Bluetooth stopped working while listening to music

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Hello, I was listing to my Bluetooth speakers when the music stopped. I thought it was just the internet station cutting out so I waited a little bit. So I checked the speakers, feed, and the Bluetooth. Bluetooth was off so I hit the slider to turn it on and it just went back to the off position. I thought that it was time to try a reboot. After the reboot it says I have no Bluetooth and I should plug in a dongle in order to use Bluetooth

I am at a complete loss and have no idea where to start. So any help would be greatly appreciated.

If you need any more info let me know and I will get it for you.

Thanks Kevin.

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Did You got any Updates before this? Maybe a Kernel Update to Kernel 6.17? If yes, try it with boot in the older Kernel. To do that, choose on the GRUB Menu ''Advanced Options'' and choose the Option with the 6.14 Kernel.

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Yes I am running the 6.17 Kernel. But that updated the the day before. I had been using my Bluetooth speakers at least an hour and a haft before the Bluetooth stopped.
I was going to try and try what you suggested but I cannot find the grub menu. I let Fedora wipe my hard drive and I have not been to do any thing with the boot menu. I can get to the bios but that is it.

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To show the grub menu press continuosly esc key during boot (or left shift key if you have an old legacy BIOS).

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Alternatively to @Forpli's Description and for the Case it shouldn't work:

In Zorin open the Terminal and type sudo nano /etc/default/grub and then You get the GRUB Configuration File for working on it. You have to make 2 Changes in this white Text Block:

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Look at the Lines 2 and 3. Change Line 2 to:

GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu

and Line 3 to:

GRUB_TIMEOUT=20

the Number here says that the GRUB Menu is showing for 20 Seconds until it disappears. If this should be not enough Time for You, You can use a higher Value.

When You make these Changes press ctrl+o to save, Enter to confirm and ctrl+x to exit. When back in the normal Terminal Overview type sudo update-grub to make the Changes affect. Don't forget that! Without i, it will not work.

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Thank you Forpli Both esc and left shift key brought me to the bios. The trick for me was F9.

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Thank you Ponce-De-Leon, you solution change the grub menu worked great. Except for two problems. First I skimmed over your post to fast and once I was done editing I panicked. It has been over over 25 years since I have used nano. I googled it. Then I forgot to update grub. So nothing changed when I rebooted the first time.
Once I updated grub properly I rebooted to grub chose the 6.14 kernel and finished booting then I checked and I was running the 6.14 instead of the 6.17 kernel.
Checked if I had Bluetooth but same as before it says I need a dongle to use Bluetooth.
So I am still at a loss as what to do or where to look.

I thank everyone for you help Kelean.

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Can You post the Output of the Commands sudo lshw -C network and rfkill list please? Does Your System run in Wayland or X11? You can check that with the Terminal Command echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE

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kelean@Old-*asterd-112:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network                 
       description: Wireless interface
       product: RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: wlp1s0
       version: 00
       serial: b0:fc:36:af:8e:dd
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtw_8821ce driverversion=6.14.0-37-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
       resources: irq:135 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:a1100000-a110ffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: Ethernet Connection (7) I219-V
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 1f.6
       bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6
       logical name: eno1
       version: 10
       serial: 30:9c:23:c9:85:0c
       size: 1Gbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=6.14.0-37-generic duplex=full firmware=0.5-4 ip=192.168.1.97 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
       resources: irq:132 memory:a1200000-a121ffff

elean@Old-*astard-112:~$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

I am running Wayland

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Then, I would suggest to try it with switching to X11/Xorg. To do that, go to the Login Screen. Click on Your Profile so that the Password Field appears. When it is appeared, You should see a Gear Icon in the bottom right Corner. Click on it and choose the Option ''Zorin Desktop on Xorg'' and then log in.

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Made no difference.

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Check the File /etc/bluetooth/main.conf if AutoEnable is set to true(You can open it in Text Editor):

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If bluetooth suddenly disconnected during use, this usually means something else requested pairing, rather than a driver suddenly stopping to work mid-process.
Do you have other bluetooth devices?

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Pomce, I ran /etc/bluetooth/main.conf and I was greeted with

sudo: /etc/bluetooth/main.conf: command not found

Aravisian after my speakers cut off I checked my bluetooth and it was turned off. I tried to turn it back on but it switched back immediately.
I tried rebooting ant no bluetooth.

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Don't enter the filename in terminal. Search for the file with your filemanager. You can type the path in the adressbar at the top to find the file or click through the folders. Start at "Other Places" on the left side.

If you want to use the terminal, you can use the command

cat /etc/bluetooth/main.conf

or - if you need to edit the file -

sudo nano /etc/bluetooth/main.conf
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yes I did find the file etc/bluetooth/main.conf


# AutoEnable defines option to enable all controllers when they are found.
# This includes adapters present on start as well as adapters that are plugged
# in later on. Defaults to 'true'.
AutoEnable=true
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Sorry not sure what happened to font size.

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I reformated it for You. But that looks like it should ... Did You checked the ''Additional Drivers'' Tab in Software & Updates if there is any Driver offered?

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Yes I did and nothing was listed

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I was curious so I tried a live usb of Fedora the latest version as of two or three weeks ago. I I checked and it said plug in a bluetooth dongle. I had this installed and the bluetooth worked just fine.

So now im really confused on the whole situation. Is there something wrong with my computer?

Thanks Kelean.