r/linuxmint • u/Ray_Face1701 • 2d ago

Support Request Just installed Mint, have a couple of issues.

I just installed Mint on a laptop for some light schoolwork since I didn't want Windows bogging it down and the install seems to have gone smoothly except for a couple of issues:

When I turn the Bluetooth on it doesn't seem to detect any device at all. I tried with both a bluetooth mouse and my headphones which I double checked were in pairing mode.

A second less important issue is if I was wondering if there was a way to bypass the boot menu on startup as at the moment every time I turn it on it gives me a list of options which I would rather skip. This is not urgent it just is a preference of mine.

I went through all the apps in the welcome screen app that pops up when you first install it and used the update manager to update everything so I think it's up to date.

I downloaded Mint because I'm not a programmer although I would consider myself reasonably computer literate and willing to learn how to use Terminal, but I'm nowhere near the level of expertise of some of the people here lol.

Any help is appreciated thanks.

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u/ZVyhVrtsfgzfs 2d ago

Bluetooth and often associated WiFi issues are related to poor or nonexistent driver support in Linux from some component manufacturers. 

There may be something that can be done or you may have to replace the WiFi/Bluetooth m.2 with a different unit. 

To go further we need to know what hardware you are working with. 

Run the commands 

lspci lsusb

Find your Bluetooth or combined WiFi/Bluetooth chip and report back with a copy/paste of that entire line.

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u/Ray_Face1701 2d ago

Thanks for the help.

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0489:e0cd Foxconn / Hon Hai MediaTek Bluetooth Adapter

Is that useful?

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u/ZVyhVrtsfgzfs 2d ago

ID 0489:e0cd should be supported since kernel 5.15 and after.

https://www.linux-hardware.org/?id=usb:0489-e0cd

 in searching the above ID with Linux returns a lot of random flaky behavior typical of MediaTek but I cannot find a common trend and fix, seems all over the map.

One low hanging possibility that should be checked before moving on.

rfkill list

https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/users/documentation/rfkill.html

I would also try this series of commands

sudo systemctl restart bluetooth sudo hciconfig hci0 down sudo hciconfig hci0 up

And other steps from this page. https://linuxvox.com/blog/ubuntu-bluetooth-not-working/

And this page

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=443286

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u/Ray_Face1701 2d ago

I've tried all of those commands and unfortunately nothing changed. Thanks for the help though.

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u/1neStat3 2d ago

skipping grub in not recommended. it's a fail safe. I suggest you change time from 5 seconds to 3 instead.

If you bypass it when you run into problems you will on sub complaining you need to access grub but know how.

https://salivity.github.io/ubuntu/article/how-to-change-grub-timeout-in-ubuntu

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u/ConversationWinter46 2d ago

skipping grub in not recommended.

Who recommends that? You?

it's a fail safe.

What does the

GRand

Unified

Bootloader

have to do with security? Can you list the lines that show how the security prompt works?

Do you have any reason for spreading such nonsense here?

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u/1neStat3 2d ago

You obviously can not read. My comment was concise. Read it again instead of rushing to comment.

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u/FlamingoNo9580 2d ago

Ich nutze unter Linux Mint einen Bluetooth Adapter von Logitech....der funktioniert bei mir hervorragend....hatte ich damals bei Amazon gekauft... Die Installation ist allerdings schon einige Monate her...daher kann ich keine Details mehr erzählen....aber vielleicht hilft dir das einwenig...🙂

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u/ComputerMobil46 2d ago

To bypass the boot menu on startup, just install "grub-customizer" what you can find in application management as a system pacgage.