8

I'm running Jessie, and an apt-get update/upgrade has no work to do. The kernel is at version 4.4.11-v7+ #891. An hcitool scan says there's no device available. bluetoothctl says No default controller available.

I'm really, really, REALLY sure this is a Raspberry Pi 3.

Improve this question
2
  • I believe that the proper way to upgrade so as to have the bluetooth enabled is sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
    – sir_ian
    Jun 2, 2016 at 0:23
  • I had done that. Bluetooth was working at one point after the upgrade (and several hours of hacking) and it stopped working sometime after that for unknown reasons.
    – nsayer
    Jun 2, 2016 at 0:32

2 Answers 2

Reset to default
4

The package raspberrypi-sys-mods was missing. Adding that fixed it.

Improve this answer
0

As mentioned in this related question I got it working by running:

sudo systemctl start hciuart.service
Improve this answer

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.