HP Stream x360 Convertible 11 – Built in Intel Bluetooth and hp webcam are dead

[Moderator caprea]

Helpful

Up

0

::

Hi, what sort of bluetooth device do you want to connect? If it’s an audio device pulseaudio needs to be installed.

The webcam is shown properly in your inxi.

[Member ravacrafts]

Helpful

Up

0

::

hi there, i am trying to use zoom/skype/etc for meetings and want to pair any bluetooth headphones ,i have a few and none of them pairs, and it is not drivers issue , it is conflicting dependancies and kernel, so far every linux distro fails to beat windows on that, i’ve read a lot on various linux distros and they all have same bluetooth issues , there is literally no linux distro that will work for video conferencing out of the box, what a mystery, seems that nobody is able to fork kernel to get it working. Pulseaudio is known for very same bluetooth failures , some folks recommended to replace pulseaudio with pipewire

[Member stevesr0]

Helpful

Up

0

::

Hi ravacrafts,

On my Sid install, I have Pipewire installed. It makes it easy to switch to my USB (not bluetooth) headphones on the fly thru the pavucontrol app, which alsa (in my hands) doesn’t easily do.

Pipewire is a work in progress. The newest nosystemd version ( 0.3.65 – available in backports for stable or in the unstable/Sid repos) is said to contain improved connectivity for bluetooth devices, but I think people here still report problems with headphones. I haven’t had success but my bluetooth headphones are old.

Sounds like you need an “expert” nosystemd experton bluetooth audio…or a reference to a guide. I haven’t looked for one, but other nosystemd distros (Artix, Devuan, etc) might have a guide or a forum thread about this.

stevesr0

• This reply was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by stevesr0.
• This reply was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by stevesr0.
• This reply was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by stevesr0.

[Member ravacrafts]

Helpful

Up

0

::

Thank you stevers0!
well, you are right , bluetooth is the area where linux sucks so far even with old devices of bluetooth v.2.0 , i found another distro Altlinux that seem to be more user friendly with bluetooth, trying to dig deeper on that.
thank you everyone for your input

• This reply was modified 2 months ago by ravacrafts.

[Author]

Posts