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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0000288Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2025-07-14 09:36
Reportere1720901 Assigned Torhertzog  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionwon't fix 
Platformx86OSKaliOS Version1.0
Summary0000288: Bluetooth hangs Kali Linux
Description

The OS freezes and stops responding after some time the bluetooth adapter is connected to the computer. Neither mouse nor the keyboard responds after the OS freezes.

Also it is able to recognize remote devices in range but doesn't receive/send any file from/to any device.

The bluetooth adapter used is an external USB bluetooth adapter.

Steps To Reproduce
  1. Connect bluetooth adapter to the computer
  2. Scan for devices using hcitool or perform other tasks with any bluetooth tool

The OS will hang after some time and stops responding completely. Neither the mouse nor the keyboard responds.

Additional Information

root@kali:~# hciconfig -a
hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB
BD Address: 00:1F:81:00:00:01 ACL MTU: 339:6 SCO MTU: 180:1
UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
RX bytes:1093 acl:0 sco:0 events:34 errors:0
TX bytes:395 acl:0 sco:0 commands:33 errors:0
Features: 0xef 0x3e 0x09 0xf0 0x0b 0x08 0x00 0x80
Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3
Link policy: RSWITCH HOLD SNIFF
Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT
Name: 'kali-0'
Class: 0x520100
Service Classes: Networking, Object Transfer, Telephony
Device Class: Computer, Uncategorized
HCI Version: 1.2 (0x2) Revision: 0x2
LMP Version: 1.2 (0x2) Subversion: 0x2
Manufacturer: Accel Semiconductor Ltd. (74)

Activities

rhertzog

rhertzog

2016-01-22 09:23

administrator   ~0004569

Please try Kali Rolling 2016.1.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2013-04-21 05:52 e1720901 New Issue
2016-01-22 09:23 rhertzog Note Added: 0004569
2016-01-22 09:23 rhertzog Status new => closed
2016-01-22 09:23 rhertzog Assigned To => rhertzog
2016-01-22 09:23 rhertzog Resolution open => won't fix
2025-07-14 09:36 g0tmi1k Priority high => normal