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Icewind

Member

Registered: 2012-08-05

Posts: 2

Can't connect to bluetooth headset "Protocol not available"

When trying to connect to my bluetooth audio receiver using the instructions from https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth it fails to connect.

Checking the bluetooth log gives me "a2dp-sink profile connect failed for 00:10:61:00:98:B8: Protocol not available"

Trying to do the exact same thing on different  pc (also arch) works without problems.

seb_974

Member

Registered: 2014-02-06

Posts: 2

Re: Can't connect to bluetooth headset "Protocol not available"

Hi,

I have the same problem. My heaset is a Philips SHB7000.

Has someone a solution?

seb_974

Member

Registered: 2014-02-06

Posts: 2

Re: Can't connect to bluetooth headset "Protocol not available"

After installing pulseaudio, I can connect my headset.

awgneo

Member

Registered: 2014-09-07

Posts: 1

Re: Can't connect to bluetooth headset "Protocol not available"

I also had to load in the bluez5 modules in my pulseaudio config (default.pa or system.pa). Here is the relevant section:

### Automatically load driver modules for Bluetooth hardware
.ifexists module-bluetooth-policy.so
load-module module-bluetooth-policy
.endif

.ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so
load-module module-bluetooth-discover
.endif

.ifexists module-bluez5-device.so
load-module module-bluez5-device
.endif

.ifexists module-bluez5-discover.so
load-module module-bluez5-discover
.endif