Using bluetooth on the Manjaro XFCE

Hey guys.

I’m not able to use bluetooth on the Manjaro XFCE.

When i start the system, blueman-applet, blueman-mechanism and blueman-tray start up. According to the task manager.

Then I try to open the Bluetooth Manager - blueman-manager - and the output is:

blueman-manager version 2.1.4 starting
blueman-manager 15.37.08 ERROR Manager: 118 on_dbus_name_appeared: Default adapter not found, trying first available.
blueman-manager 15.37.08 ERROR Manager: 122 on_dbus_name_appeared: No adapter (s) found, exiting

After some research I read about putting acer_wmi on the blacklist because of the model of my card - Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter - and the issue of coexistence between Wifi and bluetooth on the same card.

So following the tips I created the files in /etc/modprobe.d/

btconf.conf

blacklist acer_wmi

ath9k.conf

options ath9k btcoex_enable = 1 bt_ant_diversity = 1


And run the commands

sudo modprobe -r acer_wmi
sudo modprobe btusb
sudo systemctl start bluetooth.service
sudo systemctl enable bluetooth.service

And finally the status according to the command systemctl status bluetooth was this:

● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2021-04-17 15:35:53 -03; 14s ago
       Docs: man: bluetoothd (8)
   Main PID: 5106 (bluetoothd)
     Status: "Running"
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 4076)
     Memory: 2.3M
     CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
             10─5106 / usr / lib / bluetooth / bluetoothd

Apr 17 15:35:53 *** systemd [1]: Starting Bluetooth service ...
Apr 17 15:35:53 *** bluetoothd [5106]: Bluetooth daemon 5.56
Apr 17 15:35:53 *** systemd [1]: Started Bluetooth service.
Apr 17 15:35:53 *** bluetoothd [5106]: Starting SDP server
Apr 17 15:35:53 *** bluetoothd [5106]: Bluetooth management interface 1.14 initialized

Apparently works but when I run the blueman-manager command the output is

blueman-manager version 2.1.4 starting
blueman-manager 15.37.08 ERROR Manager: 118 on_dbus_name_appeared: Default adapter not found, trying first available.
blueman-manager 15.37.08 ERROR Manager: 122 on_dbus_name_appeared: No adapter (s) found, exiting

I already tried to restart.
I’ve tried liveusb with Manjaro KDE, Gnome, and other distros.
I’ve tried restarting with systemctl restart bluetooth.service
And it always gives the same result. Did not work.

In the research I did and the help I got from the community, I saw that several people managed to solve it by following these steps.

can you help me? Did you try anything else? Am I forgetting something?


Some information about the system

rfkill

ID TYPE DEVICE            SOFT         HARD
 0 wlan phy0              unblock      unblock
 1 wlan asus-wlan         unblock      unblock

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Complex
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Sumo [Radeon HD 6520G]
00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] BeaverCreek HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500D and 6400G-6600G series]
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port
00:10.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 40)
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 13)
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 11)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 (rev 43)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Whistler [Radeon HD 6630M/6650M/6750M/7670M/7690M]
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)

lsmod | grep btusb

btusb                  65536  0
btrtl                  24576  1 btusb
btbcm                  16384  1 btusb
btintel                28672  1 btusb
bluetooth             692224  11 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb

lsusb

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 058f:a004 Alcor Micro Corp. ASUS USB2.0 WebCam
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c534 Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

inxi -Fazy

  Kernel: 5.4.108-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4-x86_64 
  root=UUID=0656753a-2c28-42e2-bcd0-0353336aa290 rw quiet udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 vt: 7 
  dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: N53Ta v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: N53Ta v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends 
  v: N53Ta.209 date: 12/10/2011 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 39.3 Wh (97.5%) condition: 40.3/48.4 Wh (83.2%) 
  volts: 12.4 min: 11.1 model: ASUSTek M50--24 type: Li-ion serial: N/A 
  status: Unknown 
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard serial: <filter> 
  charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon HD Graphics bits: 64 
  type: MCP arch: Fusion family: 12 (18) model-id: 1 stepping: N/A 
  microcode: 3000027 cache: L2: 4 MiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm bogomips: 11981 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/1500 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 800 2: 803 3: 803 4: 800 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 
  mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Sumo [Radeon HD 6520G] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: radeon 
  v: kernel bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1002:9647 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: AMD Whistler [Radeon HD 6630M/6650M/6750M/7670M/7690M] 
  vendor: ASUSTeK driver: radeon v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6741 
  class-ID: 0300 
  Device-3: Alcor Micro ASUS USB2.0 WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
  bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 058f:a004 class-ID: 0e02 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 driver: loaded: radeon display-ID: :0.0 
  screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x285mm (26.7x11.2") 
  s-diag: 735mm (28.9") 
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 2560x1080 hz: 54 dpi: 97 size: 673x284mm (26.5x11.2") 
  diag: 730mm (28.8") 
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD SUMO (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.4.108-1-MANJARO LLVM 11.1.0) 
  v: 3.3 Mesa 21.0.1 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD BeaverCreek HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500D and 6400G-6600G series] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:01.1 chip-ID: 1002:1714 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1022:780d class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.4.108-1-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: AzureWave 
  driver: ath9k v: kernel port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0032 
  class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: atl1c v: 1.0.1.1-NAPI port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:1083 
  class-ID: 0200 
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 21.43 GiB (4.6%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST9500325AS 
  size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: SDM1 scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 465.47 GiB size: 457.16 GiB (98.22%) 
  used: 21.43 GiB (4.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 280 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 20 (default 60) cache-pressure: 70 (default 100) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  file: /swapfile 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 6280.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
  GPU: device: radeon temp: 41.0 C device: radeon temp: 41.0 C 
Info:
  Processes: 165 Uptime: 30m wakeups: 3 Memory: 3.33 GiB 
  used: 1.36 GiB (40.8%) Init: systemd v: 247 tool: systemctl Compilers: 
  gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1022 lib: 340 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.0 
  running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.03