Bluetooth on CachyOS LXQt

To add a Bluetooth icon to the LXQt panel (taskbar) on CachyOS:

1. Install Bluetooth packages

Bash

sudo pacman -S bluez bluez-utils blueman

2. Enable and start the Bluetooth service

Bash

sudo systemctl enable --now bluetooth

Check status with:

Bash

systemctl status bluetooth

Unblock the adapter if needed:

Bash

rfkill unblock bluetooth

3. Make sure the system tray is on the panel

• Right-click an empty area on the panel → Configure Panel.
• Go to the Widgets tab.
• Ensure Status Notifier (preferred) or the older System Tray is present.
  If missing, click + → add Status Notifier.

4. Start the Blueman tray icon

Run:

Bash

blueman-applet &

The Bluetooth icon should appear in the system tray area of the panel.

5. Make it start automatically

Blueman usually creates /etc/xdg/autostart/blueman.desktop, so it should start on login.

If it doesn’t:

1. Open LXQt Session Settings (or search for “Session Settings”).
2. Go to Autostart.
3. Add a new entry:
   • Name: Blueman Applet
   • Command: blueman-applet

Alternatively, create the file manually:

Bash

mkdir -p ~/.config/autostart
cat > ~/.config/autostart/blueman-applet.desktop << EOF
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Blueman Applet
Exec=blueman-applet
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
EOF

Extra tips

• Left-click the icon to open the device list / manager.
• Right-click for power on/off, adapters, local services, etc.
• If the icon is missing after reboot, confirm blueman-applet is running (ps aux | grep blueman) and that the Status Notifier widget is on the panel.
• You may need to add your user to the lp group for some operations:
  sudo usermod -aG lp $USER (then log out/in).

After these steps the Bluetooth icon should stay on the LXQt taskbar.