Bluetooth rpi4 dead after update/upgrade
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I have a new rpi4 rev 1.4 and installed a fresh 4.7.1 image in it. Bluetooth was normal as expected.
After updating all cores, I decided to update the OS as well to see if I fixed a sound issue (later found out it was a DVI/HDMI config).
Well, after this the Bluetooth doesn't start anymore. The frontend works but finds nothing after a long time.
After some research I tried to downgrade bluez (downgrade .doesn't work anymore) and found out the new version should be compatible. Removed/reinstalled bluez and bluetooth-pi to no avail. Status gives inactive (dead).
When trying to start, then the status returns "RetroPie systemd[1]: condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped"Then I managed to forcibly activate it by issuing:
sudo modprobe btusb # add the btusb module to the kernel sudo systemctl start bluetooth.serviceAt which the service started, however the Bluetooth frontend still finds nothing (takes less time though). When rebooting the service is dead again.
Does anyone know how to work around this issue? It seems the latest bluez version is not that compatible as expected.
Thanks
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@rogeriol said in Bluetooth rpi4 dead after update/upgrade:
When trying to start, then the status returns "RetroPie systemd[1]: condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped"
Did you disable the bluetooth by mistake ?
I remember an upgrade of thepi-bluetoothpackage broke Bluetooth last year, but they've solved it with an update (shortly) and haven't been any new updates since.
If you runsudo rfkill list, what's the output ? -
@mitu no, I even try to enable it and the service fails with "service bluetooth start" resulting in the skipped message.
The return from rfkill list:
0: phy0: wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: noAnd only that.
Tks
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What does
systemctl status hciuartsays ?
The Bluetooth phy is not showing up in therfkilllisting, so it looks like the Bluetooth is not enabled. -
@mitu said in Bluetooth rpi4 dead after update/upgrade:
What does
systemctl status hciuartsays ?
The Bluetooth phy is not showing up in therfkilllisting, so it looks like the Bluetooth is not enabled.yes, it says failed to start configure Bluetooth modems connected by UART
Code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Process: 405 ExecStart=/usr/bin/btuart
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Can you post the entire output from the
systemctlcommand ? -
@mitu here it is:
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount loaded active waiting Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point sys-devices-platform-emmc2bus-fe340000.mmc-mmc_host-mmc0-mmc0:aaaa-block-mmcblk0-mmcblk0p1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/emmc2bus/fe340000.mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:aaaa/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0p1 sys-devices-platform-emmc2bus-fe340000.mmc-mmc_host-mmc0-mmc0:aaaa-block-mmcblk0-mmcblk0p2.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/emmc2bus/fe340000.mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:aaaa/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0p2 sys-devices-platform-emmc2bus-fe340000.mmc-mmc_host-mmc0-mmc0:aaaa-block-mmcblk0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/emmc2bus/fe340000.mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:aaaa/block/mmcblk0 sys-devices-platform-scb-fd580000.ethernet-net-eth0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/scb/fd580000.ethernet/net/eth0 sys-devices-platform-soc-fe00b840.mailbox-bcm2835_audio-sound-card0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/soc/fe00b840.mailbox/bcm2835_audio/sound/card0 sys-devices-platform-soc-fe00b840.mailbox-bcm2835_audio-sound-card1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/soc/fe00b840.mailbox/bcm2835_audio/sound/card1 sys-devices-platform-soc-fe201000.serial-tty-ttyAMA0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/soc/fe201000.serial/tty/ttyAMA0 sys-devices-platform-soc-fe300000.mmcnr-mmc_host-mmc1-mmc1:0001-mmc1:0001:1-net-wlan0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/soc/fe300000.mmcnr/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:0001/mmc1:0001:1/net/wlan0 sys-devices-virtual-block-ram0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram0 sys-devices-virtual-block-ram1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram1 sys-devices-virtual-block-ram10.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram10 sys-devices-virtual-block-ram11.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram11 sys-devices-virtual-block-ram12.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram12 sys-devices-virtual-block-ram13.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram13 sys-devices-virtual-block-ram14.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram14 sys-devices-virtual-block-ram15.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram15 sys-devices-virtual-block-ram2.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram2 sys-devices-virtual-block-ram3.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram3 sys-devices-virtual-block-ram4.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram4 sys-devices-virtual-block-ram5.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram5 sys-devices-virtual-block-ram6.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram6 sys-devices-virtual-block-ram7.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram7 sys-devices-virtual-block-ram8.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram8 sys-devices-virtual-block-ram9.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/block/ram9 sys-devices-virtual-misc-rfkill.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/misc/rfkill sys-devices-virtual-tty-ttyprintk.