[RESOLVED] Bluetooth headset (airpods) connected properly but no sound output/input option in sound settings

Framework Laptop 13 Linux
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Hi,

I am using Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy jellyfish on my Framework 13th gen laptop. I managed to successfully connect my airpods with bluetooth in the laptop. However, the sound settings do not have an option to select the bluetooth device. Can anyone please help me fix this?

Thank you.

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Which Bluetooth device did you connect? If it has LE or something like that in its name, you need to choose another one, as Linux doesn’t support audio over Bluetooth Low Energy yet.

I don’t have your model, but with my Sony earbuds I have two Bluetooth devices like

Sony wf1000
and
Sony wf1000 LE

And I have to make sure to not connect to the LE one. Otherwise it connects, but you don’t get the audio device. Same with my old Samsung and Google pixel earphones.

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I am connecting “Airpods Pro”. It doesn’t have LE in the name.

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It’s been awhile, but try this for anything Airpod related:

cat /etc/bluetooth/main.conf | grep “ControllerMode”

if you’re staring at

#ControllerMode = dual

You will likely want this to be uncommented as

ControllerMode = bredr

I recommend doing a

sudo cp /etc/bluetooth/main.conf /etc/bluetooth/main.bak

First before editing the /etc/bluetooth/main.conf file in case you need to restore it easily.

Then sudo systemctl restart bluetooth.service or reboot, then pair again.

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It works now. Thank you so so much.

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Delighted this helped. :slight_smile:

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Thank very much for your help @Matt_Hartley here it`s working 100%

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@Matt_Hartley I created an account specifically to thank you for this answer. Have a good one!

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I just created this account to say thank you! :slight_smile:

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Thanks, it worked.

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Thank you this worked for me on Debian with a Framework 16

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2+ years later, this answer fixed the same issue with my non-AirPod (Shokz OpenFit Air) earbuds. Thank you so much, Matt!

As a side question, is it possible for me to help add this to the Fedora Audio Troubleshooting Guide? Just hoping to save other people some time :slightly_smiling_face:

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Worked for me with Arch as well. It may not be necessary to fully change the pairing modes of the Bluetooth service entirely. I haven’t fully tested it yet, but bluetoothctl does have a scan bredr subcommand, which may force non-LE pairing for individual devices

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Hi, need help, i was using airpods 1 normally, but now on airpods pro 3, i connected them, but no sound is coming from them, buttons for stopping video works, but no sound , tried dual and bredr, but no success

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