Unable to use bluetooth headphones with Linux Mint

[mu57i]

I have Skullcandy Crusher wireless bluetooth headphones. They work fine with bluetooth on my laptop when I'm using Windows 10, but I can't get them to work with Linux Mint. Can somebody help me please?

[mu57i]

Guys,

Can somebody please help me on this?

[nakednorman]

I'm using a Jabra Evolve 65 headset with bluetooth on Mint 19.0 with no trouble - just plug & play.
Not much help, but shows there is no major problem with bluetooth on Mint.
NN

[AndyMH]

Install blueman from software manager and see if you can connect to your headphones using it. The standard blueberry application isn't very good.

[mu57i]

Install blueman from software manager and see if you can connect to your headphones using it. The standard blueberry application isn't very good.

Blueman hasn't worked for me. There's gotta be a way to make this work, but how?

[MrEen]

See if this post helps any: viewtopic.php?f=48&t=266055#p1447054

[JeremyB]

Since you have a broadcom wifi card, your bluetooth is likely broadcom also and missing firmware, post results for

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lsusb; dmesg | egrep -i 'blue|firm'

[mu57i]

mu57i@mu57i-ideapad-305-15IBY:~$ lsusb; dmesg | egrep -i 'blue|firm'
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 105b:e065 Foxconn International, Inc. BCM43142A0 Bluetooth module
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 5986:0652 Acer, Inc
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 145f:01de Trust
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
[ 0.068239] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.263626] acpi PNP0A08:00: [Firmware Info]: MMCONFIG for domain 0000 [bus 00-3f] only partially covers this bridge
[ 1.878337] [Firmware Bug]: No valid trip found
[ 2.811342] psmouse serio1: elantech: assuming hardware version 4 (with firmware version 0x594f03)
[ 21.840350] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[ 21.840379] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 21.840385] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 21.840388] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 21.840397] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 21.899079] Bluetooth: HCI UART driver ver 2.3
[ 21.899083] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol H4 registered
[ 21.899084] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol BCSP registered
[ 21.899134] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol LL registered
[ 21.899136] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol ATH3K registered
[ 21.899137] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Three-wire (H5) registered
[ 21.899181] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Intel registered
[ 21.899223] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Broadcom registered
[ 21.899225] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol QCA registered
[ 21.899226] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol AG6XX registered
[ 21.899227] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Marvell registered
[ 22.570565] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: chip id 70
[ 22.571563] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: features 0x06
[ 22.587578] Bluetooth: hci0: DESKTOP-6CN249T
[ 22.587585] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM (001.001.011) build 0312
[ 22.601199] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for brcm/BCM.hcd failed with error -2
[ 22.601203] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: Patch brcm/BCM.hcd not found
[ 25.767842] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 25.767845] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 25.767851] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[ 45.401434] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 45.401445] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 45.401455] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[ 72.178484] Bluetooth: hci0: last event is not cmd complete (0x0f)

[JeremyB]

Try

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wget https://github.com/winterheart/broadcom-bt-firmware/raw/master/brcm/BCM43142A0-105b-e065.hcd
sudo cp BCM43142A0-105b-e065.hcd /lib/firmware/brcm/BCM.hcd

Shutdown the computer and then boot

[mu57i]

I did what has been asked,

The headphones are now connecting but the sound is crackling and disconnecting. The headphones work perfectly on the same laptop when using Windows 10.

[JeremyB]

Do they work good when you are disconnected from wifi?

[mu57i]

Oh sorry, I misunderstood.

I haven't tested that in Linux Mint, as of now I am booted into Windows 10. When I get the chance to test it, I'll post an update.

[JeremyB]

Are the headphones using A2DP in sound settings or HSP/HFP?