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/virtual/tty/ttyprintk sys-module-configfs.device loaded active plugged /sys/module/configfs sys-subsystem-net-devices-eth0.device loaded active plugged /sys/subsystem/net/devices/eth0 sys-subsystem-net-devices-wlan0.device loaded active plugged /sys/subsystem/net/devices/wlan0 -.mount loaded active mounted / boot.mount loaded active mounted /boot dev-mqueue.mount loaded active mounted POSIX Message Queue File System run-rpc_pipefs.mount loaded active mounted RPC Pipe File System run-user-1000.mount loaded active mounted /run/user/1000 sys-kernel-config.mount loaded active mounted Kernel Configuration File System sys-kernel-debug.mount loaded active mounted Kernel Debug File System systemd-ask-password-console.path loaded active waiting Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch systemd-ask-password-wall.path loaded active waiting Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch init.scope loaded active running System and Service Manager session-1.scope loaded active running Session 1 of user pi alsa-restore.service loaded active exited Save/Restore Sound Card State alsa-state.service loaded active running Manage Sound Card State (restore and store) asplashscreen.service loaded active exited Show custom splashscreen avahi-daemon.service loaded active running Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack console-setup.service loaded active exited Set console font and keymap cron.service loaded active running Regular background program processing daemon dbus.service loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus dhcpcd.service loaded active running dhcpcd on all interfaces dphys-swapfile.service loaded active exited dphys-swapfile - set up, mount/unmount, and delete a swap file fake-hwclock.service loaded active exited Restore / save the current clock getty@tty1.service loaded active running Getty on tty1 ā hciuart.service loaded failed failed Configure Bluetooth Modems connected by UART ifupdown-pre.service loaded active exited Helper to synchronize boot up for ifupdown keyboard-setup.service loaded active exited Set the console keyboard layout kmod-static-nodes.service loaded active exited Create list of required static device nodes for the current kernel networking.service loaded active exited Raise network interfaces nmbd.service loaded active running Samba NMB Daemon raspi-config.service loaded active exited LSB: Switch to ondemand cpu governor (unless shift key is pressed) rc-local.service loaded active exited /etc/rc.local Compatibility rng-tools.service loaded active running rng-tools.service rpi-eeprom-update.service loaded active exited Check for Raspberry Pi EEPROM updates rsyslog.service loaded active running System Logging Service serial-getty@ttyAMA0.service loaded active running Serial Getty on ttyAMA0 smbd.service loaded active running Samba SMB Daemon systemd-fsck-root.service loaded active exited File System Check on Root Device systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2dpartuuid-608a8bf2\x2d01.service loaded active exited File System Check on /dev/disk/by-partuuid/608a8bf2-01 systemd-journal-flush.service loaded active exited Flush Journal to Persistent Storage systemd-journald.service loaded active running Journal Service systemd-logind.service loaded active running Login Service systemd-modules-load.service loaded active exited Load Kernel Modules systemd-random-seed.service loaded active exited Load/Save Random Seed systemd-remount-fs.service loaded active exited Remount Root and Kernel File Systems systemd-sysctl.service loaded active exited Apply Kernel Variables systemd-sysusers.service loaded active exited Create System Users systemd-timesyncd.service loaded active running Network Time Synchronization systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service loaded active exited Create Static Device Nodes in /dev systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service loaded active exited Create Volatile Files and Directories systemd-udev-trigger.service loaded active exited udev Coldplug all Devices systemd-udevd.service loaded active running udev Kernel Device Manager systemd-update-utmp.service loaded active exited Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown systemd-user-sessions.service loaded active exited Permit User Sessions triggerhappy.service loaded active running triggerhappy global hotkey daemon user-runtime-dir@1000.service loaded active exited User Runtime Directory /run/user/1000 user@1000.service loaded active running User Manager for UID 1000 wpa_supplicant.service loaded active running WPA supplicant -.slice loaded active active Root Slice system-getty.slice loaded active active system-getty.slice system-serial\x2dgetty.slice loaded active active system-serial\x2dgetty.slice system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice loaded active active system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice system.slice loaded active active System Slice user-1000.slice loaded active active User Slice of UID 1000 user.slice loaded active active User and Session Slice avahi-daemon.socket loaded active running Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack Activation Socket dbus.socket loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus Socket syslog.socket loaded active running Syslog Socket systemd-fsckd.socket loaded active listening fsck to fsckd communication Socket systemd-initctl.socket loaded active listening initctl Compatibility Named Pipe systemd-journald-audit.socket loaded active running Journal Audit Socket systemd-journald-dev-log.socket loaded active running Journal Socket (/dev/log) systemd-journald.socket loaded active running Journal Socket systemd-rfkill.socket loaded active listening Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status /dev/rfkill Watch systemd-udevd-control.socket loaded active running udev Control Socket systemd-udevd-kernel.socket loaded active running udev Kernel Socket triggerhappy.socket loaded active running triggerhappy.socket var-swap.swap loaded active active /var/swap basic.target loaded active active Basic System cryptsetup.target loaded active active Local Encrypted Volumes getty.target loaded active active Login Prompts local-fs-pre.target loaded active active Local File Systems (Pre) local-fs.target loaded active active Local File Systems multi-user.target loaded active active Multi-User System network-online.target loaded active active Network is Online network.target loaded active active Network nfs-client.target loaded active active NFS client services paths.target loaded active active Paths remote-fs-pre.target loaded active active Remote File Systems (Pre) remote-fs.target loaded active active Remote File Systems slices.target loaded active active Slices sockets.target loaded active active Sockets sound.target loaded active active Sound Card swap.target loaded active active Swap sysinit.target loaded active active System Initialization time-sync.target loaded active active System Time Synchronized timers.target loaded active active Timers apt-daily-upgrade.timer loaded active waiting Daily apt upgrade and clean activities apt-daily.timer loaded active waiting Daily apt download activities logrotate.timer loaded active waiting Daily rotation of log files man-db.timer loaded active waiting Daily man-db regeneration systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer loaded active waiting Daily Cleanup of Temporary Directories LOAD = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded. ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB. SUB = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type. 130 loaded units listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive units, too. To show all installed unit files use 'systemctl list-unit-files'. -
@rogeriol said in Bluetooth rpi4 dead after update/upgrade:
systemctl status hciuart
I was referring to the output from the command above.
