Bluetooth not working properly, advice needed

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As in the written title my bluetooth doesn't rly work. I even looked up some older topics related to this issue but didn't find smth. I already deactivated bluetooth in Windows 10. In Linux I can't use bluetooth unless I boot into Windows where I already deactivated bluetooth and then reboot into Linux. But it's a hassle. So I'd like to ask is there another way?

System:    Kernel: 5.15.7-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=38b58c54-3840-4789-a13f-3eb8107c3279
rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: X370 Taichi serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: P5.50 date: 04/18/2019
CPU:       Info: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen family: 17 (23)
model-id: 1 stepping: 1 microcode: 8001137 cache: L1: 576 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 16 MiB
flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 91210
Speed: 2622 MHz min/max: 1550/3800 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2622 2: 1638
3: 2048 4: 3136 5: 2381 6: 1562 7: 3190 8: 3060 9: 2623 10: 2686 11: 2537 12: 1613
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 mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2
mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia v: 495.44
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 22:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c03 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Cubeternet USB2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 1e4e:0110
class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.1 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 92 s-size: 1060x301mm (41.7x11.9") s-diag: 1102mm (43.4")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 size: 531x299mm (20.9x11.8") diag: 609mm (24")
Monitor-2: DP-4 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 92 size: 531x299mm (20.9x11.8") diag: 609mm (24")
Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:     Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: ZOTAC driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 22:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 24:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: TC Electronic GoXLRMini type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio bus-ID: 1-2:2
chip-ID: 1220:8fe4 class-ID: 0102
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.7-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.40 running: yes
Network:   Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 1c:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp28s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASRock driver: igb v: kernel port: d000
bus-ID: 1e:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp30s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-9:5
chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: N/A
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 2.8 TiB used: 289.35 GiB (10.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 3B2QGXA7 temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST3320418AS size: 298.09 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: CC44
scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA100 size: 931.51 GiB block-size:
physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A750
scheme: MBR
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: A-Data model: SU800 size: 238.47 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 8BS scheme: MBR
ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Crucial model: CT500MX500SSD1 size: 465.76 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 023 scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%) used: 212.95 GiB (22.9%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 580 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%) used: 212.95 GiB (22.9%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%) used: 212.95 GiB (22.9%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%) used: 212.95 GiB (22.9%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.34 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:   Message: No sensor data found. Is lm-sensors configured?
Info:      Processes: 349 Uptime: 1h 10m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.34 GiB used: 4.87 GiB (15.5%) Init: systemd
v: 249 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.0 Packages: pacman: 1567 lib: 364
Shell: fish v: 3.3.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.09
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I don't think so, at shutdown M$ apparently locks Bluetooth. If you make M$ think you want to reboot, it won't close it, great.

BTW, with my i3wm on PC and laptop with dualboot with M$ goes BT

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Have you already checked this thread?
It was about your same WiFi+USB adapter.

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Why?

What happens if you leave it activated and then try using it under Linux?

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I'll look into it. There was another person having the same problem so I tried it with deactivating in Windows

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Same as deactivated. I will try the solution in the other thread when I'm home again

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You know how much windows is the enemy of Linux (especially) when it comes to wireless cards, bluetooth etc.?
It locks up all the resources and never let them go... :slight_smile:
It is possible that, even if the fix works, you'll have to unpair your devices from windows before pairing them in Linux.

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There is a setting in modern BIOS' that concerns whether or not, and how well Hardware Detection is applied at boot.

I had mine set to "Auto" and noticed BT had disappeared one day. (Stupid me; dual-boot with Windows.)

The only thing that resurrected Bluetooth hardware, was to turn the Hardware Detection to "Thorough."

You may have a similar BIOS setting. It can go by several names.

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Should it be on or off then? Only have auto, on and off...

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I would think that "on" would be the correct one. Where is it set now?

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I've set it on bluetooth on now. Still not working. I will look into it at the weekend when I have time.

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If it is a Fast Boot setting, you want your BIOS to do as complete a hardware scan as possible. So whatever setting lets that happen, that is the one you want to use.

Also, if you're dual-booting with Windows then the BT adaptor's MAC address is probably might be being reset every time you re-boot from one OS to the other, if Windows does recognize the hardware. If that is happening it may make acquiring BT in Linux a PIA every time you re-boot between OSs.

I have had that experience on this 2019 Dell desktop machine dual-booting Arch & Windows 10, and solving the problem was not fun. (Dell was no help at all.) It was necessary to use the ol' hit-n-miss method and that takes some time. However, your machine's hardware is very different from mine so who the heck knows? :man_shrugging:

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If you have not already been advised boot into windows and turn Bluetooth off, that will or should unpiar the device.

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Already did that at the beginnging.

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Next question...you may have already answered it...has your BT adaptor (ever) been acquired in Garuda? If so, you'll now need to delete that, reboot, then re-acquire it once more (in Linux). Do not reboot into Windows yet or it may screw the pooch on the whole thing.

BT seems to be a "touchy" hardware area in any OS, and you'd think the support would be better 20-some years into it. :man_shrugging:

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Yes but it depends on the vendor mine works faultless as its mains powered so does not have a memory, its also on a desktop just unplug restart and it polls the source that is looking for it.

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It says No default controller available. I'll look into it tomorrow.

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Booted into Linux-LTS 5.10 Kernel rn and BT works...
Don't know why it doesn't work with Linux-Zen but yeah. Have to look into it. GoXLR Mini and 5.10 don't work that well

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Good for you, and good thinking.

But good golly Miss Molly, how did I miss recommending various kernels?
:rofl:

(See, folks, this is what happens when c00ter goes tobacco-free for 48 days, LOL!)

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I'll still have audio stuttering on Kernel 5.10 hmm...