[Solved] Issue getting Bluetooth to work in Gnome.

So, having just installed Arch successfully for the first time after using Ubuntu/Mint Distro's for about a year I'm starting to move around in the exiting world of Arch Linux, but still having some issues setting a few things up.
One of these issues is setting up my Bluetooth dongle, it doesn't seem to work, or rather the Gnome Bluetooth menu doesn't want to turn itself on.
I've got a generic USB 3.0 PCI card, with a USB hub connected to it, and the USB dongle connected to the hub. (Only way I can use my bluetooth headphones in the whole house), so at first I thought it was the PCI card or maybe a USB issue.
Tested a USB HDD on the regular USB ports of my machine and it pops up no problem. So it's not a USB issue. Tested it with the secondary USB 3.0 port of my PCI card and again, no problem it works.
Then I tested the journalctl -f command, and while plugging the USB dongle in (to the hub) i got this message:
des. 28 11:15:34 localhost systemd[548]: Starting Bluetooth.
des. 28 11:15:34 localhost systemd[548]: Reached target Bluetooth.
So, something is obviously happening, but there is still no reaction in the Gnome menu. I'm new at this, so chances are there is something obvious Ive missed, please enlighten me.
Last edited by Exodus111 (2013-12-29 12:25:31)

Hey Muito Obrigado for the help, I tried it and its still the same.
Pulse Audio is for sound, but I don't have an issue connection my Bluetooth headphones, at least I don't think so, as I have yet to try.
My issue is getting the USB dongle to even register in the Gnome menu.
When I go to it the slider is always Off, moving it to On doesn't change anything the rest of the menu is still grayed out.
EDIT:
Sorry I just noticed this. In the menu it says Bluetooth is disabled but If I unplug the dongle it says No Bluetooth adapter found. So how do I enable it?
Thanks again.
Last edited by Exodus111 (2013-12-29 07:46:50)

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