Need to restart bluetooth service to connect headphones

[stingray21]

I use my bluetooth ear buds with my phone and my laptop. That worked fine at the beginning, but I started to have issues connecting them to the laptop some weeks ago.

When I try to connect the headphones, I will then hear the connection sounds in the earpiece and it is shown as connected on screen for a second, but then it gets disconnected right away again. Bluetooth is then off (because it crashed) and I have to restart the service with sudo systemctl restart bluetooth.
Then I can just connect the headphones again, and they stay connected and everything works.
It’s the same behavior whether I do it via blueman or the Gnome extension “Bluetooth Quick Connect”.

I am not sure when this behavior gets triggered, my guess is when I try to connect the headphones after the laptop was on “sleep”.

These are some errors that I see when I start blueman in the terminal

[Olli]

edit the file /etc/default/grub and add the following line

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="btusb.enable_autosuspend=n usbcore.autosuspend=-1"

after editing you have to run

sudo update-grub

and reboot

you can check the parameter with

cat /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/autosuspend

i also recommend to edit the /etc/bluetooth/main.conf
and enable the parameter FastConnectable = true by deleting the #

[Olli]

it’s also important to know if your running a combined wifi-bluetooth adapter. in this case the coexistence-parameter can cause failures. due to missing information i can only inform you about this problem, otherwise
Welcome to Manjaro!

1. Please read this:
   [HowTo] Provide System Information
   and press the three dots … below your post and press the to give us more information so we can see what’s really going on.
   Now we know the symptom of the disease, but we need some more probing to know where the origin lies…
2. An inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width would be the minimum required information for us to be able to help you. (Personally Identifiable Information like serial numbers and MAC addresses will be filtered out by the above command)
   Also, please copy-paste that output in-between 3 backticks ``` at the beginning and end of the code/text.

:+1

[stingray21]

Thank you for your reply

I tried your suggestion, but unfortunately still the same issue. This is the error right after bluetooth fails (with sudo systemctl status bluetooth)

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width:

System:
  Kernel: 5.13.19-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64
    root=UUID=44e4a64d-9ad9-4f5d-90d5-d7ce385e8a20 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 btusb.enable_autosuspend=n
    usbcore.autosuspend=-1
  Desktop: GNOME 41.3 tk: GTK 3.24.31 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 41.3
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: N550JK v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: N550JK v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: N550JK.204 date: 01/23/2014
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 46.7 Wh (97.5%) condition: 47.9/60.5 Wh (79.3%)
    volts: 15.0 min: 15.0 model: ASUSTeK N550-40 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
    status: Not charging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.52 GiB used: 2.78 GiB (17.9%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-4710HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell
    family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x28
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
    L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1159 high: 1695 min/max: 800/3500 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 964 2: 798 3: 1208
    4: 1356 5: 1130 6: 1695 7: 837 8: 1290 bogomips: 39925
  Flags: abm acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2
    bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
    dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
    fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce
    md_clear mmx monitor movbe msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid
    pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand
    rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp
    syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi
    vpid x2apic xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
  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 mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0416 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM107M [GeForce GTX 850M] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A
    alternate: nouveau bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1391 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcam type: USB
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-2.3.1:8 chip-ID: 046d:0892
    class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: Chicony HD WebCam (Asus N-series) type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 3-7:5 chip-ID: 04f2:b3fd class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: wayland server: X.org 1.21.1.3 compositor: gnome-shell driver:
    loaded: N/A note: try sudo/root display-ID: 0
    resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0c0c
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcam type: USB
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-2.3.1:8 chip-ID: 046d:0892
    class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: JMTek LLC. USB PnP Audio Device type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-2.3.4:11
    chip-ID: 0c76:1695 class-ID: 0300
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.19-2-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: sndio v: N/A running: no
  Sound Server-3: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
  Sound Server-4: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-5: PipeWire v: 0.3.45 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 04:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:08b1 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-3: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152
    bus-ID: 4-2.4:3 chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: enp0s20u2u4 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 3-5:3 chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: down bt-service: enabled
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 932.52 GiB (80.1%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS721010A9E630
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A3J0 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 250GB
    size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 54.02 GiB size: 52.87 GiB (97.87%) used: 45.26 GiB (85.6%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb7 maj-min: 8:23 label: N/A
    uuid: 44e4a64d-9ad9-4f5d-90d5-d7ce385e8a20
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 98.4 MiB (98.42%)
    used: 25.2 MiB (25.6%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 label: N/A
    uuid: 0FE3-4D9B
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 34.25 GiB size: 33.42 GiB (97.56%)
    used: 30.9 GiB (92.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb10 maj-min: 8:26 label: N/A
    uuid: ec233387-6416-4747-b9af-35664a0ceef3
  ID-4: /run/media/jochen/backup raw-size: 253.37 GiB
    size: 248.34 GiB (98.01%) used: 122.45 GiB (49.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
    maj-min: 8:2 label: backup uuid: 81c86305-57cd-4230-915d-c6dae688ff86
  ID-5: /run/media/jochen/data raw-size: 66.39 GiB size: 66.39 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 58.53 GiB (88.2%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdb8 maj-min: 8:24 label: data
    uuid: 566E0B726E0B4A67
  ID-6: /run/media/jochen/extData raw-size: 678.14 GiB
    size: 678.14 GiB (100.00%) used: 675.35 GiB (99.6%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda1
    maj-min: 8:1 label: extData uuid: 45C18CE6788F6713
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sdb6 maj-min: 8:22 label: N/A
    uuid: 47034404-c7d7-4645-863a-47fabb81c6ac
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 499 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 3AD238A9D2386AF1
  ID-2: /dev/sdb9 maj-min: 8:25 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
    uuid: B9B3-EC17
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:8008 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:8000 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 14 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 3-2:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-2.1:4 info: Microdia Redragon Mitra RGB Keyboard
    type: Keyboard,Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 400mA chip-ID: 0c45:5004 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-7: 3-2.3:6 info: Terminus Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 1a40:0101 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-2.3.1:8 info: Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcam type: Video,Audio
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:0892 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 3-2.3.3:10 info: MosArt Wireless Mouse type: Mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 062a:4102 class-ID: 0301
  Device-3: 3-2.3.4:11 info: JMTek LLC. USB PnP Audio Device type: Audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0c76:1695 class-ID: 0300
  Device-4: 3-5:3 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001
  Device-5: 3-7:5 info: Chicony HD WebCam (Asus N-series) type: Video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 04f2:b3fd class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Device-6: 3-8:7 info: Realtek RTS5139 Card Reader Controller
    type: <vendor specific> driver: rtsx_usb,rtsx_usb_ms,rtsx_usb_sdmmc
    interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0139
    class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
  Device-7: 3-10:9 info: Elan Micro Touchscreen type: HID
    driver: hid-multitouch,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 04f3:010c class-ID: 0300
  Hub-8: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-9: 4-2:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 05e3:0612 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 4-2.4:3 info: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
    type: Network driver: r8152 interfaces: 1 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s
    power: 288mA chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 68.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2800
Info:
  Processes: 395 Uptime: 13m wakeups: 7 Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: 1863 pacman: 1836 lib: 389
  flatpak: 20 snap: 7 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running-in: tilix inxi: 3.3.12

[stingray21]

It seems to work now again. I guess the latest Manjaro update must have fixed it.