Duncan Bayne

Weird. On FreeBSD 15.0, my new Jabra headset works perfectly with the wireless USB dongle. Plug it in, it's picked up as an audio sink and source, and everything Just Works. On Linux Mint (which I still use for gaming and DRM media), the headset reports that it's connected ... then immediately disconnects again :/ No idea why and haven't had the time to debug it.

This further confirms my general impression of FreeBSD and Linux ... Linux distros have much broader software and hardware support, but tend to be a bit jankier. Whereas FreeBSD has a smaller set of software and hardware support, but when it works, it's stable and remains so.

#freebsd #linux #audio #headsets

May 25 at 2:06amWeb
Show thread> talos ▉May 25

@duncan_bayne Try:

sudo systemctl restart bluetooth

Then it should work.

Show threadDuncan BayneMay 26

@somatalos Ah, this was connected via the USB dongle (same as FreeBSD), not Bluetooth.

Sadly the fix seemed to be to remove and reinsert the USB dongle 🙄 So, a variation on "Hello, IT, have you tried turning it off and on again?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2F1rFmyQmY

The IT Crowd: Have you tried turning it off and on again... are you sure it is plugged in?

YouTube
Show thread> talos ▉May 26

@duncan_bayne I must have misread. I assumed you used a Bluetooth dongle on BSD while on Linux it connects directly with the built-in adapter. That line threw me: “the headset reports that it's connected ... then immediately disconnects again” because that’s exactly what happens to me sometimes with Bluetooth headphones and even mouse; the only workaround that fixes it is the one mentioned. Sorry 😅

Fortunately you got it working with the video method, glad that did the trick! 😄