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submitted 1 day ago by Charger8232@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Hello! I have been using Fedora Silverblue for over a year now with few to no major issues. Today, however, I started experiencing an odd issue. Whenever I connect a set of Bluetooth headphones and switch the audio output channel, GNOME will completely crash. I get logged out, and the crashes repeat every few seconds until I disconnect the headphones or manage to shutdown the device. After logging in, all apps get killed, and even GNOME extensions get disabled (likely as a panic measure). The headphones were working perfectly prior to today.

I manually updated the system and tried cleanly pairing the headphones, but the issue persists. After cleanly pairing, the device immediately crashes without switching audio output channels. I'm not exactly sure how to diagnose the issue since I've never experienced anything like it in my years of Linux. I don't want to rollback, because I don't know if it's an issue with an update or an issue I need to fix on my own. What should I do?

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[-] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 11 points 1 day ago
[-] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

I have no idea how you managed to track that down, but I am sincerely impressed and grateful. Is it possible to downgrade wireplumber only?

[-] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago

That bug report is from May last year, is it really about the same bug ?

This one is recent https://forum.manjaro.org/t/bluetooth-connection-leads-to-gnome-crash/184614 and as a work-around downgrading wireplumber is suggested.

[-] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Always check the issue tracker(s) if you start having issues with software, usually it is the case that someone else has had it first and reported it. (If not, report it yourself if you're comfortable with that... it helps the community)

this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2026
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