Bluetooth headphones not working 5.9.11-3 MANJARO

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Hi!
I’ve tried to fix it myself reading lots of posts, but to no avail. I hope some Linux pros can help me.

This is my system information:

System: Kernel: 5.9.11-3-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.4
Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E5450 v: 01 serial:
Mobo: Dell model: 09X6YN v: A00 serial: UEFI: Dell v: A05 date: 01/05/2015

CPU: Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-5600U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Broadwell rev: 4
L2 cache: 4096 KiB flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 20761
Speed: 2716 MHz min/max: 500/3200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2795 2: 2749 3: 2816 4: 2819

Audio: Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0
Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.9.11-3-MANJARO

Headphones: BOSE Quiet Comfort 35 Wireless

Then I have some command outputs I believe can be useful:

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 8a0ebaf…ea31010 100644
— a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@

_name=rtbth-dkms
pkgname=rtbth-dkms-git
-pkgver=3.9.6.r7.gce4e65d
+pkgver=3.9.6.r8.g989b89b
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc=“rtbth Kernel module sources for Ralink RT3290 bluetooth, lomiu’s solution.”
arch=(‘i686’ ‘x86_64’)

bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2020-12-10 12:04:57 CET; 26min ago
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
Main PID: 837 (bluetoothd)
Status: “Running”
Tasks: 1 (limit: 19060)
Memory: 3.5M
CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
└─837 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd

Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician bluetoothd[837]: src/main.c:parse_controller_config() Key file does not have key “LEScanIntervalConnect” in group “Controller”
Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician bluetoothd[837]: src/main.c:parse_controller_config() Key file does not have key “LEScanWindowConnect” in group “Controller”
Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician bluetoothd[837]: src/main.c:parse_controller_config() Key file does not have key “LEMinConnectionInterval” in group “Controller”
Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician bluetoothd[837]: src/main.c:parse_controller_config() Key file does not have key “LEMaxConnectionInterval” in group “Controller”
Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician bluetoothd[837]: src/main.c:parse_controller_config() Key file does not have key “LEConnectionLatency” in group “Controller”
Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician bluetoothd[837]: src/main.c:parse_controller_config() Key file does not have key “LEConnectionSupervisionTimeout” in group “Controller”
Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician bluetoothd[837]: src/main.c:parse_controller_config() Key file does not have key “LEAutoconnecttimeout” in group “Controller”
Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician bluetoothd[837]: Starting SDP server
Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician bluetoothd[837]: Bluetooth management interface 1.18 initialized

[viro@viro-de-graphematician ~]$ lsusb -t
/: Bus 03.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/4p, 5000M
/: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-pci/3p, 480M
|__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/8p, 480M
|__ Port 3: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M
|__ Port 3: Dev 3, If 1, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M
|__ Port 6: Dev 4, If 0, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M
|__ Port 6: Dev 4, If 1, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M
/: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/11p, 480M
|__ Port 7: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Application Specific Interface, Driver=, 12M
|__ Port 7: Dev 2, If 1, Class=Chip/SmartCard, Driver=, 12M
|__ Port 7: Dev 2, If 2, Class=Chip/SmartCard, Driver=, 12M
|__ Port 7: Dev 2, If 3, Class=Vendor Specific Class, Driver=, 12M
|__ Port 8: Dev 3, If 12, Class=Communications, Driver=cdc_mbim, 480M
|__ Port 8: Dev 3, If 13, Class=CDC Data, Driver=cdc_mbim, 480M
[viro@viro-de-graphematician ~]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 (rev 09)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller (rev 09)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB xHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP MEI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (3) I218-LM (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev e3)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev e3)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev e3)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. SD/MMC Card Reader Controller (rev 01)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7265 (rev 59)

[viro@viro-de-graphematician ~]$ sudo dmesg | grep Bluetooth
[ 5.842376] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[ 5.842400] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 5.842403] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 5.842405] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 5.842412] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 5.956093] Bluetooth: hci0: read Intel version: 370810011003110e32
[ 5.956095] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel device is already patched. patch num: 32
[ 6.012981] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 6.012983] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 6.012987] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[viro@viro-de-graphematician ~]$

I should also say, which perhaps is already legible from info above, that I am not able to enable bluetooth in system settings.

I hope this is enough for the pros to find a way out! Thanks!

