Using Ubuntu 16.04 (clean install, currently fully updated) on a Dell XPS. It took me a while to uncover this problem because initially I thought it only part of the issue of getting a Microsoft Arc Touch Bluetooth Mouse to work. I succeeded in doing the latter, only to find that my WiFi had frozen. Rebooted the router, rebooted the computer, with the mouse turned off. So far, so good. Connected the mouse - works; but locks up the WiFi.
I disconnected the mouse, WiFi works immediately, no need for reboot in my case. Connected my phone (Sony Xperia Z); phone connects, WiFi freezes. Disconnected the phone, WiFi works immediately. This is the only thread I have been able to find that deals at any length with the subject. To suggest that this is not important or of low priority is, I suggest, missing the point entirely. At least two members of my family use bluetooth keyboards with SmartPhones. Canonical has aspirations to carve out a niche in the SmartPhone market. I suggest they solve this problem pretty quickly if they want to stand any chance of doing that. I acquired the bluetooth mouse on the recommendation of my son: it took me long enough to get that to work and now I face this issue. Seriously unimpressed. Been using Ubuntu since 8.04 so not a newbie. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to bluez in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219057 Title: Bluetooth does not coexist with WiFi Status in bluez package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On my system bluetooth and wifi are unusable together. I have a built- in CSR-based bluetooth module in my laptop, and an Atheros wifi. Wifi transfers slow to a halt whenever there is BT traffic. For example, if I play a music file from another machine through the network using a BT headset, only the first few seconds of the file will play until the player runs out of buffered data. No further data is downloaded. Web pages also do not download, and I even lose connection to AP from time to time. At the same time, it looks like AFH is trying to work. If I monitor the value returned by 'hcitool afh', it changes. But this seems to have little effect on connection quality. Is this a problem with my hardware, or the AFH implementation? Is there a way to force bluetooth to not use the channels in use by WiFi? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/219057/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
