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[SOLVED] Bluetooth connected, but nothing happens.

Hello, I installed Artix, Xfce and Openrc then updated everything with "pacman -Syu".
I installed Xfce, instead of beautiful custom WMs, especially to reduce configuration, but I'm still lost.

I switched on my earphones then I opened the "Network settings panel" 
The "Network Settings panels" just says nothing, then I tried these  random commands.

$ bluetoothctl devices
Device 00:0A:45:0B:54:04 BLE_ATH-M50xBT
$ bluetoothctl pair 00:0A:45:0B:54:04
Attempting to pair with 00:0A:45:0B:54:04
[CHG] Device 00:0A:45:0B:54:04 Connected: yes
Failed to pair: org.bluez.Error.AuthenticationFailed
$ bluetoothctl connect 00:0A:45:0B:54:04
Attempting to connect to 00:0A:45:0B:54:04
[CHG] Device 00:0A:45:0B:54:04 Name: ATH-M50xBT   
[CHG] Device 00:0A:45:0B:54:04 Alias: ATH-M50xBT   
Connection successful

Connection seems to be ok but the sound outputs on PC speakers and Pulseaudio GUI panels says earphones are "unplugged".

Here the neofecth output:

OS: Artix Linux x86_64
Host: 20BECTO1WW ThinkPad T540p
Kernel: 5.19.2-artix1-2
Uptime: 1 hour, 28 mins
Packages: 693 (pacman)
Shell: bash 5.1.16
Resolution: 1920x1080
DE: Xfce 4.16
WM: Xfwm4
WM Theme: Default
Theme: Artix-dark [GTK2/3]
Icons: matefaenzadark [GTK2/3]
Terminal: xfce4-terminal
Terminal Font: Roboto Mono 11
CPU: Intel i5-4210M (4) @ 3.200GHz
GPU: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor
Memory: 1679MiB / 7621MiB

Re: Bluetooth connected, but nothing happens.

Reply #1 –
might be a silly question, but you got pulseaudio-bluetooth installed?

Re: Bluetooth connected, but nothing happens.

Reply #2 –
Quote from: gavincc – on
might be a silly question, but you got pulseaudio-bluetooth installed?

It is not obvious for me ! It was not necessary on my previous distro, so I didn't have this package.
I installed this package then restarted the PC, do some tweaks in pavucontrol, and it works ! Thank you !

The default xfce "network settings is still empty, but I should just replace it by another GUI.

Re: Bluetooth connected, but nothing happens.

Reply #3 –
cool - same thing tripped me in the past!  Never stop learning dude.  Enjoy.