I originally tried to fix this by disabling mpris controls in the firefox settings however it has continued to happen. My current theory is that this is due to the button on my headphones that controls volume and can pause/play media as originally this was also changing volume which i was unable to unbind and im wondering if the same can be done for these media controls
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If you are using Bluetooth headphones with multimedia controls, please also advise make and model number of headphones and post more information about systemd bluetooth.service
systemctl status bluetooth.service
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I wonder if the headphones’ control buttons are getting a bit “sticky”? Do these do the same with other devices?
i havent tried any other devices but when i unplug the device it stops immediately so its definitely associated to this. might also be important that im using an adapter to allow me to plug in via usb because my headphone jacks are really unreliable
Kernel: 6.12.39-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
root=UUID=5b5a28c0-2e81-4d23-8526-f1b652116452 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet splash udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.6 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.16.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: MSI product: MS-7979 v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: MSI model: B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.70 date: 07/22/2016
Memory:
System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.58 GiB used: 6.03 GiB (38.7%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
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Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: Kingston part-no: 9905678-023.A00G serial: <filter>
Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM0 type: no module installed
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speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: Kingston part-no: 9905678-023.A00G serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-6500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Skylake-S
gen: core 6 level: v3 note: check built: 2015 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x5E (94) stepping: 3 microcode: 0xF0
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3397 min/max: 800/3600 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 3397 2: 3397 3: 3397 4: 3397 bogomips: 25610
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Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
disabled
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: disabled;
RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2070 Rev. A] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 575.64.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, Unknown-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f07
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4480x1690 s-dpi: 94 s-size: 1210x456mm (47.64x17.95")
s-diag: 1293mm (50.91")
Monitor-1: DP-0 pos: primary,top-left res: N/A
size: 600x340mm (23.62x13.39") modes: N/A
Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: bottom-r res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60
scale: 100% (1) dpi: 96 size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26") diag: 584mm (22.99")
modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 575.64.03
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 7.81 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 6 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 driver: nvidia v: 575.64.03
device-ID: 10de:1f07 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: TONOR TC30 Audio Device driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2:2 chip-ID: 5678:1234
class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-4: Bluetrum USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-6:13
chip-ID: 3302:29b7 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.12.39-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.6 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: rtl8192ce v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000
bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8178 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.27 TiB used: 56.95 GiB (2.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 QVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM003-1SB102
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC43 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST3500312CS
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 1.5 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5900 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SC13 scheme: MBR
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: Optiarc model: DVD RW AD-7170S rev: 1.00
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 48 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 73.24 GiB size: 73.24 GiB (100.00%)
used: 23.09 GiB (31.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 label: N/A
uuid: 5b5a28c0-2e81-4d23-8526-f1b652116452
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 500 MiB size: 499 MiB (99.80%)
used: 620 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 label: N/A
uuid: 9C8E-67D7
ID-3: /home raw-size: 467.16 GiB size: 467.16 GiB (100.00%)
used: 33.86 GiB (7.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20 label: N/A
uuid: 4c3ab90d-a86e-4adf-b6ec-2f49e5cb7505
ID-4: /var/cache raw-size: 73.24 GiB size: 73.24 GiB (100.00%)
used: 23.09 GiB (31.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 label: N/A
uuid: 5b5a28c0-2e81-4d23-8526-f1b652116452
ID-5: /var/log raw-size: 73.24 GiB size: 73.24 GiB (100.00%)
used: 23.09 GiB (31.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 label: N/A
uuid: 5b5a28c0-2e81-4d23-8526-f1b652116452
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 450 MiB fs: ntfs label: Recovery
uuid: 7252F22052F1E8AD
ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: 54F2-8456
ID-3: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-4: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 929.93 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 7E46F4EC46F4A655
ID-5: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 size: 526 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
