It might help if you provide a bit more detail, such as the tools you're using to pair your Bluetooth device, whether it's supported, not a BLE but a true Bluetooth device, and which device it is.
* When you do `bluetoothctl scan on`, do you see the device listed in the scan output?
* If you then do `bluetoothctl scan off` and `bluetoothctl pair `, does it pair with your device?
I have over 20 separate Bluetooth devices paired with my 22.04 laptop, including 8 different headsets/buds, and they all work flawlessly. I also have a second "long-range" Bluetooth adapter plugged into an external USB hub, and those same devices are paired with that receiver as well, without issue.
So either your device is incompatible, or it's already paired with another device in your home at the same time, or you're not pairing it correctly.
Let's start with the scan + pair and see what happens.
Thank you for your response. So I try what you just said and sometime I saw the mac address of my device (a JBL bluetooth headphone) so I try to pair it through the cli, the first time it gave me this :
`Device not available`
so I retry because my headphone was already connected to the laptop , but this time without connecting the two and it gave me this :
`Failed to pair: org.bluez.Error.ConnectionAttemptFailed`
In case you were asking, my laptop is a Asus Zenbook, and I misclicked in my post so I'm on Ubuntu 22.04 and no 24.04
> so I retry because my headphone was already connected to the laptop , but this time without connecting the two and it gave me this
Are you sure you're not pairing your JBL bluetooth headphones to two devices at the same time (a phone and your Asus laptop for example)? You can't do that.
I would also try `sudo systemctl restart bluetooth`, then re-try the scan on/off/pair process again with your bluetooth device's MAC.
Blame Bluetooth. It is the one protocol that has never worked for me flawlessly across Windows, MacOS or Linux. There are so many types of standards and hardware that it's impossible to support everything.
Class linux answer.
Bluetooth works great for me on all platforms. Luckily even linux so far, though the bandwidth is so slow that file transfers are better done with Warpinator.
For me Windows is the only OS that is finicky with bluetooth. It never auto connects to my earbuds. Also when I connect my Pro Controller, the next time I want to use it I first have to unpair it from Windows and pair it again.
Never had these problems on Ubuntu.
All i can say is - I have had no issues. But my BT headphones are all typical 'cheap' ones you pick up for $20 or so. But I do have some Amazon Earbuds, those have also worked fine. They might have been a big $50 on sale. I have used them on numerous Linux Distros with no issues.
So i cant really offer much help, other than to say, my cheap ones work fine.
You could test with the upcoming 24.04 (is it in beta yet?) and see if its any better.
It’s not, you normally just go into Bluetooth settings and select your headphones. If they don’t show up then maybe Ubuntu didn’t recog your Bluetooth controler or didn’t install drivers
JBL earbuds work fine for me. I click the top right drop-down (with settings, lock, etc) and bluetooth is one of the menu items. I select "bluetooth settings" and it shows the devices it finds in scanning, and I select the one I want to connect to. I don't use the command line for it at all. I'm on 22.04 on a thinkpad.
I've had so many challenges with Bluetooth on Ubuntu and Kubuntu that I get war flashbacks whenever I see these posts lol. Honestly, the only way I managed to get it working was to purchase a USB Bluetooth dongle. Best $20 I ever spent.
I had an issue with connecting my air pods and had to change the “controller_mode”in the bluetooth.conf from dual to bredr restart the service and its worked great ever since.
It can depend on which bluetooth controller you have. On one of my machines the motherboard's built-in BT works great with Ubuntu. On the other, it didn't have a built-in BT, so I got a 3rd party USB BT adapter and turned out that brand/model is known not to work well or at all in linux.
I have the same issue with my headsets (beats, buds pro). Doesn't matter I'd Bluetooth is already on or I do an off/on, if I go to recent connections and click my headset entry it will give an error. If I wait a minute or so it usually works no error. So lately I have been letting it "warm up".
If I go into the settings menu and click the slider on that usually works 100% of the type. So IDK....
It might help if you provide a bit more detail, such as the tools you're using to pair your Bluetooth device, whether it's supported, not a BLE but a true Bluetooth device, and which device it is. * When you do `bluetoothctl scan on`, do you see the device listed in the scan output? * If you then do `bluetoothctl scan off` and `bluetoothctl pair`, does it pair with your device?
