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:
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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