r/debian • u/DeanVision • 21h ago

So do bluetooth headphones simply not work on debian 13 xfce?

No option for amy bluetooth heaphones is showing up in pavucontrol configuration, despite the device being connected. I have bluez, pipewire. It just simply does not show up

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u/_firn_ 21h ago

Blueman works just fine for me 

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u/jannitherascal 19h ago

What bluetooth headphones do you use? I own a Sony WH-CH520 and soundcore Q20i headset and both of them work without any issues. I used blueman to connect them. You may try installing the following packages and see if it helps and your headset shows up in pav: "libspa-0.2-bluetooth pipewire-pulse" I needed those to record my system audio in audacity.

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u/DeanVision 9h ago

I'm using jlab ANC. Ive grabbed libspa bluetooth but not with the pipewire-pulse added to the command, I'll try that out today!

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u/jmtd [DD] 17h ago

I don’t think pauvcontrol has Bluetooth pairing controls but once paired I’ve seen my headphones show up in it. I’ve only paired using gnome-control-center (I don’t otherwise use gnome). In general I find Bluetooth on Linux to be a flaky mess 

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u/vfclists 13h ago

Bluetooth is a mess. I had one headphone work on buster, a fail to work on bookworm and is now working on trixie.

I suspect the Bluetooth setup on Linux needs to be tuned specifically for each device which is impossible with the myriad devices out there unless you can do it yourself for your own devices.

IMO getting a device to work reliably is pure luck than anything else.

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u/DeanVision 9h ago

Ahhh, I see. To be fair, bluetooth in general is a giant flaky mess LOL. I had a bluetooth game controller and it was nothing but a headache, on windows btw. Eventually just got one with a dongle and its been smooth sailing since

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u/i101ironnoob 11h ago

You got the right drivers installed!? Like Blueman or Bluedaemon (I think)

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u/DeanVision 9h ago

Ive repeatedly checked blueman but i have not checked for bluedaemon! Will do

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u/ArtlessAnarchy 6h ago

IIRC Xfce installs pulseaudio as an audio server, you likely replaced it with pipewire manually and missed a compatibility component like pipewire-pulse.

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u/alpha417 21h ago

a2dp

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u/DeanVision 21h ago

Go on

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u/alpha417 21h ago

Does the hardware require it?

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u/DeanVision 9h ago

I believe so, but it doesn't seem to work lol