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neon64

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Registered: 2017-06-26

Posts: 2

Bluetooth speaker - connection errors

I tried following along with this guide to try and connect my Bluetooth speaker: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth_headset.

Using `bluetoothctl` I've been able to pair it and the first time I after startup I can connect too. However then the speaker doesn't show up as an output device using `pavucontrol`. If I try to disconnect & reconnect again, it will fail with the very descriptive message:

Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed

Using `journalctl` I can get a bit more information:

Jun 26 15:22:51 ArchBook bluetoothd[328]: connect error: Permission denied (13)
Jun 26 15:22:51 ArchBook bluetoothd[328]: a2dp-source profile connect failed for 88:C6:26:5D:EE:A6: Device or resource busy
Jun 26 15:22:56 ArchBook bluetoothd[328]: connect error: Permission denied (13)

However that doesn't tell me exactly where it is 'busy' etc..
Also I've tried all the further troubleshooting steps in the wiki, except this one failed:

pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discoverer
Failure: Module initialization failed

Perhaps I should mention, that I am running PulseAudio as a user daemon.

Thanks very much if you could help

HiImTye

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From: Halifax, NS, Canada

Registered: 2012-05-09

Posts: 1,072

Re: Bluetooth speaker - connection errors

did you install pulseaudio-bluetooth and the others?

neon64

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Registered: 2017-06-26

Posts: 2

Re: Bluetooth speaker - connection errors

Yes I've installed all those listed packages.

I'm now going through and trying to load all the modules they list, with `pulseaudio --verbose` running in a term beside it, so I can see log output.

module-bluez5-device fails with

E: [pulseaudio] module-bluez5-device.c: Failed to get device path from module arguments
E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-bluez5-device" (argument: ""): initialization faile

The other 3 say they have already been loaded.