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sarthak1

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Registered: 2021-12-09

Posts: 18

"Device * not available" Bluetooth issue.. again

Edit:

It is rare because it's... not an actual error. I had aliased my own laptop's controller's MAC address.

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I got this error out of blue today, while trying to connect to my bluetooth earphone

$ bluetoothctl connect XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Device XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX not available

`cancel-pairing` and `remove`  give the same error.

I reinstalled `pipewire`, `pipewire-pluse`, enabled the services, and it worked again.

But after a reboot, and connecting it to my phone, it gives the same error. Also, each time I start bluetooth on my system (`bluetoothctl power on`) it connects and disconnects to the bluetooth earphones.

● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2022-02-25 18:00:33 IST; 6min ago
       Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
   Main PID: 1294 (bluetoothd)
     Status: "Running"
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 8816)
     Memory: 884.0K
        CPU: 28ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
             └─1294 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd

Feb 25 18:00:33 elixir bluetoothd[1294]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.16 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc
Feb 25 18:00:33 elixir bluetoothd[1294]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.16 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc
Feb 25 18:00:33 elixir bluetoothd[1294]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.16 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc_xq
Feb 25 18:00:33 elixir bluetoothd[1294]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.16 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc_xq
Feb 25 18:00:33 elixir bluetoothd[1294]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.16 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/aptx_ll_1
Feb 25 18:00:33 elixir bluetoothd[1294]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.16 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/aptx_ll_0
Feb 25 18:00:33 elixir bluetoothd[1294]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.16 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/aptx_ll_duplex_1
Feb 25 18:00:33 elixir bluetoothd[1294]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.16 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/aptx_ll_duplex_0
Feb 25 18:00:33 elixir bluetoothd[1294]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.16 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/faststream
Feb 25 18:00:33 elixir bluetoothd[1294]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.16 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/faststream_duplex

This seems to be rare issue because the only thing I found is this post on manjaro forums but with pulseaudio.

And restarting doesn't work

Last edited by sarthak1 (2022-02-25 14:08:12)