Bluetooth speaker doesn't auto-connect

[piii_man]

Hi all,

I have a bluetooth speaker that I can connect to just fine using bluetoothctl. However when I restart or logout/login the speakers don't automatically reconnect. My audio stack is KDE, Pipewire, Wireplumber. My bluetooth adapter automatically is enabled on restart, it just doesn't re-establish connections.

[iq8qi]

Since You are using kde plasma maybe You would like to install kde-plasma/bluedevil
Managing speakers with graphical interface may resolve the issue

I saw here https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/334386/how-to-set-up-automatic-connection-of-bluetooth-headset that some people are using an script to connect they headsets, maybe it will be a temporary workaround for You

Also I found this https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/bluetooth_headset?ref=itsfoss.com#Setting_up_auto_connection, but it require PulseAudio so it might require switching

Hope anything above helps

[piii_man]

Thanks for your reply. Interestingly I also stumbled across that StackExchange post is what prompted me to investigate the device was set as trusted (which it was).

I have BlueDevil installed and unfortunately it does not restore the connection state after logout.

[piii_man]

Figured it out. Hate to say it but it was a device issue. After power cycling the device it always auto reconnects.