Kind Regards,
Robin

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Did you try this manual: Bluetooth headset - ArchWiki?
Configuration via CLI works well for my JBL.

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Hi. I’ll try now, thanks. I’ll come back with result.

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[bluetooth]# power on
No default controller available
[bluetooth]# agent on
Agent is already registered
[bluetooth]# default-agent
Default agent request successful
[bluetooth]# scan on
No default controller available
[bluetooth]#

So, no default controller available.

I have tried to find out about how to install/find default controller, but to no avail.

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And I did this in root, for info:

[viro-de-graphematician ~]# lsusb; uname -a; lsmod | grep bluetooth; dmesg | grep -i firmware
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 1bcf:28ae Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. Laptop Integrated Webcam HD
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp. Bluetooth wireless interface
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8001 Intel Corp. Integrated Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 413c:81b1 Dell Computer Corp. Dell Wireless 5809e Gobi™ 4G LTE Mobile Broadband Card
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0a5c:5804 Broadcom Corp. BCM5880 Secure Applications Processor with fingerprint swip
e sensor
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Linux viro-de-graphematician 5.9.11-3-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Nov 28 09:08:57 UTC 2020 x86_64 GNU/Linux
bluetooth 741376 16 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb
ecdh_generic 16384 1 bluetooth
rfkill 28672 12 bluetooth,dell_laptop,dell_rbtn,cfg80211
crc16 16384 2 bluetooth,ext4
[ 0.124164] Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls
[ 0.159539] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 3.064575] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: loaded firmware version 29.198743027.0 7265D-29.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
[viro-de-graphematician ~]#

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Did you try to connect your headphones to a smartphone? Also, please, be sure that your headphones automatically go into pairing mode when they’re powered up.

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Maybe this link will help you: bluetooth - bluetoothctl No default controller available - Stack Overflow

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Yes, smartphone gets connected, works fine.
How do I get my headphones to automatically enter pairing mode upon being powered up? I’m not sure I understand what you are saying here, if you pardon me.

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Thanks, I tried that article, too. Didn’t cut it for me.

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I did the systemctl status bluetooth:

● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2020-12-10 12:04:57 CET; 8h ago
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
Main PID: 837 (bluetoothd)
Status: “Running”
Tasks: 1 (limit: 19060)
Memory: 3.5M
CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
└─837 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd

Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician bluetoothd[837]: src/main.c:parse_controller_config() Key file does not have key “LEScanIntervalConnect” in group “Controller”
Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician bluetoothd[837]: src/main.c:parse_controller_config() Key file does not have key “LEScanWindowConnect” in group “Controller”
Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician bluetoothd[837]: src/main.c:parse_controller_config() Key file does not have key “LEMinConnectionInterval” in group “Controller”
Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician bluetoothd[837]: src/main.c:parse_controller_config() Key file does not have key “LEMaxConnectionInterval” in group “Controller”
Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician bluetoothd[837]: src/main.c:parse_controller_config() Key file does not have key “LEConnectionLatency” in group “Controller”
Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician bluetoothd[837]: src/main.c:parse_controller_config() Key file does not have key “LEConnectionSupervisionTimeout” in group “Controller”
Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician bluetoothd[837]: src/main.c:parse_controller_config() Key file does not have key “LEAutoconnecttimeout” in group “Controller”
Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician bluetoothd[837]: Starting SDP server
Dec 10 12:04:57 viro-de-graphematician bluetoothd[837]: Bluetooth management interface 1.18 initialized
~

I note that vendor preset: disabled. Is tthat of relevance?

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Try this: 16.04 - Pair Bose QuietComfort 35 with Ubuntu over Bluetooth - Ask Ubuntu

It seems the Bose Quiet Comfort 35 does has issues with pairing with Bluetooth LE (Low Energy).

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Thanks. Bluetooth is working fine now.

I found out I also used a kernel (one of the latest, yes) that is not supported. So I re-installed the whole system - and now I will definitely make use of Timeshift!

Again, thanks.

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You didn’t need to reinstall the whole system, you could just downgrade the kernel via Manjaro Settings Manager.

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As for the precise method I used, see here. So, my system crashed. I booted up via an old flash drive, downloaded the Manjaro KDE I wanted and reinstalled.

Now, even there I encountered problems with my bluetooth. I did follow this method and it worked perfectly!

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Yeah, sure you are right, but I am kind of a newbie. But thanks, next time I know better!

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