I had to set up Bluetooth on my EndeavourOS (an Arch-like distro), and here’s how I did it:
Check the Bluetooth service status:
$ sudo systemctl status bluetooth.service
○ bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; disabled; preset: disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8) This command will display the current status of the Bluetooth service.
Start and enable the Bluetooth service:
$ sudo systemctl start bluetooth.service
$ sudo systemctl enable bluetooth.service
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.bluez.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.target.wants/bluetooth.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.se
rvice. These command activates the Bluetooth service and ensures that it starts automatically when you boot your system.
Verify the Bluetooth service status again:
$ sudo systemctl status bluetooth.service
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2023-09-01 19:37:25 CEST; 28s ago
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
Main PID: 178543 (bluetoothd)
Status: "Running"
Tasks: 1 (limit: 38181)
Memory: 1.0M
CPU: 56ms
CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
└─178543 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd
sep 01 19:37:25 prox bluetoothd[178543]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.7043 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/aptx_l>
sep 01 19:37:25 prox bluetoothd[178543]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.7043 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/aptx_l>
sep 01 19:37:25 prox bluetoothd[178543]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.7043 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/aptx_l>
sep 01 19:37:25 prox bluetoothd[178543]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.7043 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/aptx_l>
sep 01 19:37:25 prox bluetoothd[178543]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.7043 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/fastst>
sep 01 19:37:25 prox bluetoothd[178543]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.7043 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/fastst>
sep 01 19:37:25 prox bluetoothd[178543]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.7043 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/opus_05
sep 01 19:37:25 prox bluetoothd[178543]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.7043 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/opus_05
sep 01 19:37:25 prox bluetoothd[178543]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.7043 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/opus_05_>
sep 01 19:37:25 prox bluetoothd[178543]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.7043 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/opus_0>
lines 1-22/22 (END)Now, you should see that the Bluetooth service is active and running.