Can't start blueman-applet

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Hello,

my blueman-applet stopped working out of nowhere and I can’t seem to run it anymore. It was fine a few hours ago and I was using a bluetooth headset. I was afk for a while and now its not working anymore. The tray icon has disappeared.

I tried to run it again:

~ $ blueman-applet 
blueman-applet 12.18.08 WARNING  PluginManager:147 __load_plugin: Not loading DhcpClient because its conflict has higher priority
blueman-applet 12.18.08 WARNING  PluginManager:147 __load_plugin: Not loading PPPSupport because its conflict has higher priority

I restarted my laptop once but that didn’t help.

I checked if the kernel module was loaded:

~ $ modinfo btusb
filename:       /lib/modules/5.4.142-1-MANJARO/kernel/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.ko.xz
license:        GPL
version:        0.8
description:    Generic Bluetooth USB driver ver 0.8
author:         Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
firmware:       mediatek/mt7668pr2h.bin
firmware:       mediatek/mt7663pr2h.bin
srcversion:     81F376CE72A5C9E38BA6310
alias:          usb:v8087p0A5Ad*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v0930p*d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFisc01ip01in*
alias:          usb:v413Cp*d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFisc01ip01in*
alias:          usb:v13D3p*d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFisc01ip01in*
alias:          usb:v050Dp*d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFisc01ip01in*
alias:          usb:v0B05p*d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFisc01ip01in*
alias:          usb:v0A5Cp*d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFisc01ip01in*
alias:          usb:v04CAp*d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFisc01ip01in*
alias:          usb:v0489p*d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFisc01ip01in*
alias:          usb:v0BB4p*d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFisc01ip01in*
alias:          usb:v105Bp*d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFisc01ip01in*
alias:          usb:v19FFp0239d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v413Cp8197d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v0C10p0000d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v0BDBp1002d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v044Ep3002d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v044Ep3001d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v04BFp030Ad*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v057Cp3800d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v05ACp8281d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v05ACp821Ad*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v05ACp821Fd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v05ACp821Bd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v05ACp8218d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v05ACp8215d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v05ACp8213d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v0A5Cp21E1d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v0E8Dp763Fd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v05ACp*d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFisc01ip01in*
alias:          usb:v*p*d*dc*dsc*dp*icE0isc01ip01in*
alias:          usb:v*p*d*dcE0dsc01dp04ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v*p*d*dcE0dsc01dp01ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          of:N*T*Cusb4ca,301aC*
alias:          of:N*T*Cusb4ca,301a
alias:          of:N*T*Cusbcf3,e300C*
alias:          of:N*T*Cusbcf3,e300
alias:          of:N*T*Cusb1286,204eC*
alias:          of:N*T*Cusb1286,204e
depends:        bluetooth,btbcm,btintel,btrtl
retpoline:      Y
intree:         Y
name:           btusb
vermagic:       5.4.142-1-MANJARO SMP preempt mod_unload modversions 
sig_id:         PKCS#7
signer:         Build time autogenerated kernel key
sig_key:        3A:E4:05:55:61:5F:27:98:B8:13:DA:55:E1:3B:06:78:65:0A:AD:0F
sig_hashalgo:   sha512
signature:      02:E1:6D:9C:99:8A:D7:65:D1:94:7E:F9:5D:32:91:CC:84:AA:94:3B:
		0E:E9:5C:FF:3F:8C:3B:BB:EA:12:9F:EE:17:A4:28:2D:1A:CB:45:D3:
		18:99:41:3D:55:7A:8D:B5:CC:2B:81:61:F7:FD:19:70:0B:10:6C:B8:
		0B:7A:AF:76:F0:3F:37:27:1F:D5:B5:C8:CE:5C:00:5D:F7:FB:DB:71:
		88:D7:F6:05:9C:DF:3B:31:26:68:88:26:39:A3:78:E8:F1:0B:42:CC:
		59:27:AC:0F:9B:FD:D5:56:B8:AD:93:3B:89:15:49:B5:3E:FA:66:44:
		45:75:29:E1:ED:D7:02:EA:68:BA:C7:C1:2A:86:FD:BE:38:85:CB:33:
		89:98:A8:C4:40:C8:80:88:72:D8:4C:39:E6:39:B5:25:93:C3:4A:9E:
		08:E6:46:72:6D:79:A9:E1:19:DD:68:16:29:FD:0F:9E:CC:60:CD:7B:
		FD:68:46:4C:4F:B3:48:DC:EF:00:AF:2D:20:62:15:71:06:89:5C:CE:
		F7:1B:6A:50:90:D6:FB:E9:03:77:28:B0:CD:CF:4E:55:42:10:E9:FC:
		E2:29:8F:5C:D8:C3:CA:07:75:F5:61:5F:E7:98:0C:46:B6:69:DB:AD:
		83:56:C4:6F:BD:BD:99:66:2A:D0:01:74:78:D8:1F:D7:E9:95:25:53:
		51:55:B0:27:9A:1A:C9:CE:7B:72:41:86:64:5F:6F:1D:AC:E4:C2:83:
		54:E5:49:85:25:2E:F0:3B:76:8B:6D:79:14:9A:F3:23:80:32:96:A5:
		ED:E9:85:DD:77:60:20:B6:3B:56:4C:C5:44:78:DB:2E:E3:8E:DA:10:
		E8:E7:49:72:55:DE:0B:86:11:23:9E:AF:C2:65:36:A1:45:71:60:CB:
		ED:F7:35:E3:99:55:7B:38:35:11:49:BB:A5:0D:BE:05:11:F0:E4:87:
		3D:80:EA:4D:F5:CB:DF:7E:A0:CF:D0:5F:B1:AA:86:0D:63:6F:32:9C:
		83:C7:97:41:C7:84:EC:F7:BD:42:86:08:D3:A1:42:36:5A:FC:99:1F:
		FA:B1:3F:8B:44:20:C5:6E:10:AA:73:06:E3:1F:11:43:03:75:EE:8F:
		96:55:FA:D4:56:DD:96:0F:5B:7E:91:C5:6A:B8:CE:44:C5:11:F6:8A:
		3D:FF:1D:E8:B5:F1:9A:19:03:20:63:EC:75:AA:9C:F0:45:F2:51:4A:
		30:07:8B:40:B1:05:A1:E9:3E:82:1A:1D:AD:43:2C:2A:12:A9:D5:43:
		8B:97:E1:F3:6E:0C:8C:00:B1:F2:84:AE:D1:17:07:7C:59:C0:01:83:
		66:F9:CA:71:79:37:A3:E5:0E:95:62:B1
parm:           disable_scofix:Disable fixup of wrong SCO buffer size (bool)
parm:           force_scofix:Force fixup of wrong SCO buffers size (bool)
parm:           enable_autosuspend:Enable USB autosuspend by default (bool)
parm:           reset:Send HCI reset command on initialization (bool)

