BCM43142A0 Bluetooth module does not detect any devices

The system installed the Bluetooth drivers itself. In the system settings, the device shows as turned on, but the search wheel is spinning all the time and does not find any turned on devices within range.

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width            ✔ 
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.72-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=8ce5fb83-4fc9-4ac1-95e9-27e0b9f16360 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
    security=apparmor resume=UUID=c37b4737-4448-4b91-b00a-0f818485b606
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 42.5 tk: GTK v: 3.24.34 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 42.0
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20238 v: Lenovo G510
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo G510
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: INVALID v: 31900058Std serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: LENOVO v: 79CN46WW(V3.05) date: 12/23/2013
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.68 GiB used: 2.11 GiB (27.5%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges
    required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-4200M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell
    gen: core 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm
    family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x28
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
    L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2264 high: 2480 min/max: 800/3100 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2405 2: 1912 3: 2260
    4: 2480 bogomips: 19963
  Flags: abm acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2
    bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
    dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
    fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce
    md_clear mmx monitor movbe msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid
    pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand
    rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp
    syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi
    vpid xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-5.75 process: Intel 45nm built: 2010 ports:
    active: HDMI-A-1 off: eDP-1 empty: VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:0416 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: AMD Jet PRO [Radeon R5 M230 / R7 M260DX Radeon 520 Mobile]
    vendor: Lenovo driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu arch: GCN-1
    code: Southern Islands process: TSMC 28nm built: 2011-20 pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6665 class-ID: 0380
    temp: 44.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.3
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: modesetting,radeon
    alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus,radeonsi gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: primary model: Samsung built: 2011
    res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 217 gamma: 1.2 size: 160x90mm (6.3x3.54")
    diag: 801mm (31.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1366x768 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 note: disabled model: Samsung 0x4752 built: 2012
    res: 1366x768 dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
    diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.7
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio
    vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0
    chip-ID: 8086:0c0c class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20
    class-ID: 0403
  Sound API: ALSA v: k5.15.72-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.58 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n vendor: Lenovo driver: wl v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4365
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp8s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8172 Fast Ethernet vendor: Lenovo
    driver: alx v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000
    bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:10a0 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp9s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 22.95 GiB (2.0%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: SSDPR-CX400-256
    size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 61.3 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 100 GiB size: 97.87 GiB (97.87%) used: 9.27 GiB (9.5%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A
    uuid: 8ce5fb83-4fc9-4ac1-95e9-27e0b9f16360
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) used: 312 KiB
    (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: NO_LABEL
    uuid: CBC7-F791
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 121.97 GiB size: 119.49 GiB (97.97%) used: 13.68 GiB
    (11.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 label: N/A
    uuid: 55f3191a-5393-4e39-8b92-60b843f868aa
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
    uuid: c37b4737-4448-4b91-b00a-0f818485b606
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 931.51 GiB fs: ext4 label: home
    uuid: a5bba619-ab0e-4260-a0ec-330974d42ce2
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:8008 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:8000 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 14 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-6:2 info: Microsoft Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth
    type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 045e:0745 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 3-8:3 info: Realtek RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
    type: <vendor specific> driver: rtsx_usb,rtsx_usb_ms,rtsx_usb_sdmmc
    interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0129
    class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 44.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 228 Uptime: 2h 52m wakeups: 3 Init: systemd v: 251
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 clang: 14.0.6
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1262 libs: 333 tools: gnome-software,pamac,yay
  pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: gnome-terminal
  inxi: 3.3.22
    ~                                                                   ✔ 

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Hi @Maciek,

Please provide the output for:

lsusb

And

rfkill

Thing is, I don’t see any controllers adapters with or without drivers in your inxi output, so we’ll have to find it. So while you’re at it, please also provide the output for:

lspci

And then, just to be thorough, I have to ask, if you use a laptop, have you made sure it’s not toggled off VIA a hardware key?

