Bluetooth keyboard

Yesterday i bot a new keyboard and did not notice when i got it that it was Bluetooth only. would have liked on with its one usb adapter but whatever. I tried to connect it with the bluetooth adapter that i have but it is not seen by the system it sees my headphones just fine. I have tried the keyboard on two other os endeveros and pop works on pop no problem but not endevoros so i’m guessing its an arch problem.
its a PINKCAT Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Keyboard and using a cheep dongle i got off amazon. would like to try and see if i can get it working.

Amazon.ca Dongle

Amazon.ca Keyboard

System:
Kernel: 6.7.6-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=f4654eea-9d78-4538-aa68-df16e79531d4 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 tk: Qt v: 5.15.12 info: frameworks
v: 5.115.0 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: MSI product: Z1-7641 v: 4.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: MSI model: 760GM-P34(FX) (MS-7641) v: 4.0
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
BIOS: American Megatrends v: 17.18B3 date: 03/13/2014
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech K520 serial: <filter>
charge: 70% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: AMD FX-4300 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Piledriver level: v2
built: 2012-13 process: GF 32nm family: 0x15 (21) model-id: 2 stepping: 0
microcode: 0x6000852
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 192 KiB
desc: d-4x16 KiB; i-2x64 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 2x2 MiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1508 high: 1794 min/max: 1400/3800 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1794 2: 1445
3: 1395 4: 1400 bogomips: 30400
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GM107 [GeForce GTX 750 Ti] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nvidia
v: 550.54.14 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+ status: current
(as of 2024-02; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-2019 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-I-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1380 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 30 s-size: 1626x914mm (64.02x35.98")
s-diag: 1865mm (73.44")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled
model: Toshiba TOSHIBA-TV serial: <filter> built: 2016 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60
dpi: 30 gamma: 1.2 size: 1600x900mm (62.99x35.43") diag: 1836mm (72.3")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.54.14
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 1.95 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.276 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 750 Ti driver: nvidia v: 550.54.14 device-ID: 10de:1380
surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1002:4383 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GM107 High Definition Audio [GeForce 940MX]
vendor: eVga.com. driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fbc class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.7.6-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e800 bus-ID: 02:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter
driver: rtl8xxxu type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
bus-ID: 2-1:2 chip-ID: 0bda:8179 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlp0s18f2u1 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 4-1:2 chip-ID: 0bda:8771
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
lmp-v: 10 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 409.88 GiB used: 86.36 GiB (21.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST3320413AS
size: 298.09 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: JC66 scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 840 Series
size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: AB0Q scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 111.79 GiB size: 111.79 GiB (100.00%)
used: 86.36 GiB (77.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-2: /home raw-size: 111.79 GiB size: 111.79 GiB (100.00%)
used: 86.36 GiB (77.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 111.79 GiB size: 111.79 GiB (100.00%)
used: 86.36 GiB (77.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 111.79 GiB size: 111.79 GiB (100.00%)
used: 86.36 GiB (77.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 3.82 GiB used: 256 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 4 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 19.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 29 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 40%
Info:
Memory: total: 4 GiB available: 3.82 GiB used: 2.35 GiB (61.6%)
Processes: 236 Power: uptime: 5m states: freeze,standby,mem,disk
suspend: s2idle avail: shallow wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform
avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 1.47 GiB
services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd
v: 255 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1390 libs: 406 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: Bash v: 5.2.26 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
System install date:     2023-10-12
Last full system update: 2024-02-28
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       <superuser required>
Failed units:

I would guess it is a kernel-related issue. Try using the LTS kernel and see if you have better luck.

sudo pacman -S linux-lts linux-lts-headers

You can select an alternate kernel in the advanced options of the Grub menu when you first boot the machine.

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