My apologies: could an Administrator delete this post, please.
I have just found out that the WiFi dongle I am using, a TP-Link TL-WN725N, does not provide Bluetooth. So, all that follows, in the original post, is not relevant.
I have a desktop system with a WiFi dongle that used to provide Bluetooth connectivity without intervention in the past. Details as below:
inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
or inxi -azyv7
gives
System:
Kernel: 5.12.19-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.12-x86_64
root=UUID=3700f334-11e5-4ce4-976e-323959a04ffe rw quiet
resume=UUID=0232540e-43ff-4d1c-9c57-1e340bac5273 udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME A320M-K v: Rev X.0x
serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 5409 date: 01/07/2020
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse B330/M330/M331
serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: Discharging
Memory:
RAM: total: 13.65 GiB used: 2.22 GiB (16.3%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega Graphics bits: 64
type: MCP arch: Zen family: 17 (23) model-id: 18 (24) stepping: 1
microcode: 8108109 cache: L2: 2 MiB bogomips: 28759
Speed: 1258 MHz min/max: 1400/3600 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
1: 1258 2: 1257 3: 1348 4: 1333
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext clflush clflushopt clzero cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cpuid
cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid
fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mca
mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl
npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb
perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36
rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni skinit smap smca sme
smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 succor svm svm_lock syscall tce
topoext tsc tsc_scale v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt
xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown 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: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Picasso vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel
bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15d8 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82
size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2") diag: 686mm (27")
OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics (RAVEN DRM 3.40.0
5.12.19-1-MANJARO LLVM 12.0.1)
v: 4.6 Mesa 21.1.6 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK PRIME B450M-A driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:15de class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK PRIME B450M-A
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 07:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.12.19-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.33 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK PRIME B450M-A driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000
bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Realtek RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter type: USB
driver: r8188eu bus-ID: 1-9:3 chip-ID: 0bda:8179 class-ID: 0000
serial: <filter>
IF: wlp1s0f0u9 state: down mac: <filter>
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: 344.68 GiB used: 202.45 GiB (58.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS120G2G0A-00JH30 size: 111.8 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0000
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS250G2B0A
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 90WD scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 48 GiB size: 47 GiB (97.91%) used: 24.09 GiB (51.3%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
uuid: 3700f334-11e5-4ce4-976e-323959a04ffe
ID-2: /backup raw-size: 48 GiB size: 47 GiB (97.91%) used: 52 MiB (0.1%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A
uuid: dd91ebdb-c679-4e52-a57b-abbd7bcd3bd0
ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
used: 280 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: 045D-ECCC
ID-4: /home raw-size: 120 GiB size: 117.62 GiB (98.01%)
used: 76.14 GiB (64.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: HOME
uuid: cbd1cbc1-8bc4-4a3c-8662-541de25183b4
ID-5: /home/<filter>/extra raw-size: 112.88 GiB size: 110.61 GiB (97.99%)
used: 102.17 GiB (92.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 label: EXTRA
uuid: 5cd6302a-021e-40e2-897a-09ce136c2563
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 15.3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 label: N/A
uuid: 0232540e-43ff-4d1c-9c57-1e340bac5273
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 9 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-6:2 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Mouse,HID
driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c52f class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 1-9:3 info: Realtek RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter
type: Network driver: r8188eu interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:8179 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-2:2 info: Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600 type: Keyboard,HID
driver: microsoft,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 045e:0750 class-ID: 0300
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.1 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 43.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 231 Uptime: 18m wakeups: 4 Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: apt: 0 pacman: 1882 lib: 350 Shell: Bash
v: 5.1.8 running-in: kate inxi: 3.3.06
After a recent upgrade though, I have got the warning
No Bluetooth adapters found
for Bluetooth
in System Settings
.
Here are some additional messages to help others to help me:
I need to manually load btusb
with:
sudo modprobe btusb
Then,
lsmod | grep btusb
gives:
btusb 69632 0
btrtl 28672 1 btusb
btbcm 16384 1 btusb
btintel 32768 1 btusb
bluetooth 729088 11 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb
I have enabled and started bluetooth.service
:
sudo systemctl start bluetooth.service
sudo systemctl enable bluetooth.service
The packages bluez
, bluez-utils
, and blueman
are installed.
Invoking blueman-manager
on the command line gives these warnings:
blueman-manager 01.29.56 ERROR Manager:137 on_dbus_name_appeared: Default adapter not found, trying first available.
blueman-manager 01.29.56 ERROR Manager:141 on_dbus_name_appeared: No adapter(s) found, exiting
The file /etc/bluetooth/main.conf
has the line AutoEnable=true
.
hwinfo --bluetooth
gives a null output, as does rfkill list
.
Interestingly, KDE Connect
used to work and still works.
How would I get the adapter(s) to be picked up and for Bluetooth to work?