Audio from my bluetooth earphones is pretty weak when i use it on my laptop.
It's fine when I use them on other devices, like my iPad or phone.
Do you think its a driver issue?
inxi -Fxxxa
System: Host: Hakai Kernel: 5.12.5-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=4fc192a5-4dac-4f98-9627-c8c07b6f886c
rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.21.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine: Type: Laptop System: Sony product: SVF1531GSAB v: C10J5E30 serial: <superuser required>
Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Sony model: VAIO serial: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: Insyde v: R1100DB
date: 01/26/2016
CPU: Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-4500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell family: 6
model-id: 45 (69) stepping: 1 microcode: 26 cache: L2: 4 MiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 19155
Speed: 1796 MHz min/max: 800/3000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1796 2: 1796 3: 1796 4: 1796
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2
mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics vendor: Sony driver: i915 v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a16 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GK208M [GeForce GT 740M] vendor: Sony driver: nouveau v: kernel
bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1292 class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Chicony Front Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-5:5 chip-ID: 04f2:b3aa
class-ID: 0e02 serial: 0001
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: intel,nouveau
unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: eDP1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 143 size: 340x190mm (13.4x7.5") diag: 389mm (15.3")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4400 (HSW GT2) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.1.0 compat-v: 3.0
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio vendor: Sony driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a0c class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio vendor: Sony driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 8086:9c20 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.12.5-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.28 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n vendor: Foxconn driver: wl v: kernel port: 5040
bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4365 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: 0c:84:dc:fd:05:e9
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Sony driver: r8169
v: kernel port: 4000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: 78:84:3c:3b:a9:8e
Bluetooth: Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai BCM43142A0 type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 2-4:4
chip-ID: 0489:e062 class-ID: fe01 serial: 0C84DCFD05EA
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: 0C:84:DC:FD:05:EA
Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 25.92 GiB (1.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS541010A9E680 size: 931.51 GiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm
serial: 130823JB1000131RZH4B rev: A5G0 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Seagate model: ST9500325ASG size: 465.76 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B rotation: 5400 rpm serial: 5VEWSP5H rev: 0214
scheme: MBR
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%) used: 25.92 GiB (5.6%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-2: /home raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%) used: 25.92 GiB (5.6%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%) used: 25.92 GiB (5.6%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%) used: 25.92 GiB (5.6%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 75 (default 100)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 2.9 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 2.9 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram1
ID-3: swap-3 type: zram size: 2.9 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram2
ID-4: swap-4 type: zram size: 2.9 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram3
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 43.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 223 Uptime: 34m wakeups: 1 Memory: 11.59 GiB used: 2.74 GiB (23.7%) Init: systemd
v: 248 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1247 lib: 327
Shell: fish v: 3.2.2 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.04
