I wouldn’t call myself great a linux, but I’ll at least share what little I’ve done researching bluetooth issues with Fedora or fedora-derived distros: I use bazzite on a steamdeck.
Something I’d try first is try doing a system update and hope that is all you need to do :
sudo dnf upgrade
A few times over the 2 years I’ve been on Bazzite, there was something from the Fedora part of it that breaks some bluetooth connectivity and sometimes I’ve had to go back a version or two. My specific issue is with audio (which had it’s own headaches of codec issues I had to mess with) but I did find someone that sounds like they had a bluetooth connectivity issue that might be worth looking over if the update above doesn’t work:
(Kernel 6.16) Fixed my Fedora 42 Bluetooth & Mouse Issues After Kernel Update
If the guide above didn’t help, one thing I did was try the terminal way to connect a bluetooth device:
*one of the times I had bluetooth connectivity issues, it was related to KDE Plasma’s GUI not working right.
Overall I have really loved using Bazzite/Fedora with KDE Plasma, but bluetooth connectivity has been the one flaky thing I’ve had to mess with once or twice a year while using it thus far. Hopefully something above helps!
FWIW, I’ve got Debian 13 (with default Gnome) and a Bazzite install on a 2nd storage. I’m not that fond of Fedora and the Bazzite with default Steam doesn’t work if you have a second GPU (at least not the AMD versions).
Ubuntu (which is based on Debian) is officially supported but Debian doesn’t have the things that privacy advocates like me are keen on. I’m actually a little surprised it’s not even listed as community supported.
The only device that doesn’t work out of the box is the fingerprint sensor which requires the fprintd and may need more - I haven’t got beyond programming my finger in.
I don’t understand your post, but I’m not a native speaker.
I don’t think a second gpu is a problem with the FW12. But adventurous gpu-settings are a problem for immutable distros at all, I think. GPU stuff has to be changed in the internals of a Linux.
What do you wish, what can’t be achieved with Debian?
And what fingerprint- reader do you mean? The FW12 has no fingerprint-reader.
Mine definitely does not. Red is unlocked, non-red is locked (if you look at the little switch). Unless you have a locking HDMI or one that is just crazy tight, I cant imagine an HDMI connector pulling out the expansion card on my FW 12. If yours does, it must not be held in as tightly.
My problem is that there are several codes listed, but I don’t know which device is the one I need — if it’s any.
My neighbors have several Hue White devices, which are also detected, haha.
I have installed Solaar and paired the mouse adapter. That works. But I need USB for my sticks…
Hmm, the easiest would be taking the laptop and mouse to a location that isn’t as cluttered with bluetooth noise (parking lot, walking trail, or some rural area or just try walking 20-30 feet away from any building (or some vehicles are pinging around these days)).
And I guess your devices doesn’t have any name that might vaguely describe it as a mouse or the brand name? I recall using my GUI from the bluetooth settings in KDE that could describe the device and the MAC and got it that way. And in your case you could find it in windows:
Right click on start menu → click on Device Manager → Expand the bluetooth section of the devices → right click on your connected mouse device and click on properties → go to the ‘Details’ tab and change the “Property” drop down box to “Association Endpoint address” and that should be the MAC for the device.
*Some more complex bluetooth devices might have multiple, like oddly my bluetooth keyboard has 3 in windows. If it was me, I’d record all of them but usually the one with the name that looks closest to yours is the one you need: I have a lenovo keyboard so the “Trackpoint Keyboard II” is the one I’d go with.
Otherwise, while there is technically some security risk involved - the odds would be low that anyone is randomly connecting their bluetooth device for malicious purposes in a living environment unless you got a hacky neighbor - it probably would be fine to just randomly add one until you find the right one.
After getting Linux up and running, I want to continue setting up my computer. I have the problem that drives I mount from cloud providers always disconnect when I shut down the computer.
What I plan to do:
Step 1: Get the cloud drive working so that I don’t have to reconnect every time. This will allow me to use my computer normally for work again.
Step 2: Create my own network drive on the Fritz!Box that will back up the locally stored files. This is a long-term project meant to replace the cloud.
Is there a guide anywhere on how to implement step 1? My searches mostly found very old forum posts that aren’t very helpful.
My cloud provider is currently moving to Filen, where I want to use the Black Friday offer for 200 GB at €1.40/month. They provide an AppImage with an option to enable a network drive.
