bluetooth devices don't auto-connect after a restart

[20k-ultra]

Following https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bluetooth#Auto_power-on_after_boot/resume did not make trackpad auto connect after reboot.

The logs for bluetoothd mention permission issues for the config file...

mig@ghost ~$ journalctl -fn 300 -u bluetooth 
Jan 28 00:16:14 ghost systemd[1]: Starting Bluetooth service... 
Jan 28 00:16:14 ghost bluetoothd[737]: Bluetooth daemon 5.63 
Jan 28 00:16:14 ghost bluetoothd[737]: src/main.c:load_config() Parsing /etc/bluetooth/main.conf failed: Permission denied 
Jan 28 00:16:14 ghost systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service. 
Jan 28 00:16:14 ghost bluetoothd[737]: Starting SDP server 
Jan 28 00:16:14 ghost bluetoothd[737]: Bluetooth management interface 1.21 initialized 
Jan 28 00:16:40 ghost bluetoothd[737]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.24 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc 
Jan 28 00:16:40 ghost bluetoothd[737]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.24 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc 
Jan 28 00:16:40 ghost bluetoothd[737]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.24 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc_xq_453 
Jan 28 00:16:40 ghost bluetoothd[737]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.24 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc_xq_453
Jan 28 00:16:40 ghost bluetoothd[737]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.24 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc_xq_512 
Jan 28 00:16:40 ghost bluetoothd[737]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.24 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc_xq_512
Jan 28 00:16:40 ghost bluetoothd[737]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.24 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc_xq_552 
Jan 28 00:16:40 ghost bluetoothd[737]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.24 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc_xq_552
Jan 28 00:17:01 ghost bluetoothd[737]: profiles/input/device.c:ioctl_is_connected() Can't get HIDP connection info
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