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HugoHead

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Registered: 2025-07-10

Posts: 1

Can't Connect to Bluetooth Headset After Reboot -- Now Autodisconnects

I was able to connect to my Bluetooth headset and successfully use it for audio input and output before a reboot. Now, when I attempt to connect via bluetoothctl I get this:

```
❯ bluetoothctl                                                 
[NEW] Media /org/bluez/hci0
        SupportedUUIDs: 0000110a-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
        SupportedUUIDs: 0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
Agent registered
[CHG] Controller 00:A5:54:40:78:69 Pairable: yes
hci0 new_settings: powered bondable ssp br/edr secure-conn wide-band-speech cis-central cis-peripheral
[bluetoothctl]> connect B0:F0:0C:29:4E:8A
Attempting to connect to B0:F0:0C:29:4E:8A
[CHG] Device B0:F0:0C:29:4E:8A Connected: yes
Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed br-connection-key-missing
[SIGNAL] org.bluez.Device1.Disconnected org.bluez.Reason.Unknown Unspecified
[CHG] Device B0:F0:0C:29:4E:8A Connected: no
```

Here is dmesg:

```
sudo dmesg | grep -i bluetooth | tail -10
[    4.672021] Bluetooth: hci0: Fseq status: Success (0x00)
[    4.672025] Bluetooth: hci0: Fseq executed: 00.00.02.41
[    4.672029] Bluetooth: hci0: Fseq BT Top: 00.00.02.41
[    4.790288] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[    4.790290] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[    4.790292] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[    4.790826] Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.23
[   37.930877] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[   37.930883] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[   37.930884] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
```

and journalctl:
```
? ~ ❯ sudo journalctl | grep bluetooth | tail -10             
Jul 10 11:21:02 Caesar bluetoothd[672]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.42 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc_xq_453
Jul 10 11:21:02 Caesar bluetoothd[672]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.42 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc_xq_453
Jul 10 11:21:02 Caesar bluetoothd[672]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.42 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc_xq_512
Jul 10 11:21:02 Caesar bluetoothd[672]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.42 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc_xq_512
Jul 10 11:21:02 Caesar bluetoothd[672]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.42 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc_xq_552
Jul 10 11:21:02 Caesar bluetoothd[672]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.42 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc_xq_552
Jul 10 11:21:02 Caesar bluetoothd[672]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.42 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/faststream
Jul 10 11:21:02 Caesar bluetoothd[672]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.42 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/faststream
Jul 10 11:47:00 Caesar bluetoothd[672]: src/profile.c:ext_connect() Hands-Free Voice gateway failed connect to B0:F0:0C:29:4E:8A: Permission denied (13)
Jul 10 12:15:11 Caesar bluetoothd[672]: src/profile.c:ext_connect() Hands-Free Voice gateway failed connect to B0:F0:0C:29:4E:8A: Permission denied (13)
```

I see "Hands-Free Voice gateway"... but I don't know how to resolve this issue. Any help is appreciated I am fairly new to Arch I just switched from Mint.

adamc83

Member

Registered: 2008-06-01

Posts: 42

Re: Can't Connect to Bluetooth Headset After Reboot -- Now Autodisconnects

I had the same problem "br-connection-key-missing" and removing the device with bluetoothctl and re-pairing solved the issue