Mint:
Re: HP Laptop's bluetooth not working
Post by JeremyB » Fri Jun 29, 2018 5:31 am You do not have a bluetooth chipset connected, the Rtl8188ee wifi card doesn't have bluetooth
Additional reference:
The parts list for your notebook indicates that it comes with a Realtek RTL8188EE 802.11bg/n 1x1 WiFi adapter.
That is a single band, non bluetooth wifi adapter.
Here is a review of four Bluetooth USB adapters compatible with Linux for as low as 8 bucks:
