bluetoothctl No default controller available

Question

It\'s a bit wired here.

I have a problem is bluetoothctl always said \"No default controller available\". I found there are many people had same problem with me. But th

Answer 1

Here are the steps that worked for me by modifying the bluez config and the run without sudo:

• Create a "bluetooth" group which will be granted with on bluez's d-bus config

$ sudo groupadd bluetooth

• Open the config in /etc/dbus-1/system.d/bluetooth.conf with your favorite text editor
  
  e.g.

$ sudo vi /etc/dbus-1/system.d/bluetooth.conf

• Add/append the following lines below in /etc/dbus-1/system.d/bluetooth.conf

  
  
  
  

• Save your changes.

• Add your login user to "bluetooth" group

$ sudo usermod -a -G bluetooth

• Reboot the system.

• Then try to use "bluetoothctl" without sudo

  $ bluetoothctl
  [bluetooth]# show