Bluetooth not connecting with blutoothctl

bmentink · 2015-07-30 03:14:03

Hi All,

I am having trouble connecting to a bluetooth->serial adapter (HC05) even though I can see the device and pair with it.

info says:

info 20:15:07:01:97:64
Device 20:15:07:01:97:64
	Name: HC-05
	Alias: HC-05
	Class: 0x001f00
	Paired: yes
	Trusted: yes
	Blocked: no
	Connected: no
	LegacyPairing: yes
	UUID: Serial Port               (00001101-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)

.. and when I try to connect:

[bluetooth]# connect 20:15:07:01:97:64
Attempting to connect to 20:15:07:01:97:64
[CHG] Device 20:15:07:01:97:64 Connected: yes
Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.NotAvailable
[CHG] Device 20:15:07:01:97:64 Connected: no

I have made sure I am part of the "lp" group.
Any idea's welcome. Thanks.

journlctl shows this error on restarting the bluetooth service ..

Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio systemd[1]: Starting Bluetooth service...
Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio bluetoothd[5121]: Bluetooth daemon 5.32
Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio bluetoothd[5121]: Starting SDP server
Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio sudo[5114]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio bluetoothd[5121]: Bluetooth management interface 1.9 initialized
Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio dbus[313]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service'
Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio bluetoothd[5121]: Failed to obtain handles for "Service Changed" characteristic
Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio bluetoothd[5121]: Not enough free handles to register service
Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio bluetoothd[5121]: Error adding Link Loss service
Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio bluetoothd[5121]: Not enough free handles to register service
Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio bluetoothd[5121]: Not enough free handles to register service
Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio bluetoothd[5121]: Not enough free handles to register service
Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio bluetoothd[5121]: Current Time Service could not be registered
Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio bluetoothd[5121]: gatt-time-server: Input/output error (5)
Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio bluetoothd[5121]: Not enough free handles to register service
Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio bluetoothd[5121]: Not enough free handles to register service
Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio bluetoothd[5121]: Sap driver initialization failed.
Jul 30 15:18:13 sony_vaio bluetoothd[5121]: sap-server: Operation not permitted (1)

Last edited by bmentink (2015-07-30 03:17:53)

ewaller · 2015-07-30 03:49:08

Did you power up the host's carrier?

ewaller@turing ~ 1108 %bluetoothctl 
[NEW] Controller 34:E6:AD:17:FE:57 turing [default]
[NEW] Device B4:CE:F6:2D:E6:34 Eric's HTC One_M8
[NEW] Device 74:29:AF:E8:7C:0A DEN
[NEW] Device 6C:5A:B5:A8:71:04 SONY:SRS-X3
[bluetooth]# connect 6C:5A:B5:A8:71:04 
Attempting to connect to 6C:5A:B5:A8:71:04
Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.NotReady
[bluetooth]# power on
[CHG] Controller 34:E6:AD:17:FE:57 Class: 0x0c010c
Changing power on succeeded
[CHG] Controller 34:E6:AD:17:FE:57 Powered: yes
[bluetooth]# connect 6C:5A:B5:A8:71:04 
Attempting to connect to 6C:5A:B5:A8:71:04
[CHG] Device 6C:5A:B5:A8:71:04 Connected: yes
Connection successful
[SONY:SRS-X3]#

bmentink · 2015-07-30 04:12:27

Yes, it says : Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.NotReady if you don't power on, my message is different.

 Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.NotAvailable

Last edited by bmentink (2015-07-30 04:13:19)

ewaller · 2015-07-30 04:24:59

You're right. Can you connect to other (non-serial) classes of Bluetooth devices?
Did the rfcomm kernel module load?

bmentink · 2015-07-30 04:57:04

ewaller wrote:

You're right. Can you connect to other (non-serial) classes of Bluetooth devices?
Did the rfcomm kernel module load?

I tried connecting to my TV:

connect 90:A4:DE:F3:21:25
Attempting to connect to 90:A4:DE:F3:21:25
[CHG] Device 90:A4:DE:F3:21:25 Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 90:A4:DE:F3:21:25 Modalias: bluetooth:v000Fp0000d0000
[CHG] Device 90:A4:DE:F3:21:25 UUIDs: 00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.NotAvailable
[Panasonic Viera]#

It seems to have connected even though it says not. (I am guessing the prompt reflects connection?)
However, If I pair with the device and then connect, I get the same as the oroginal error ..

Yes the rfcomm module is loaded.

bmentink · 2015-07-30 06:33:31

I tried also with my phone, the pairing was ok, but connection fails with another error:

connect 98:0D:2E:B3:BE:E1
Attempting to connect to 98:0D:2E:B3:BE:E1
Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed

bmentink · 2015-07-30 21:06:22

Why is bluetooth always this hard, it's things like this that put windoze users off linux ... and I can't blame them.

Chazza · 2015-07-31 14:54:58

Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed

I had that error as well. I have no idea why, but installing pulseaudio-bluetooth solved the problem.

Last edited by Chazza (2015-07-31 14:56:38)

bmentink · 2015-07-31 20:53:50

Thank's but did not help with the bluetooth serial ..

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#1 2015-07-30 03:14:03

Bluetooth not connecting with blutoothctl

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Re: Bluetooth not connecting with blutoothctl

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Re: Bluetooth not connecting with blutoothctl

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