No Bluetooth Found, newly installed Zorin OS 17

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Just installed Zorin OS 17. Trying to move from Linux Mint, where my bluetooth was working and I was able to connect a bluetooth keyboard and mouse. The bluetooth menu does not allow me to "enable the toggle". I cannot see any devices, and it suggests I attach a USB dongle.

I have a ASUS ROG Strix B650-A motherboard. Poked around online and haven't been able to figure out the issue. Based on the output of lspci -k, I believe my motherboard has a MEDIATEK network controller.


08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller I225-V (rev 03)
	DeviceName: Intel I225-V LAN
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Ethernet Controller I225-V
	Kernel driver in use: igc
	Kernel modules: igc
09:00.0 Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. Device 0616
	Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device e0cd
	Kernel driver in use: mt7921e
	Kernel modules: mt7921e

When I check bluetooth systemctl status I see the following

     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor pre>
     Active: inactive (dead)
       Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)

Sep 16 13:04:15 zorin-desktop systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Bluetooth>
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It looks like Your Bluetooth is inactive. You can try it with the Command sudo systemctl start bluetooth.service

Another Thing would be a Look in Your BIOS. You could check if Bluetooth maybe is turned off in your BIOS - if it has such a Function there.

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Just to add to that, once you do that command, you could run a

rfkill list all

and see if the bluetooth is blocked either through software or hardware.

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