Hello everyone,
I’m using i3wm in Manjaro, but I think my question applies in general.
I’m using a Bluetooth Microsoft keyboard and a Logitech Bluetooth mouse. What happens is that every time I start my computer, my keyboard is picked up and connected automatically (of course because I need to enter my password etc. to login). That’s also true when I put the computer to sleep etc.; when the computer wakes up, the keyboard is connected and ready to use!
But for mouse, it’s different; I need to manually connect it every time. So, I was wondering two things:
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What differs between mouse and keyboard? While they’re both using Bluetooth, the keyboard is always connected and the mouse is not.
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Is there any way I can have the same behavior for my mouse? So that it’s automatically picked up and connected.
Thank you
Welcome here, @farzadm,
Please provide some more info, you could start with posting output of
inxi -Fxxxza --no-host
hwinfo --netcard --wlan --bluetooth | grep -Ei "model\:|driver\:|status\:|cmd\:|file\:|detected\:" | grep -v "Config Status"
journalctl | grep bluetooth
Please, use the </> button in the editor to format the posted text, nicely.
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Are you sure the microsoft keyboard doesn’t connect through RF cause I had the same issue and it was a simple fix. Edit /etc/bluetooth/main.conf and scroll all the way down and make sure AutoEnable=true
Thank you @chomsky. I tried that, but it didn’t change anything 
Thank you so much @Wollie, that’s very nice of you 
So, the output of inxi:
System: Kernel: 5.7.17-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.7-x86_64 root=UUID=b9942f62-4426-4d83-9120-548e7e51f709 rw splash quiet
apparmor=1 security=apparmor resume=UUID=1b3adfad-8a93-4362-901e-62d0bd5ebb47 udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: i3 4.18.2 info: i3bar dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Z170-DELUXE v: Rev 1.xx serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3801
date: 03/14/2018
CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-6700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake-S family: 6 model-id: 5E (94)
stepping: 3 microcode: D6 L2 cache: 8192 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 64026
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 802
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: 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 generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GM200 [GeForce GTX 980 Ti] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 435.21 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:17c8
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: nvidia display ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 101 s-size: 966x272mm (38.0x10.7") s-diag: 1004mm (39.5")
Monitor-1: DVI-I-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102 size: 476x268mm (18.7x10.6") diag: 546mm (21.5")
Monitor-2: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102 size: 476x268mm (18.7x10.6") diag: 546mm (21.5")
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 980 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 435.21 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a170
Device-2: NVIDIA GM200 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1
chip ID: 10de:0fb0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.7.17-2-MANJARO
Network: Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: f000 bus ID: 00:1f.6
chip ID: 8086:15b8
IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: ASUSTeK driver: wl v: kernel
modules: bcma port: e000 bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 14e4:43a0
IF: wlp7s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-3: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: 5.6.0-k port: c000 bus ID: 0b:00.0
chip ID: 8086:1539
IF: enp11s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: br-87154a70bf79 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 2.96 TiB used: 1.65 TiB (55.7%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA300 size: 2.73 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B
speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: ABB0 scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 40.00 GiB size: 39.12 GiB (97.81%) used: 29.62 GiB (75.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
ID-2: /home raw size: 47.89 GiB size: 46.89 GiB (97.91%) used: 26.54 GiB (56.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 71.65 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb3
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 34.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 43 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 20%
Info: Processes: 293 Uptime: N/A Memory: 31.30 GiB used: 792.3 MiB (2.5%) Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0
Packages: 1605 pacman: 1575 lib: 336 flatpak: 17 snap: 13 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running in: guake inxi: 3.1.05
The output of hwinfo:
Model: "Intel I211 Gigabit Network Connection"
Driver: "igb"
Device File: enp11s0
Link detected: no
Driver Status: igb is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe igb"
Model: "Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter"
Driver: "wl"
Device File: wlp7s0
Link detected: yes
Driver Status: bcma is not active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe bcma"
Driver Status: wl is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe wl"
Model: "Intel Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V"
Driver: "e1000e"
Device File: enp0s31f6
Link detected: no
Driver Status: e1000e is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe e1000e"
And the output of journalctl (with the grep) contains 7282 lines!! so I’m not sure if you want to see the whole thing there
Please let me know if there’s any other information I can provide to help
The BCM4360 adapter is known to give a lot of people issues. If your only problem is that your bluetooth mouse needs frequent reconnects I personally would not try to tinker with that device.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_wireless
Good point @Wollie; I remember that making it work also required some work!
But I’m wondering about something: aren’t both the keyboard and the mouse using the same adapter? I guess something should be different with them in my Linux configuration.