Hello,
I’m hoping for some help with a stubborn Bluetooth issue that started after a garuda-update a couple of days ago.
My Soundcore Q30 headphones connect successfully for about 2-3 seconds, then immediately disconnect. My other Bluetooth headphones connect and work perfectly fine, so the issue is specific to the Soundcore Q30. The system is Garuda KDE Plasma 6 on Wayland, fully updated.
When the disconnect happens, bluetoothctl shows Reason.Remote Connection terminated by remote user, and the journalctl log for PipeWire shows spa.bluez5: Failure in Bluetooth audio transport.
Here is the most recent log from journalctl --user -f -u wireplumber.service -u pipewire.service:
Jun 06 14:06:09 CodeRaider wireplumber[26168]: pw.node: (bluez_output.98_47_44_7C_19_68.1-153) running -> error (Received error event)
Jun 06 14:06:09 CodeRaider wireplumber[26168]: spa.bluez5: Failure in Bluetooth audio transport /org/bluez/hci0/dev_98_47_44_7C_19_68/sep2/fd2
Jun 06 14:06:09 CodeRaider pipewire[26167]: pw.node: (bluez_output.98_47_44_7C_19_68.1-153) running -> error (Received error event)
I have tried an extensive list of fixes, none of which have resolved the issue:
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Full system reboots.
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Restarting the bluetooth.service.
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Forgetting and re-pairing the device multiple times using both the KDE GUI and bluetoothctl.
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Factory resetting the Soundcore Q30 headphones themselves (holding Power + Volume Up).
- Package Reinstallation & Codecs:
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Forcibly reinstalled bluez, bluez-utils, pipewire, and wireplumber.
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Installed additional codec support with sudo pacman -S libldac and paru -S libfreeaptx.
- Kernel Change:
- Installed and attempted to boot with the linux-lts kernel. Unfortunately, my system hangs when trying to boot the LTS kernel, so I was unable to test this. I am back on the standard linux-zen kernel.
- PipeWire/WirePlumber Configuration:
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I tried disabling all advanced codecs (AAC, LDAC, aptX) by creating a .lua config in /etc/wireplumber/bluetooth.lua.d/ to force the basic SBC codec. The problem persisted.
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I tried creating a rule in /etc/wireplumber/main.lua.d/ to force the A2DP profile for the device. The problem persisted.
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I tried creating a rule to force the AAC codec specifically for the Soundcore Q30. The problem persisted.
Given that other headphones work, this seems to be a very specific regression bug between the latest software stack (PipeWire/Bluez/Kernel) and the firmware of the Soundcore Q30. I’ve exhausted all the troubleshooting steps I can think of.
Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.14.10-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=dc3df15d-7353-4b08-993d-41a42e56750a rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet resume=UUID=d1acb0ec-5ece-45e5-904e-a20641ec73d4 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.14.0
wm: kwin_wayland tools: avail: lxlock vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: Katana GF66 12UD v: REV:1.0
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-1584 v: REV:1.0 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: 1584.1 uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC.
v: E1584IMS.113 date: 06/27/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 32.0 Wh (98.5%) condition: 32.5/52.0 Wh (62.5%)
volts: 12.0 min: 11.4 model: MSI BIF0_9 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: not charging
CPU:
Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x9A (154) stepping: 3
microcode: 0x437
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 8 cores: 14 threads: 20 mt: 6 tpc: 2
st: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1.2 MiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 6x48 KiB; i-6x32
KiB, 8x64 KiB L2: 11.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB, 2x2 MiB L3: 24 MiB
desc: 1x24 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/4600:4700:3500 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400 4: 400
5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400 12: 400 13: 400 14: 400
15: 400 16: 400 17: 400 18: 400 19: 400 20: 400 bogomips: 107520
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: i915 v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm
built: 2021-22+ ports: active: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:46a6 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 575.57.08
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as
of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:25a0
class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Bison HD Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-6:3 chip-ID: 5986:211b
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
d-rect: 3840x1080 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 pos: right model: UG24 serial: <filter> built: 2023
res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 180 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2
size: 522x294mm (20.55x11.57") diag: 599mm (23.6") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: primary,left model: AU Optronics 0xaf90 built: 2020
res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 144 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2
size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris
surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
inactive: device-2
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.1.2-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Xe Graphics (ADL
GT2) device-ID: 8086:46a6 memory: 14.96 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 layers: 16 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel Iris Xe Graphics (ADL GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 25.1.2-arch1.1
device-ID: 8086:46a6 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU driver: nvidia v: 575.57.08
device-ID: 10de:25a0 surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.1.2-arch1.1 (LLVM
19.1.7) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl, nvidia-settings,
nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
alternate: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:51c8 class-ID: 0401
API: ALSA v: k6.14.10-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:51f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-10:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 251.38 GiB (52.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Micron model: 2450 MTFDKBA512TFK
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: V5MA010 temp: 31.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 459.79 GiB size: 459.79 GiB (100.00%)
used: 251.38 GiB (54.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 616 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 459.79 GiB size: 459.79 GiB (100.00%)
used: 251.38 GiB (54.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 459.79 GiB size: 459.79 GiB (100.00%)
used: 251.38 GiB (54.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 459.79 GiB size: 459.79 GiB (100.00%)
used: 251.38 GiB (54.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 20
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 16.86 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.32 GiB used: 6.7 GiB (43.7%)
Processes: 416 Power: uptime: 16m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
avail: deep wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.04 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2013 libs: 558 tools: octopi,paru,yay
pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi
default: fish v: 4.0.2 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
System install date: 2025-01-25
Last full system update: 2025-06-06
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
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