ZorinOS 17.3 Bluetooth issues

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Hello.
I currently have ZorinOS 17.3 on my mid-2013 MacBook Air.
I installed it this morning. It is working great, no internet issues, but the Bluetooth is problematic. While it is detecting my earbuds, I have an error : br-connection-create-socket, and it is preventing me from connecting.
If anybody knows how to fix this, please help me

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NOTE: Copy/pasted from Google AI...

The br-connection-create-socket error on Linux (including Zorin OS 18 / Ubuntu-based systems) usually indicates a failure to establish a socket connection for Bluetooth profiles, often caused by driver issues, power management bugs, or incorrect audio service configurations.

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Here are the solutions, ordered from most likely to least likely, based on recent reports.

  1. Disable Bluetooth USB Autosuspend (Most Likely Fix)

A known regression in Linux Kernel 6.14 (often used in Zorin 18) triggers this error by turning off the Bluetooth USB device.

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  1. Open the terminal.
  2. Create or edit the configuration file:

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sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/btusb.conf
  1. Add the following line to the file:

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options btusb enable_autosuspend=0
  1. Save and exit (Ctrl+O, Enter, Ctrl+X).
  2. Apply the changes by updating the initramfs:

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sudo update-initramfs -u
  1. Reboot your computer.

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Hello
I have tried your solution and other ones that Claude AI suggested; none of them worked. It concluded that it is a kernel problem, it could have compatibility issues with the Broadcom chip inside my computer. I already had to install special drivers for this chip, and apparently WiFi and Bluetooth interfere between each other in Linux.

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Could You post the Output of the Terminal Command sudo lshw -C network please? And have You any Driver Options offered at the ''Additional Drivers'' Tab in Software & Updates?

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It is in French, I am sorry :
*-network
description: Interface réseau sans fil
produit: BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
fabricant: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries
identifiant matériel: 0
information bus: pci@0000:03:00.0
nom logique: wlp3s0
version: 03
numéro de série: b8:e8:56:09:a2:5c
bits: 64 bits
horloge: 33MHz
fonctionnalités: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration : broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=6.30.223.271 (r587334) ip=192.168.1.142 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
ressources : irq:18 mémoire:b0600000-b0607fff mémoire:b0400000-b05fffff

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The only additionals driver are for this chip and I already use them; else I couldn't get WiFi

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UPDATE
I have kind of solved this issue by spending 7$ on wired earbuds