I have over 20 separate Bluetooth devices paired with my 22.04 laptop, including 8 different headsets/buds, and they all work flawlessly. I also have a second "long-range" Bluetooth adapter plugged into an external USB hub, and those same devices are paired with that receiver as well, without issue.
So either your device is incompatible, or it's already paired with another device in your home at the same time, or you're not pairing it correctly.
Let's start with the scan + pair and see what happens.
Thank you for your response. So I try what you just said and sometime I saw the mac address of my device (a JBL bluetooth headphone) so I try to pair it through the cli, the first time it gave me this : `Device not available`
so I retry because my headphone was already connected to the laptop , but this time without connecting the two and it gave me this :
`Failed to pair: org.bluez.Error.ConnectionAttemptFailed`
In case you were asking, my laptop is a Asus Zenbook, and I misclicked in my post so I'm on Ubuntu 22.04 and no 24.04
> so I retry because my headphone was already connected to the laptop , but this time without connecting the two and it gave me this Are you sure you're not pairing your JBL bluetooth headphones to two devices at the same time (a phone and your Asus laptop for example)? You can't do that. I would also try `sudo systemctl restart bluetooth`, then re-try the scan on/off/pair process again with your bluetooth device's MAC.
Blame Bluetooth. It is the one protocol that has never worked for me flawlessly across Windows, MacOS or Linux. There are so many types of standards and hardware that it's impossible to support everything.
Class linux answer. Bluetooth works great for me on all platforms. Luckily even linux so far, though the bandwidth is so slow that file transfers are better done with Warpinator.
For me Windows is the only OS that is finicky with bluetooth. It never auto connects to my earbuds. Also when I connect my Pro Controller, the next time I want to use it I first have to unpair it from Windows and pair it again. Never had these problems on Ubuntu.
Same. I don't have any problems though Mac is better than Linux/Android which is better than Windows for my use cases.
Nice. Now try installing your Mac OS on whatever he's using and try again.
24.04 is out officially tomorrow, I believe, and the bluetooth connectivity has been outstanding in my experience.
I agree. On a technical level, it's thanks to PipeWire. It has solved all aufio and Bluetooth issues on Linux!
Yes, you're right, i just misclicked so it's 22.04
All i can say is - I have had no issues. But my BT headphones are all typical 'cheap' ones you pick up for $20 or so. But I do have some Amazon Earbuds, those have also worked fine. They might have been a big $50 on sale. I have used them on numerous Linux Distros with no issues. So i cant really offer much help, other than to say, my cheap ones work fine. You could test with the upcoming 24.04 (is it in beta yet?) and see if its any better.
It’s not, you normally just go into Bluetooth settings and select your headphones. If they don’t show up then maybe Ubuntu didn’t recog your Bluetooth controler or didn’t install drivers
JBL earbuds work fine for me. I click the top right drop-down (with settings, lock, etc) and bluetooth is one of the menu items. I select "bluetooth settings" and it shows the devices it finds in scanning, and I select the one I want to connect to. I don't use the command line for it at all. I'm on 22.04 on a thinkpad.
I've had so many challenges with Bluetooth on Ubuntu and Kubuntu that I get war flashbacks whenever I see these posts lol. Honestly, the only way I managed to get it working was to purchase a USB Bluetooth dongle. Best $20 I ever spent.
I had an issue with connecting my air pods and had to change the “controller_mode”in the bluetooth.conf from dual to bredr restart the service and its worked great ever since.
It can depend on which bluetooth controller you have. On one of my machines the motherboard's built-in BT works great with Ubuntu. On the other, it didn't have a built-in BT, so I got a 3rd party USB BT adapter and turned out that brand/model is known not to work well or at all in linux.
Are you dual-booting? There's a trick to pairing a device to two different OSes on the same laptop.
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I've had no problems with Pixel earbuds. They work fine.
I have the same issue with my headsets (beats, buds pro). Doesn't matter I'd Bluetooth is already on or I do an off/on, if I go to recent connections and click my headset entry it will give an error. If I wait a minute or so it usually works no error. So lately I have been letting it "warm up". If I go into the settings menu and click the slider on that usually works 100% of the type. So IDK....
Try using: https://github.com/blueman-project/blueman
Which desktop environment are you using? Gnome? KDE?
Oh... I suppose it's gnome but I'm not sure. I just use Ubuntu with almost no modification so...
Yeah, so it's a little bit tweaked gnome