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Fedora 15 bluetooth not working after install

After installing a clean new Fedora 15, 64-bit, I found out that bluetooth was not working. It shows the bluetooth icon in the right upper corner. And it shows it as active but when you click on it and select bluetooth-settings everything is grayed out.

The problem is that the bluetooth services is not turned on by default. You can turn it on in the following manner:

  • Start a shell
  • Become root in the shell: $> su-
  • Enable the bluetooth service so it is started during boot: #> systemctl enable bluetooth.service
  • Start the bluetooth service: #> systemctl start bluetooth.service

Now you should be able to pair your device with your Fedora installation.

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