Question about gnome bluetooth, bluetooth headset and autoconnect

felipe · 2014-05-08 04:40:04

Does gnome bluetooth autoconnect to the bluetooth headsets once they are in range? The icon of the bluetooth appears 1 second and then disappear, is failing to autoconnect.
My bluetooth headset(A2DP) device works fine but is not autoconnected. In older versions of pulseaudio/bluez it does automatic connected.
In bluetoothctl i get this.

[felipe@MiPc ~]$ bluetoothctl
[NEW] Controller 00:10:60:D1:CD:7E MiPc [default]
[NEW] Device 03:01:1B:00:A1:85 Nokia BH-503
[CHG] Device 03:01:1B:00:A1:85 Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 03:01:1B:00:A1:85 Connected: no


[felipe@MiPc ~]$ systemctl status bluetooth -l
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled)
   Active: active (running) since jue 2014-05-08 00:47:03 ART; 12min ago
     Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
 Main PID: 235 (bluetoothd)
   Status: "Running"
   CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
           └─235 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd

may 08 00:47:03 MiPc bluetoothd[235]: Bluetooth management interface 1.4 initialized
may 08 00:47:12 MiPc bluetoothd[235]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.20 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource
may 08 00:47:12 MiPc bluetoothd[235]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.20 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink
may 08 00:47:22 MiPc bluetoothd[235]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.38 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource
may 08 00:47:22 MiPc bluetoothd[235]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.38 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink
may 08 00:47:41 MiPc bluetoothd[235]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.20 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource
may 08 00:47:41 MiPc bluetoothd[235]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.20 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink
may 08 00:48:10 MiPc bluetoothd[235]: /org/bluez/hci0/dev_03_01_1B_00_A1_85/fd0: fd(22) ready
may 08 00:48:10 MiPc bluetoothd[235]: Control: Refusing unexpected connect
may 08 00:48:10 MiPc bluetoothd[235]: connect error: Connection refused (111)

The device is trusted.

[bluetooth]# info 03:01:1B:00:A1:85
Device 03:01:1B:00:A1:85
	Name: Nokia BH-503
	Alias: Nokia BH-503
	Class: 0x240404
	Icon: audio-card
	Paired: yes
	Trusted: yes
	Blocked: no
	Connected: no
	LegacyPairing: no
	UUID: Headset                   (00001108-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: Audio Sink                (0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: A/V Remote Control Target (0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: A/V Remote Control        (0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: Handsfree                 (0000111e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)

I have followed the wiki but still the device is not autoconnected.

To have your headset auto connect you need to enable PulseAudio's switch-on-connect module. Add the following:
/etc/pulse/default.pa
# automatically switch to newly-connected devices
load-module module-switch-on-connect

