Linux

Bluetooth works with a keyboard and mouse but a headset, connects then immediately disconnects, and creates a stale entry.

The log shows something, I can't find

the problem is with the sound system not bluetooth per se. It can't connect the device to a sink. I'm using trixie and pipewire, I got nuthin until I installed a couple of pulse utilities and …

Make sure you have libspaXXX installed

Comment out the bluetooth modules from /etc/pulse/default.pa

### Automatically load driver modules for Bluetooth hardware
#.ifexists module-bluetooth-policy.so
#load-module module-bluetooth-policy
#.endif

#.ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so
#load-module module-bluetooth-discover
#.endif

Remove device and re-pair.