How to Use Bluetooth on Arch Linux

Frusturated trying to get Bluetooth working in your window manager? I'll go over how to get Bluetooth set up with minimal frusturation. No, it's not as nearly bad as you're imagining it is.
ericmurphy.xyz

[@_JS96]

You should get a mechanical keyboard... I use arch btw

[@swarajaggarwal]

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[@aer0449]

Hahahhaha 😂😂😂

[@TheSaltMine]

instantly helped, thank you. command line seems to be my new favorite way to do things.. it just works

[@torphedo6286]

Thanks, worked perfectly once I set up the bluetooth service to run on boot. Now my headphones auto-connect with no extra work.

[@DigitallFlesh]

sweet, this fixed my issue. Bluetooth worked under windows, but for the life of me couldn't see it in a catchy OS environment. Thank you for the help.

[@press_gamedev]

thanks, you really help me is rare found arch linux videos turtorials, especially using WM

[@thecoolkid8425]

im glad it helped you too darling

[@Torvating]

It worked for me… BUT after I reboot my pc it says „No default controller available“

[@israelduranzaleta5147]

Were you able to fix it?

[@Torvating]

@@israelduranzaleta5147 actually … yes but I’m not using arch anymore … if I remember correctly I needed to install new drivers for my Bluetooth and update/upgrade them :) (I have the feeling dat my Bluetooth drivers just broken and I need to reinstall them )

[@nuclearcatapult]

I'm glad this video exists. Thank you.

[@victorfigueroa9385]

If your device disconnects 2 seconds after pairing, my fix was to install the "pulseaudio-bluetooth" package, after that, reboot the system. You should re-pair your device. It may or may not fail the first time, if so, reconnect through a GUI or "bluetoothctl", after that it should work flawlessly from now on, hope this helps.

[@andrwondabeat]

the agent of bluez connects after starting the x11/wayland session, if i have to input a password in my display manager, the keyboard won’t work for it, right?

[@Apparizziion]

Thanks bro, this has helped me out a lot. I'll probably never use it, but it's just there and that's all that matters I guess

[@calorifierentertaiment6407]

it says "No default controller available" can u help me? also my computer has a bluetooth adapter

[@auwa69]

same :( how did you fixed the problem

[@mahmoudb4869]

Thanks it worked for my earbuds when the gui from kde didn't work (probably my fault I must have missed some package or dependency) this is why cli is great!

[@lands1459]

how do you do this on kde plasma? ive installed bluez, blueman and enabled the service but i cant see any devices. i did get my headset to show up once but it wouldn't connect, rebooted the system and never showed up again

[@raulrojas6552]

Unpairing and pairing again was the trick for me

[@GradyBroyles]

but... what about audio with pipewire-pulse and wireplumber?

[@hytryi_huy]

Failed to pair: org.bluez.Error.AuthenticationRejected

[@VictoriaMan69]

must watch for adding bluetooth after installing arch linux.

[@aer0449]

Do you have any idea about how to show the battery status of the bluetooth device. ??? Can you help with that ? I have been trying to figure it out but I can't have anything to work on my way :(

[@EricMurphyxyz]

I'm not sure, but this might be a good place to start. wiki.archlinux.org/title/bluetooth_headset#Battery_level_reporting You might have to do some coding yourself to make everything work

[@poderis1088]

1:51 what did you do to get that autosuggestion / autocompletion ?

[@EricMurphyxyz]

Zsh-autosuggestions, I have a video about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXnRfpduqt9poJI

[@le0nz]

Great video. It was so useful for me!

[@danizimo]

Thank you for your help. It works with Asus BT500, but it won't work with my other adapter that is on ATS2851 chip, system does recognize it but can't connect devices, it shows org.bluez.Error.Failed br-connection-unknown.

[@moshimoshi_04]

you saved my earpods

[@juanpablocallejascatano3563]

I'm new in linux, and I really want to learn linux. It would appreciate your help, I've been trying lots of things with the help of different posts, and also I've trying this video steps... But I have a problem, the console shows me the message "No default controller available". If maybe any of you guys have a recommendation I would appreciate it.

[@chityalasoumithreddy2409]

even i am facing the same problem

[@cwei9581]

Run "rfkill list all" to check if your bluetooth is blocked in any way, if it's soft-blocked, run "rfkill unblock [ID]" to unblock it, for example "rfkill unblock 0".

[@TrashPC_lol]

same, it is such a pain. but i hope it gets easier

[@alpixfere]

i got an error: modprobe: FATAL: Module btusb not found in directory /lib/modules/6.10.3-arch1-1

[@Rushb13]

did you install bluez?

[@alpixfere]

@@Rushb13 yeah i forget, should have just go on arch wiki, thx for it though i fixed it

[@mareklorincz531]

dude, do you see yourself? you look so fucking good with beard, like ive never seen you like this, why dont you just exist like this xd

[@zejulius58]

So... I've been trying to connect my headset for a couple hours now, for some reason I cannot for the life of me manage to get it to just even appear in bluetoothctl scan on...

[@zejulius58]

I can connect to my phone without problems, but my headset just won't ever show up in scan

[@TrashPC_lol]

tysm, but it says I am missing a file when i scan, what should i do????

[@EricMurphyxyz]

Which file? I'm not sure without more information

[@lazarovinicius4961]

where is the second like button?? you are awesome! Thank you a lot.

[@leighbudge6199]

I tried to change the main.conf but it said it doesn't exist what can I do?

[@mizel_1121]

Use sudo before open it sudo vim Or sudo nano

[@ervinpm]

What's that cool looking terminal?

[@EricMurphyxyz]

Alacritty + picom for transparency/blur + Powerlevel10k for terminal prompt (I have a video on it)

[@a_maxed_out_handle_of_30_chars]

thank you so much this helped a lot :)

[@Randomaudiowarehouse2023]

when i am typing the command bluetoothctl mine system is showing waiting for bluetoothd what to do now and i waited for few time it's not responding

[@EricMurphyxyz]

Sounds like the bluetooth daemon isn't started, make sure to start it with systemd

[@Randomaudiowarehouse2023]

@@EricMurphyxyz ya it worked thank you so much

[@shcrub5]

So useful!

[@drpeppermint4509]

Thanks Eric

[@hithere-zr4zr]

Thank you! Also, what window manager are you using?

[@EricMurphyxyz]

bspwm!

[@franciscoarielbenitez3261]

Hi, i have runit, which are the codes i have to run?

[@EricMurphyxyz]

Not sure unfortunately, I've never used runit

[@mamg301988]

Excellent video

[@mamg301988]

@Eric Murphy what enviroment do you use? awesome? which are the setting?

[@chocoblan4288]

Thank you so much!

[@deepseashigure]

I feel so cool

[@VANTYCSolutions]

Thank you so much 👍👏

[@boomerlater2325]

Thank you for your help its working now !!!!!!

[@EricMurphyxyz]

Glad it helped!

[@sentel140]

you should use a mechanical keyboard they are better btw :)

[@abadi898]

thank you so much you are big help :)

[@sklorpion]

good job!

[@EricMurphyxyz]

Thanks!

[@guilhermemoreno5511]

tks a lot mate. you saved the day :)

[@julianarce5411]

ohhh dude thanks a lot

[@marchosias9413]

i love you rlly

[@maxklariczen7320]

grax bro!

[@calculuslearner2176]

What about aliasing pacman as # set SUDO=sudo or other program alias pkg='$SUDO pacman -S' alias rpkg='$SUDO pacman -R' It would make life easier

[@seyadeodin]

I love you

[@abaneyone]

Thank you so much!

[@trinity1969]

Thank you so much!!!