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@mitu oops sorry, text below
ā hciuart.service - Configure Bluetooth Modems connected by UART Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/hciuart.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2022-02-21 21:37:41 GMT; 48min ago Process: 423 ExecStart=/usr/bin/btuart (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Feb 21 21:37:19 retropie systemd[1]: Starting Configure Bluetooth Modems connected by UART... Feb 21 21:37:41 retropie btuart[423]: Failed to reset chip, invalid HCI event Feb 21 21:37:41 retropie btuart[423]: Can't initialize device: Success Feb 21 21:37:41 retropie btuart[423]: bcm43xx_init Feb 21 21:37:41 retropie systemd[1]: hciuart.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Feb 21 21:37:41 retropie systemd[1]: hciuart.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 21 21:37:41 retropie systemd[1]: Failed to start Configure Bluetooth Modems connected by UART. -
I don't see any other reports (here or in the RPI forums) about a Bluetooth issue. I don't think the Bluetooth related packages have any issues, they haven't been updated in a long time.
Can you post your/boot/config.txt? -
hi @mitu , config.txt below
# For more options and information see # http://rpf.io/configtxt # Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details # uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default "safe" mode #hdmi_safe=1 # uncomment this if your display has a black border of unused pixels visible # and your display can output without overscan #disable_overscan=1 # uncomment the following to adjust overscan. Use positive numbers if console # goes off screen, and negative if there is too much border #overscan_left=16 #overscan_right=16 #overscan_top=16 #overscan_bottom=16 # uncomment to force a console size. By default it will be display's size minus # overscan. #framebuffer_width=1280 #framebuffer_height=720 # uncomment if hdmi display is not detected and composite is being output hdmi_force_hotplug=1 # uncomment to force a specific HDMI mode (this will force VGA) hdmi_group=1 hdmi_mode=16 # uncomment to force a HDMI mode rather than DVI. This can make audio work in # DMT (computer monitor) modes hdmi_drive=2 # uncomment to increase signal to HDMI, if you have interference, blanking, or # no display #config_hdmi_boost=4 # uncomment for composite PAL #sdtv_mode=2 #uncomment to overclock the arm. 700 MHz is the default. #arm_freq=800 # Uncomment some or all of these to enable the optional hardware interfaces #dtparam=i2c_arm=on #dtparam=i2s=on #dtparam=spi=on # Uncomment this to enable infrared communication. #dtoverlay=gpio-ir,gpio_pin=17 #dtoverlay=gpio-ir-tx,gpio_pin=18 # Additional overlays and parameters are documented /boot/overlays/README # Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835) dtparam=audio=on [pi4] # Enable DRM VC4 V3D driver on top of the dispmanx display stack dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d max_framebuffers=2 [all] #dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d overscan_scale=1 #hdmi_enable_4kp60=1 -
@rogeriol Please use an external pastebin service or wrap logs in three backticks ``` (the forum uses markdown - https://www.markdownguide.org/)
I edited your posts to fix this
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@mitu
nothing much relevant in config.txt, right?I think I'll give up and create a new image. Should I get the released one or one of the recent builds?
Thanks for your help.
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The
config.txtis ok, just wanted to check whether BT was inadvertently disabled or some other UART was enabled that may have switched the BT HCI port.Are you using a proper power supply ? Things get wonky with SBCs if the power supply is not providing sufficient power or with a stable voltage/amperage.
Can you check if you're using the latest versions for the Bluetooth packages ? Run
dpkg -l | grep -e bluetooth -e bluezand post the output.
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@mitu
my power supply seems ok, never shown the bolt icon and I even hooked an external HD to copy games with no problems.
Just to be sure I booted the RPI4 with a Samsung Fastcharge USBC, but no changes in BT status.Below the result from dpkg command:
ii bluetooth 5.50-1.2~deb10u2+rpt1 all Bluetooth support (metapackage) ii bluez 5.50-1.2~deb10u2+rpt1 armhf Bluetooth tools and daemons ii bluez-firmware 1.2-4+rpt8 all Firmware for Bluetooth devices ii bluez-tools 2.0~20170911.0.7cb788c-2 armhf Set of tools to manage Bluetooth devices for linux ii pi-bluetooth 0.1.18 all Raspberry Pi 3 bluetooth -
Looking at the
dpkgoutput, looks like you have the latest versions for the Bluetooth related packages - so no issue here.
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