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I've had trouble with bluetooth for the past 5 or so years since I started using Linux as my main OS but lately I've had very little problems, I can't remember
by jack_pp 6y ago
I've had trouble with bluetooth for the past 5 or so years since I started using Linux as my main OS but lately I've had very little problems, I can't remember a missed connection; only problem I still sometimes have is that the audio goes into low quality mode which is solved by a quick reconnect.
I own a pair of Master Dynamic MW07 and a UE BOOM speaker. As for my laptop, a Dell 7470 with Ubuntu 18.04.4
- alias_neo 6y agoInteresting. Did you need to use Blueman or tweak anything? I've found that without Blueman installed my earbuds will pair but are not even detected as being an audio device. I dislike having Blueman installed/running so I'd like to get it working without. I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 upgraded from Ubuntu 19.10 on an XPS 13 (it has worked on neither). I'm tempted to test on my Ubuntu 18.04 laptop (XPS 15) to see if perhaps it was broken recently. One thing of note perhaps, is that the XPS range use the horrid "Killer Wireless" card from the Alienware/Gaming range, their Linux driver performance has been generally horrid in the half a dozen of them I've experienced.
- jack_pp 6y agoI use bluetoothctl and don't need to fiddle with any settings (anymore, don't remember having to make anything weird though)
- alias_neo 6y agoSo I tested this on my XPS 15 with Ubuntu 18.04. The earbuds paired perfectly, and after selecting them in sound I have output. If I put them back in their case, the sound switches back to the laptop speakers, and if I pull them out again, they reconnect and sound switches to them. I must therefore conclude that something has been broken since 18.04 as it neither worked for me on 19.10 nor now on 20.04.