DBus Setup Fails, Connection Cannot Own The Service "org.bluez"

fenris

8/16/24, 2:54 AM

I want to use bluetooth, but it's not working. I've traced the problem to the result of bluetoothd:

D-Bus setup failed: Connection ":1.88" is not allowed to own the service "org.bluez" due to security policies in the configuration file

Things I have tried:

Changing controller mode to Le
Reinstalling everything multiple times.
Reloading DBus, restarting computer, letting computer sit for a while.
Installing and Building Bluez from the Github Repo
Making sure rfkill is not blocking connections

Here are the results of various commands people have asked me to try:

inxi -Fxz

Bluetooth: Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-6:5 Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled, running rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address:

nmcli

enp13s0: connected to Wired connection 1

lo: connected (externally) to lo

wlp14s0: connected to MyNetwork

Rfkill list

0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no

Blueman dosen't work while this is the case. My busconfig files (bluetooth.conf and system.conf) are both in default state, I would be happy to provide them if helpful. Thank you in advance, please ask for any more information you would need to help me solve this problem.

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mchid

8/16/24, 5:30 AM

In `/etc/bluetooth/main.conf` I have everything commented out, including `#ControllerMode = dual` except for the very last line: `AutoEnable=true`

fenris

8/16/24, 8:54 PM

Ok, I'll take a look at that and report back.

fenris

8/16/24, 9:27 PM

mine is exactly the same. Still getting the same issue

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