However, with other providers and devices, the connection usually does not survive a system reboot.
Well it depends how your drive is mounted. If you can mount using a normal mount command you can use /etc/fstab
If you have to start the appimage you could put it in your autostart of your environment.
I haven’t used the fritzbox as network share, but I think it’s a nobrainer. I’d think it’s just putting the drive on, enabling the share, mounting as cifs-share.
But keep in mind, this drive can fail or have some other outages. You will need a backup!
I don’t know much about pCloud, but if you’re switching to Filen, this would definitely allow you to have a cloud drive that automatically connects/mounts when you start up your computer.
The AppImage version is probably fine, but since you’re running Fedora, you can also download it as an .rpm which is the official native format for applications made for Fedora (talking at a beginner level).
After starting out on Linux six months ago, I now gravitate towards native formats of applications (.rpm in this case), as well as flatpaks, instead of AppImages. You’ll develop your own opinions on this over time, but I feel like AppImages were kind of the solution that existed before flatpaks came on the scene promising cross-distro compatibility, and they’re not as well-integrated with the system (at least in my experience).
Welcome to the Linux community. It’s a beautiful mess here.
Also a word of warning, if it hasn’t been mentioned already, is that you might want to disable the Fedora flatpak repository in your software center (“Software” on GNOME, “Discover” on KDE), and just use the regular Flathub repository for any flatpak apps you download.
I sort of had to learn this the hard way, and there’s ongoing discussion within the Fedora community about whether or not to even continue with the Fedora flatpak repository. So for an absolute beginner, I would just disable it to ensure the best experience.
[Solved]It is he Same as with the AppImage: it disconnects after reboot. How can I Change this?
[Solved]Another question: My Stilus doesnt Work properly again. I did run some Updates today andnsinxe them… Just when I start it using for Work. Amy ideas?
Edit: Came to this Idea: Akku empty. Loading works Well… sometime I think I am stupid
Edit again and again and…
Got the file to start automatically and found the Autostart entry in the system—another thing solved.
Wanted to perform a system backup using rsync.
I tried it in the console:
Created a backup folder.
Started rsync.
Searched Google for help.
Found this command for a full system backup:
sudo rsync -aAXv --delete --exclude={“/dev/“,”/proc/”,“/sys/“,”/tmp/”,“/run/“,”/mnt/”,“/media/*”,“/lost+found”} / /media/backup_drive/system_backup
I assumed the backup would be located at /media/backup_drive/system_backup when the process finished.
So I used:
sudo rsync -aAXv --delete --exclude={“/dev/“,”/proc/”,“/sys/“,”/tmp/”,“/run/“,”/mnt/”,“/media/*”,“/lost+found”} / /Backup
Started it, and it did a lot.
No backup can be found on my drive.
How can I find this backup or create one properly? A friend mentioned Timeshift, but I can’t find it in Discover.
You didn’t tell us how you wanted to store your backup. Typically* you would mount (or graft if you’re familiar with the Windows term) a removable storage device on your system and then use a command like rsync to copy your directories and files to the removable storage.
If this is really the command you used, you cloned the tree starting from the system root directory (/) to the directory /Backup. Unless you had mounted your removable storage on /Backup you will have copied everything to another directory on the same SSD. This will have doubled your SSD usage for little real benefit.
*I probably shouldn’t say “typically”. There are several well-polished backup solutions that are optimised for space efficiency and hide arcane command lines behind a high-level GUI. The best ones are policy-driven, provide version management and have a restore sub-system that attempts to protect you from yourself. I use Timeshift and Back in Time (different use cases).
I am also (very) comfortable with rsync and use it professionally to solve all sorts of file-based data synchronisation problems. However it is not a backup tool. At best it could be the file-copying component of a backup tool (such as Back in Time).
I got a new problem today. In the middle of work, the stylus stopped working (and I didn’t forget to power it up this time!).
I found the following:
sudo evtest
The stylus registers input, but it will not draw in any way. Is it possible that it is broken? It is the same error I had at the beginning with GNOME. I thought maybe I could reload the driver. I found the following (even if I dont understand what is written there):
1. Found all HID
lsmod | grep hid
# 2. Unload those
sudo modprobe -r hid_sensor_hub hid_multitouch hid_generic i2c_hid_acpi i2c_hid
After a reboot, it drew again for two seconds… then nothing—but still input (with evtest).
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