journalctl

may 08 00:48:10 MiPc rtkit-daemon[462]: Supervising 4 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
may 08 00:48:10 MiPc bluetoothd[235]: Control: Refusing unexpected connect
may 08 00:48:10 MiPc bluetoothd[235]: connect error: Connection refused (111)
may 08 00:48:12 MiPc gnome-bluetooth-panel.desktop[713]: *** BUG ***
may 08 00:48:12 MiPc gnome-bluetooth-panel.desktop[713]: In pixman_region32_init_rect: Invalid rectangle passed
may 08 00:48:12 MiPc gnome-bluetooth-panel.desktop[713]: Set a breakpoint on '_pixman_log_error' to debug
may 08 00:48:12 MiPc gnome-session[575]: Advertencia del gestor de ventanas: last_focus_time (78365) is greater than comparison timestamp (78362).  This most likely repres
may 08 00:48:12 MiPc gnome-session[575]: Advertencia del gestor de ventanas: Log level 16: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: sibling window 0x40028a not in stack
may 08 00:48:16 MiPc gnome-session[575]: Advertencia del gestor de ventanas: last_focus_time (82156) is greater than comparison timestamp (82155).  This most likely repres
may 08 00:48:38 MiPc dbus[238]: [system] Rejected send message, 3 matched rules; type="method_return", sender=":1.38" (uid=1000 pid=626 comm="/usr/bin/pulseaudio --start "
may 08 00:48:38 MiPc gnome-session[575]: (gnome-settings-daemon:607): media-keys-plugin-WARNING **: Unable to get default sink
may 08 00:48:43 MiPc firefox.desktop[736]: (process:736): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed
may 08 00:48:44 MiPc dbus[238]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service'
may 08 00:48:44 MiPc dbus[238]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service': Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.ser
may 08 00:58:23 MiPc org.gnome.Terminal[589]: (gnome-terminal-server:832): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: Failed to parse translated string 'visible-name\u0004'Unnamed'' for key 'vi
may 08 00:58:23 MiPc org.gnome.Terminal[589]: (gnome-terminal-server:832): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: Using untranslated default instead.
may 08 00:58:24 MiPc gnome-session[575]: Advertencia del gestor de ventanas: Log level 16: AT-SPI: Error in GetItems, sender=org.freedesktop.DBus, error=The name :1.9 was 
may 08 00:58:56 MiPc org.gnome.Nautilus.SearchProvider[589]: ** (nautilus:845): WARNING **: Could not establish a connection to Tracker: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.E
may 08 00:58:56 MiPc org.gnome.Nautilus.SearchProvider[589]: ** (nautilus:845): WARNING **: Could not establish a connection to Tracker: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.E
may 08 00:59:12 MiPc org.gnome.Terminal[589]: (gnome-terminal-server:832): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: Failed to parse translated string 'visible-name\u0004'Unnamed'' for key 'vi
may 08 00:59:12 MiPc org.gnome.Terminal[589]: (gnome-terminal-server:832): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: Using untranslated default instead.
may 08 01:01:56 MiPc systemd[1]: Starting Cleanup of Temporary Directories...
may 08 01:01:56 MiPc systemd[1]: Started Cleanup of Temporary Directories.
lines 34030-34052/34052 (END)
may 08 00:48:10 MiPc rtkit-daemon[462]: Supervising 4 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.
may 08 00:48:10 MiPc bluetoothd[235]: Control: Refusing unexpected connect
may 08 00:48:10 MiPc bluetoothd[235]: connect error: Connection refused (111)
may 08 00:48:12 MiPc gnome-bluetooth-panel.desktop[713]: *** BUG ***
may 08 00:48:12 MiPc gnome-bluetooth-panel.desktop[713]: In pixman_region32_init_rect: Invalid rectangle passed
may 08 00:48:12 MiPc gnome-bluetooth-panel.desktop[713]: Set a breakpoint on '_pixman_log_error' to debug
may 08 00:48:12 MiPc gnome-session[575]: Advertencia del gestor de ventanas: last_focus_time (78365) is greater than comparison timestamp (78362).  This most likely represe
may 08 00:48:12 MiPc gnome-session[575]: Advertencia del gestor de ventanas: Log level 16: STACK_OP_RAISE_ABOVE: sibling window 0x40028a not in stack
may 08 00:48:16 MiPc gnome-session[575]: Advertencia del gestor de ventanas: last_focus_time (82156) is greater than comparison timestamp (82155).  This most likely represe
may 08 00:48:38 MiPc dbus[238]: [system] Rejected send message, 3 matched rules; type="method_return", sender=":1.38" (uid=1000 pid=626 comm="/usr/bin/pulseaudio --start ")
may 08 00:48:38 MiPc gnome-session[575]: (gnome-settings-daemon:607): media-keys-plugin-WARNING **: Unable to get default sink
may 08 00:48:43 MiPc firefox.desktop[736]: (process:736): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed
may 08 00:48:44 MiPc dbus[238]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service'
may 08 00:48:44 MiPc dbus[238]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service': Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.serv
may 08 00:58:23 MiPc org.gnome.Terminal[589]: (gnome-terminal-server:832): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: Failed to parse translated string 'visible-name\u0004'Unnamed'' for key 'vis
may 08 00:58:23 MiPc org.gnome.Terminal[589]: (gnome-terminal-server:832): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: Using untranslated default instead.
may 08 00:58:24 MiPc gnome-session[575]: Advertencia del gestor de ventanas: Log level 16: AT-SPI: Error in GetItems, sender=org.freedesktop.DBus, error=The name :1.9 was n
may 08 00:58:56 MiPc org.gnome.Nautilus.SearchProvider[589]: ** (nautilus:845): WARNING **: Could not establish a connection to Tracker: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Er
may 08 00:58:56 MiPc org.gnome.Nautilus.SearchProvider[589]: ** (nautilus:845): WARNING **: Could not establish a connection to Tracker: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Er
may 08 00:59:12 MiPc org.gnome.Terminal[589]: (gnome-terminal-server:832): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: Failed to parse translated string 'visible-name\u0004'Unnamed'' for key 'vis
may 08 00:59:12 MiPc org.gnome.Terminal[589]: (gnome-terminal-server:832): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: Using untranslated default instead.
may 08 01:01:56 MiPc systemd[1]: Starting Cleanup of Temporary Directories...

