cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34255100
Thought I’d create a distinct thread from the previous one asking about daily use, because I really do want to hear more on people’s pain points. Great to know people are generally sounding pretty positive in those posts who recently switched, but want to know your difficulties as well! This way old and new users can share their thoughts, hopefully to inspire a respectful discussion.
My Bluetooth devices constantly drop in and out of connection. And that’s once they’re paired, pairing in the first place is a PITA and always takes multiple tries, and very often things unpair overnight so I have to re-pair frequently. I have three computers running Mint and they all do this with all Bluetooth connections.
My Mac had no such issues, you pair something one and it’s stuck like glue till you unpair it, and even automatically re-pairs after a reboot no problem.
I don’t have the connection drop in/out problem(s), but something like nine times out of ten I, too, need to
bluetoothctl connect <MAC address>twice for my headphones to actually connect. It’s all the more frustrating because bluetoothctl’s prompt will adjust after the first connection (*attempt) - if it weren’t for the headphones themselves not acknowledging the connection I’d have no idea why no sound would be coming from them.I had that problem with my Sony XM5’s, too, for a while. But it got fixed with either a kernel or software update a few months ago (running the latest Fedora here).
Huh. I have XM3s but am running latest Arch, so maybe it’s something weird with my headphones?
Had this happen with both, the Qualcomm and the MediaTek wifi7 chips when they came out. Took years for a fix in the driver. Vendor support for linux drivers is sadly still bad.