I just noticed that the service was inactive:

~ $ sudo systemctl status bluetooth
○ bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: inactive (dead)
       Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)

Aug 30 12:08:48 XPS15 systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped.
Aug 30 12:09:57 XPS15 systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped.
Aug 30 12:13:17 XPS15 systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped.
Aug 30 12:13:43 XPS15 systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped.
Aug 30 12:14:32 XPS15 systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped.
Aug 30 12:18:08 XPS15 systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped.
Aug 30 12:20:20 XPS15 systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped.
Aug 30 12:23:49 XPS15 systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped.
Aug 30 12:23:59 XPS15 systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped.

I tried to restart it but that doesn’t seem to work:

~ $ sudo systemctl restart bluetooth

~ $ sudo systemctl enable bluetooth

Any advise what else I could try? If I there is more information I could share, please let me know!

edit:
more info I can provide:

~ $ sudo pacman -S pulseaudio-bluetooth

and

~ $ sudo systemctl restart bluetooth

made the bluetooth service work again:

~ $ sudo systemctl status bluetooth
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Mon 2021-08-30 15:37:40 CEST; 12s ago
       Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
   Main PID: 88645 (bluetoothd)
     Status: "Running"
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 18759)
     Memory: 1.1M
        CPU: 17ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
             └─88645 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd

Aug 30 15:37:40 XPS15 systemd[1]: Starting Bluetooth service...
Aug 30 15:37:40 XPS15 bluetoothd[88645]: Bluetooth daemon 5.60
Aug 30 15:37:40 XPS15 systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
Aug 30 15:37:40 XPS15 bluetoothd[88645]: Starting SDP server
Aug 30 15:37:40 XPS15 bluetoothd[88645]: Bluetooth management interface 1.14 initialized

But I can’t run blueman-applet. I tried running blueman-manager:

~ $ blueman-manager
blueman-manager 15.40.22 ERROR    Manager:137 on_dbus_name_appeared: Default adapter not found, trying first available.
blueman-manager 15.40.22 ERROR    Manager:141 on_dbus_name_appeared: No adapter(s) found, exiting
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Thanks for your response Fabby, I’ll use that “how to provide good information” next time I run into trouble :slight_smile:

My bluetooth problem solved itself it seems: I restarted my computer in-between my edits yesterday (didn’t help), then later I used timeshift to go back to last Friday’s state (didn’t help), and in the evening I just hibernated my machine as I always do.
Today I wake it up and all of a sudden bluetooth is working again.

I have no explanation… but its working again.

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As there is no real solution, I’ve just closed this topic so no one else will find it if they search for solutions.

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