I have seen in the wiki this but i'm not sure if is useful for autoconnect:

Headset and Alsa Devices
1. First if you have not already, install bluez from the official repositories.
2. Scan for your device
$ hcitool (-i <optional hci#>***) scan
3. Pair your headset with your device:
$ bluez-simple-agent (optional hci# ***) XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
and put in your pin (0000 or 1234, etc)
4. Make sure your /etc/bluetooth/audio.conf allows A2DP Audio Sinks. Place this line just bellow the [Genera] heading:
Enable=Source,Sink,Media,Socket
5. Add this to your /etc/asound.conf file:
#/etc/asound.conf
pcm.btheadset {
type plug
slave {
pcm {
type bluetooth
device XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
profile "auto"
}
}
hint {
show on
description "BT Headset"
}
}
ctl.btheadset {
type bluetooth
}
6. Check to see if it has been added to alsa devices
$ aplay -L
7. Now play with aplay:
$ aplay -D btheadset /path/to/audio/file
or Mplayer:
$ mplayer -ao alsa:device=btheadset /path/to/audio/or/video/file
Tip: To find hci# for a usb dongle, type in
$ hcitool dev

There are some files in .config/pulse

[felipe@MiPc ~]$ ls .config/pulse/
0766e0e68b6d47b19df4f042e4a766df-card-database.tdb
0766e0e68b6d47b19df4f042e4a766df-default-sink
0766e0e68b6d47b19df4f042e4a766df-default-source
0766e0e68b6d47b19df4f042e4a766df-device-volumes.tdb
0766e0e68b6d47b19df4f042e4a766df-stream-volumes.tdb
cookie

[felipe@MiPc ~]$ cat .config/pulse/0766e0e68b6d47b19df4f042e4a766df-default-sink 
alsa_output.pci-0000_00_07.0.analog-stereo
[felipe@MiPc ~]$ cat .config/pulse/0766e0e68b6d47b19df4f042e4a766df-default-source
alsa_input.pci-0000_01_08.0.analog-stereo

But those files are about the default card and will be next trouble after i get the autoconnect works i guess

Last edited by felipe (2014-05-08 04:48:31)

Chazza · 2014-05-09 08:30:02

There seems to be a problem with bluez5 when it comes to connecting bluetooth devices: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/39885?s … &closedto=

Last edited by Chazza (2014-05-09 08:32:24)

colorprint · 2014-06-15 13:24:59

Is your bluetooth device is visible in audio settings and can you get the sound with it?
My headset connects fine but there is no A2DPsink visible and I can't select it as audio output...

Last edited by colorprint (2014-06-15 13:25:15)

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Question about gnome bluetooth, bluetooth headset and autoconnect

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Re: Question about gnome bluetooth, bluetooth headset and autoconnect

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Re: Question about gnome bluetooth, bluetooth headset and autoconnect

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