Also, I’m asking for the same reason, have you double and/or triple-checked your BIOS/UEFI, that it’s not disabled there?

command results lsusb

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 045e:0745 Microsoft Corp. Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

command results rfkill

ID TYPE DEVICE             SOFT       HARD
 0 wlan ideapad_wlan nieaktywna nieaktywna
 1 wlan phy0         nieaktywna nieaktywna

I come from Poland and I don’t know how to translate the output from the terminal into English

To have things translated to English in the terminal, prefix the command with LC_ALL=C:

LC_ALL=C <command>

Where <command> is the command you wish to run and have translated.

lspci                                                            ✔ 
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller (rev 06)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller (rev 06)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI (rev 05)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev d5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #2 (rev d5)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev d5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM86 Express LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Jet PRO [Radeon R5 M230 / R7 M260DX / Radeon 520 Mobile]
08:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8172 Fast Ethernet (rev 10)

before installing manjaro, I had Zorin OS installed and the bluetooth adapter was working fine

ID TYPE DEVICE            SOFT      HARD
 0 wlan ideapad_wlan unblocked unblocked
 1 wlan phy0         unblocked unblocked

From what I can see, everything is fine. That bluetooth controller is fine, is detected, and I don’t see any issues.

So lets see what happens if you:

bluetoothctl

Followed by:

[bluetooth]# scan on

and:

[bluetooth]# help
    ~  bluetoothctl                                                     ✔ 
The application bluetoothctl is not installed. It may be found in the following packages:
  extra/bluez-utils 5.65-3	/usr/bin/bluetoothctl
Do you want to Install package bluez-utils? (y/N)  

OK, install it then. I’m guessing it can’t do any harm, if nothing else.

    ~  bluetoothctl                                                   1 ✘ 
Agent registered
[bluetooth]# 

:smile:

    ~  bluetoothctl                                                   1 ✘ 
Agent registered
[bluetooth]# scan on
Discovery started
[bluetooth]# 

`
no reaction

In the bluetoothctl context, try:

[bluetooth]# pairable on

And then reboot and seeing if anything changed.

after reboot

    ~  bluetoothctl                                                     ✔ 
Agent registered
[bluetooth]# scan on
Discovery started
[bluetooth]# help

Also, just remembered this. What’s the output of:

systemctl status bluetooth.service
    ~  systemctl status bluetooth.service                               ✔ 
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; preset>
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2022-10-14 11:12:59 CEST; 5min ago
       Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
   Main PID: 465 (bluetoothd)
     Status: "Running"
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 9400)
     Memory: 2.7M
        CPU: 61ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
             └─465 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd

paź 14 11:13:18 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[465]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
paź 14 11:13:18 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[465]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
paź 14 11:13:18 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[465]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
paź 14 11:13:18 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[465]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
paź 14 11:13:18 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[465]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
paź 14 11:13:18 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[465]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
paź 14 11:13:18 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[465]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
paź 14 11:13:18 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[465]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
paź 14 11:13:18 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[465]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
paź 14 11:13:18 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[465]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
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Can you use it now, or not yet?

Try the following:

bluetoothctl

And there:

scan on

An example from my computer, just now:

$ [bluetooth]# scan on
Discovery started
[CHG] Controller 00:19:86:00:12:EB Discovering: yes
[NEW] Device DD:CF:F2:7C:30:4B Philips S7960
[bluetooth]#

after all, something is wrong. I turned off the computer and turned it on again, the message “no bluetooth adapter” appeared only after restarting the computer, the adapter was detected. Still no search results for the device

    ~  bluetoothctl                                                     ✔ 
Agent registered
[bluetooth]# scan on
Discovery started
[bluetooth]# 

analyzing the results from your terminal, I conclude that I do not see the bluethooth module

even though the command shows that the module is active

    ~  bluetoothctl                                                     ✔ 
Agent registered
[bluetooth]# scan on
Discovery started
[bluetooth]# exit
    ~  systemctl status bluetooth.service                    ✔  2m 47s  
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; preset>
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2022-10-14 11:29:25 CEST; 10min ago
       Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
   Main PID: 446 (bluetoothd)
     Status: "Running"
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 9400)
     Memory: 2.7M
        CPU: 86ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
             └─446 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd

paź 14 11:29:39 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[446]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
paź 14 11:29:39 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[446]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
paź 14 11:29:39 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[446]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
paź 14 11:29:39 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[446]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
paź 14 11:29:39 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[446]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
paź 14 11:29:39 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[446]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
paź 14 11:29:39 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[446]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
paź 14 11:29:39 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[446]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
paź 14 11:29:39 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[446]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
paź 14 11:29:39 maciek-20238 bluetoothd[446]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.81>
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