Unable to make bluetooth enabled on boot - Zorin 18

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Hello,

I have a small issue that has been annoying me for a while now.

No matter what I do, I am not able to make bluetooth enable after boot. It's always disabled, but works just fine to enable it manually.

Running Zorin Pro 18 on Lenovo Yoga slim 9.

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on the yoga slim 9 that usually means rfkill is soft-blocking it at boot even though bluetooth itself works fine once you toggle it.

check right after a fresh reboot before you enable it:
rfkill list
systemctl status bluetooth

if Soft blocked: yes, AutoEnable alone wont help. what fixed it for me on similar lenovos was a Startup Applications entry with:
rfkill unblock bluetooth

also confirm /etc/bluetooth/main.conf has AutoEnable=true under [Policy]. if you dual boot windows, turn off Fast Startup there. if rfkill is already unblocked at boot and it still sits off, paste those two outputs and we can dig.

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Welcome to the Forum!

So, when You have manually enabled Bluetooth it works well, right? Let's check some Points:

  • Are Secure Boot and Fast Boot in BIOS disabled?
  • If Windows is still installed: Is Fast Start-Up in Windows disabled?
  • Did You checked the ''Additional Drivers'' Tab if there is a Bluetooth Driver offered?
  • When You open the File Manager and You go to /etc/bluetooth You should find there a File called main.conf. Open it with Text Editor and check the following Textblock nearly at the End if there is AutoEnable=true:
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Thanks @nite_route.
Soft blocked: yes.
AutoEnable=true
tried rfkill unblock bluetooth in the terminal. It did enabled bluetooth, but after reboot. it is still disabled.

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Thanks @Ponce-De-Leon.
You are right. Manually enabled works well.
Laptop is not on double-boot. Just ZorinOS.
AutoEnable=true in main.conf.

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soft block coming back means something reblocks it b4 the desktop. startup apps can be late

-sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/bt-unblock.service <<'EOF'
[Unit]
Description=unblock bluetooth early
After=sysinit.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rfkill unblock bluetooth

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

-sudo systemctl enable --now bt-unblock.service

-reboot then rfkill list b4 u touch the toggle

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What is with:

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Thanks @Ponce-De-Leon.
Secure Boot is enabled, Could not locate Fast Boot as laptop is on ZorinOS only

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Thanks @nite_route.

This one worked!
rfkill list is now showing soft block: no

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