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ID-6: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 390.62 GiB fs: ntfs label: New Volume
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ID-7: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 99.72 GiB fs: ntfs label: New Volume
uuid: 1486C02386C00768
ID-8: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34 size: 513 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: EA8C-0F90
ID-9: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35 size: 365.54 GiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-2:2 info: TONOR TC30 Audio Device type: audio,HID
driver: snd-usb-audio interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 84mA chip-ID: 5678:1234 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-6:13 info: Bluetrum USB Audio type: audio,HID
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 3302:29b7 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-3: 1-8:4 info: [Maxxter] Optical Gaming Mouse [Xtrem]
type: mouse,keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 18f8:0f97 class-ID: 0300
Device-4: 1-10:5 info: China Resource Semico USB Keyboard
type: keyboard,mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 500mA
chip-ID: 1a2c:4c5e class-ID: 0301
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C pch: 54.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia
temp: 56 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 29%
Repos:
Packages: 1464 pm: pacman pkgs: 1429 libs: 462 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
pkgs: 35
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://mirror.vinehost.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://mirror1.sox.rs/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
4: https://distrohub.kyiv.ua/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
5: https://mirror.mobinhost.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
6: https://mirrors.gigenet.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
7: https://ziply.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
8: https://linorg.usp.br/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 313
1: cpu: 194% command: sober pid: 16456 mem: 917.1 MiB (5.7%)
2: cpu: 10.4% command: exe pid: 2388 mem: 586.6 MiB (3.6%)
3: cpu: 7.8% command: firefox pid: 10158 mem: 998.3 MiB (6.2%)
4: cpu: 4.2% command: konsole pid: 18670 mem: 197.5 MiB (1.2%)
5: cpu: 3.0% command: steamwebhelper pid: 2048 mem: 275.1 MiB (1.7%)
Memory top: 5 of 313
1: mem: 998.3 MiB (6.2%) command: firefox pid: 10158 cpu: 7.8%
2: mem: 917.1 MiB (5.7%) command: sober pid: 16456 cpu: 194%
3: mem: 808.0 MiB (5.0%) command: plasmashell pid: 797 cpu: 0.2%
4: mem: 586.6 MiB (3.6%) command: exe pid: 2388 cpu: 10.4%
5: mem: 580.2 MiB (3.6%) command: steamwebhelper pid: 2175 cpu: 1.7%
Info:
Processes: 313 Power: uptime: 4h 58m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.2 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38
Thanks! What I really meant though, re. devices, is that the headphones may have the same effect when using with e.g. a phone … or maybe in a Live Session (USB boot), or another OS if you have one installed?
It has the same effect on windows 10 havent tried anything else though
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That does point the finger to a hardware issue.
Perhaps the “springiness” has gone on the switches (do these still seem to press in and release OK?) or some contaminant has got in there causing an intermittent contact.
If they are still under warranty I’d investigate that, or (if you know how to disassemble them without doing a “BG-Special™” on them) some switch contact cleaner/lubricant may help.
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The headphones themselves seem fine, I wonder if it may be an issue with the adaptor I’m using?
Could well be the adaptor; if you can manage a reasonably stable connection with the built-in jack(s), does the issue happen there?
Maybe a squirt of Servisol (or whatever brands you have) will help there too, but sometimes it’s the solder joints which fail with the mechanical stresses. These can be re-flowed too, though.
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I don’t actually know how to connect them with the audio jack i think i’m missing some specific drivers, weirdly though it only messes with my media sometimes and then when i unplug it and plug it back in it fixes for a bit
Judging by the age of the machine it’s not unlikely that contaminants have got in the ports, oxidation, cracked solder joints etc. — the machine I’m typing this on is about 6 years older than that, and I’m having intermittent issues with the USB ports here (and the power jack 
which I REALLY need to fix!).
well all the other usb ports work and i switch where i connect my headphones often that was actually the reason i got an adapter because my headphone jacks were messed up
I think i now know what is causing the problem it seems that the usb is disconnecting and reconnecting causing it to pause and the play, I wonder if there is a way to disable this feature?
Strangely today, any media refuses to play unless i unplug and then plug in the USB
You probably have some power savings rule active that puts your USB ports to sleep. On a laptop, that might make sense, but on a desktop system, it doesn’t.
Check your power savings settings.
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i dont see anything in the power saving settings but strangely if one application is playing audio now it doesn’t recognise any other applications playing audio might be related to why media doesn’t play
That tells me pulseaudio isn’t properly configured, because pulseaudio is what allows multiplexing sound from multiple sources.
But I’m afraid I’m going to have to leave that into the hands of @nikgnomic — he’s the audio specialist around here.
I just restarted my system and it’s allowing me to multiplex sound now but i don’t know how long this will last
Hmm… I would suggest editing /etc/pulse/default.pa and commenting out the line that reads… 
load-module module-suspend-on-idle
Save the file — you will be asked for a password because you need elevated privileges for that — and then run…
sudo pactl unload-module module-suspend-on-idle
See if this helps. 