Bug 489394

Summary:	Pairing new device dialog: Misleading message "Your Bluetooth adapter is not pairable." if one of two Bluetooth adapters are enabled
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	postix <postix>
Component:	Bluetooth in general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kdedev, nate, noxgit+kde
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	6.2.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=470696 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496234
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Attachments:	Screenshot

Description postix 2024-06-28 18:21:34 UTC

Created attachment 171140 [details]
Screenshot

SUMMARY

Having two Bluetooth adapters, one internal on the motherboard and a second as USB device.
I've disabled the internal one, while the USB adapter keeps being enabled.

In the device pairing dialog there's now a message 
> "Your Bluetooth adapter is not pairable."
which is confusing.

Which Bluetooth adapter is it talking about? The internal disabled one? Has the USB device issues?
Clicking on "Make pairable" enables the internal one again.

It would be good if the adapter in question would be mentioned and also the reason.

> "Your Bluetooth adapter *Intel AX 200* is not pairable, because it's disabled."
if there's only a single Bluetooth device, otherwise it should mention which Bluetooth device will be used for pairing, like
> "ASUS BT500 used for pairing"

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240627
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-05-09 17:32:37 UTC

Thank you for the bug report! I'm sorry we weren't able to get to it yet. Unfortunately I don't have the hardware to reproduce this. So can you check and see if it's still an issue in Plasma 6.3.5 or later, and also presumably with newer system packages including newer versions of the packages for the Bluetooth stack?

Thanks!

Comment 2 postix 2025-05-09 19:03:31 UTC

Still the case on

Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250502
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.13.0
Qt Version: 6.9.0
Kernel Version: 6.14.4-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

Comment 3 postix 2025-05-09 19:04:17 UTC

And Bluez 5.79

Comment 4 TraceyC 2025-05-12 15:41:24 UTC

I'm sorry to hear you're still experiencing this bug. I have a USB bluetooth dongle, and I'm able to reproduce this on git-master.

Comment 5 TraceyC 2025-08-12 22:22:56 UTC

*** Bug 507232 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***