I’ve been fighting with my Sony WF-C510 for days.

I’ve tried it on Ubuntu, Debian, and Linux Mint. Same result every time: It connects successfully, but never shows up as an audio output device.

I even bought a USB Bluetooth dongle, thinking my laptop’s chipset was the problem… but nope. It still connects as a device, not a headset.

I’ve restarted Bluetooth services, switched from PulseAudio to PipeWire, and tried every “set-card-profile” trick from AI and forums, but nothing works.

Has anyone actually managed to get a Sony WF-C510 working properly on Linux?

It’s clear this is purely Sony’s fault for not caring about or supporting Linux drivers. Are they just ignoring the entire platform at this point?

Any workaround or success story would save my sanity.

Distros Tested: Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 12-13, Mint 22 Issue: Connects, but no A2DP/HSP profile visible

  • utopiah@lemmy.ml
    2·
    9 hours ago

    Happened to me with another brand and model (can’t recall which to be honest). It did pair but appeared as a generic BT device, not headphones, and thus was totally useless.

    I was pissed.

    Then… I pair with something else, not a computer but something simpler, maybe a phone, I can’t remember, and it worked. So I was shocked, how can for this it works, clearly no driver installed on top and not my desktop?!

    Anyway long story short I tried again few more times and it worked. Headphones were now pairing as headphones.

    I can’t explain why but my point is, I wouldn’t give up. I would retry to pair few times (I know, sounds ridiculous, and yet…) without changing anything.

    PS: if you know the ins and outs of the BT stack and it makes sense to you, please do explain! I’d love to learn

    • Akousa@lemmy.wtfOPEnglish
      1·
      8 hours ago

      I did that too, and I did it a lot of times. I uninstalled and reinstalled all the Bluetooth packages (BlueZ, PipeWire, and WirePlumber). Then I started the Bluetooth service manually from the terminal and paired the device through bluetoothctl, cleared the cache in /var/lib/bluetooth, and re-paired from scratch on different distros.

      Still no luck, 🤷‍♂️ it connects every time, but it never shows up as a headset.

      • utopiah@lemmy.ml
        1·
        4 hours ago

        Make sure to properly reset the devices, both BT on desktop, not just unpair but removing past pairings, and headsets.

        Also try pairing with something else, e.g. mobile.

        Unfortunately as I don’t know why it worked I can’t help more than that, best of luck.