Help with Bluetooth on Pop!_OS

I’m unable to pair my Wacom tablet to my notebook via BT. I think I know the root cause of the issue which is the version of Bluez being 5.64 and the behavior of the issue is the same as I had on Fedora on my main PC few months back when I’ve tried to pair PS5 Dual Sense controller.

I was able to fix the issue on Fedora by downgrading the Bluez version with “sudo dnf downgrade bluez” but on Pop!_OS this does not work and neither I was able to upgrade to one of the newer versions 5.65 or 5.66 (it says I need to compile these?).

I’m new with Linux so I’m not sure how I would go about compiling something to make it work. The 5.65 version seems to have bugfixes for my issue but I’m perfectly fine with downgrading to anything older as long as it works if it’s simpler to do.

To describe the issue:

When I put tablet into a pairing mode it will appear in the Pop!_OS system and I can select it to pair. It will attempt to pair but then fails.

I’ve tried to force it to pair with “bluetoothctl trust/pair/connect MacID” commands and it managed to say “connected” but the tablet was still not responding and the LED was blinking as if it was still in pairing mode. I’ve also tried the Blueman GTK BT manager with no luck.

Note: It works perfectly well via USB connection. It also connects instantly to my main Windows PC via BT so the tablet is not at fault.

geophysicist,

Where are all the people who claim to never ever have had an issue with audio or Bluetooth on Linux and how it’s worse on windows?

wingsfortheirsmiles,

I personally haven’t but just from reading the Pop OS help page on BT I expect issues at some point

papabobolious,

Right here, how’s that going to help someone who is having issues? Or am I just meant to gloat a bit?

WereCat,

I’ve tried connecting 3 different BT headphones and no luck either.

I just popped in a live USB of Fedora and was able to instantly pair the devices and they work so I guess I’m gonna distro hop :/

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