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Jont828

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Registered: 2018-01-12

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Bluetooth speaker can only successfully connect once

Hi, I'm having some problems with my bluetooth speaker. For some reason, it only connects once after I reboot, and after that, it either says it's connected but not paired or just doesn't connect at all.

Here's the output from when I type "connect [my bluetooth speaker's mac address]" in bluetoothctl

Attempting to connect to [my bluetooth speaker's mac address]
Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed

I also looked at the output to journalctl and I couldn't find anything (errors or logs) related to Bluetooth devices.

I also tried changing AutoEnable to true in /etc/bluetooth/main.conf, but that didn't do anything.

However, when I use systemctl to see the status for bluetooth.service, I do get an error message

bluetoothd[14225]: RFCOMM server failed for Headset Voice gateway: rfcomm_bind: Address already in use (98
bluetoothd[14225]: RFCOMM server failed for :1.60/Profile/HSPHSProfile/00001108-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34f
bluetoothd[14225]: 05:6D:09:10:14:B4: error updating services: Device or resource busy (16)

I don't really know what to make of this error since the device isn't paired to anything yet, and when I remove and re add the device, it still doesn't connect. I've also tried pairing several times on Ubuntu and it worked, so it seems like this is a software issue. Anyone have any idea of what to do? Thanks!

Last edited by Jont828 (2018-01-28 06:39:10)

Jont828

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Registered: 2018-01-12

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Re: Bluetooth speaker can only successfully connect once

Quick update, so far it seems that running "sudo systemctl restart bluetooth.service" seems to be doing the trick. I'll have to try it a couple more times to make sure it's really what's fixing it, but I'll update again. If it is, then does anyone know why I have to restart every time after it disconnects when I suspend my laptop or power off my bluetooth speaker? Thanks!

Jont828

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Registered: 2018-01-12

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Re: Bluetooth speaker can only successfully connect once

Mod note: The following command resets all settings contained in dconf. It is most likely overkill, but use at your own discretion. -- WorMzy

Another update: I ran "dconf reset -f /" and it seems to be working now. Haven't rebooted yet, but so far, so good!

Last edited by WorMzy (2018-11-17 13:59:01)

vatai

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Re: Bluetooth speaker can only successfully connect once

Why would you do that? That deletes all of you gnome settings... :-/

WorMzy

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Re: Bluetooth speaker can only successfully connect once

I would hope that Arch users know better than to just copy-paste random commands without figuring out what they actually do first, but I'll add a warning above the command and close this old topic now.

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