Could not connect to bluetooth , bluetooth option not shown in settings menu or in status & notifications

General system Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware
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endeavouros fresh install

Bluetooth:
  Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 3-4:2 chip-ID: 13d3:3563 class-ID: e001 serial: 000000000
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: disabled
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: see --recommends


System:
    Kernel: 5.15.13-arch1-1 x86_64 bits: 64
    Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.5 Distro: EndeavourOS
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According to rfkill that you posted, you haven’t enabled/started the service

bt-service: disabled
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how could i enable ??
sorry for this stupid question

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Maybe this may help

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followed this tutorial and now i am getting

inxi -E

Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
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What is the output of:
systemctl status bluetooth.service

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systemctl status bluetooth.service
â—Ź bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2022-01-06 22:55:23 IST; 12min ago
       Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
   Main PID: 577 (bluetoothd)
     Status: "Running"
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 18460)
     Memory: 2.0M
        CPU: 10ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
             └─577 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd

Jan 06 22:55:23 lenny systemd[1]: Starting Bluetooth service...
Jan 06 22:55:23 lenny bluetoothd[577]: Bluetooth daemon 5.62
Jan 06 22:55:23 lenny systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
Jan 06 22:55:23 lenny bluetoothd[577]: Starting SDP server
Jan 06 22:55:23 lenny bluetoothd[577]: Bluetooth management interface 1.21 initialized
Jan 06 23:01:03 lenny systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
Jan 06 23:02:06 lenny systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
Jan 06 23:02:08 lenny systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
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Does the output of inxi -Faazy still show that the bt-service is disabled?

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inxi -E
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
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Type bluetoothctl in your terminal followed by show and paste the output here

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bluetoothctl show
No default controller available
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I’m clueless too…

Output of:
lsmod | grep usb
and
ls /etc/modprobe.d/

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 lsmod | grep usb
btusb                  65536  0
btrtl                  28672  1 btusb
btbcm                  24576  1 btusb
btintel                45056  1 btusb
usbhid                 73728  1 hid_asus
bluetooth             749568  13 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb


ls /etc/modprobe.d/
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maybe you can try follow this guide https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bluetooth#Troubleshooting

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I get the same message but my bluetooth works just fine :man_shrugging:

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what does the command rfkill list show?

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bluetooth hit miss . i find .

check what @anon13373109 post " rfkill list show " also check bluez + bluez-utils are installed.

Edit you on kde ? I had trouble on kde , so i use blueman

  • you dual boot windows?
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Any luck on the LTS kernel? That’s always my first suggestion, and it tends to work quite often oddly enough.

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rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
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yes i dual boot with windows