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rahulawasthi

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Registered: 2022-04-03

Posts: 1

Re: [SOLVED] Bluetooth connect failed: br-connection-profile-unavailable.

Here is what worked for me:
1. first check for the rfkill output:
     if the bluetooth is soft blocked -> unblock it.
2. check the output of blueooth systemctl status if not enable enable it by:
    sudo systemctl enable bluetooth.service
3. execute: bluetoothctl
4. on the power
5. make your bluetooth discoverable
6. finally connect your device and enjoy arch bluetooth.

aljaxus

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Registered: 2022-04-18

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Bluetooth connect failed: br-connection-profile-unavailable.

Running plain Arch (installed in pre archinstall days) with minimalist KDE plasma stuff.
For me, just installing pulseaudio-bluetooth package and rebooting fixed the issue.
Working just fine, connected to my phone and speaker.

Marc.2377

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Registered: 2022-04-19

Posts: 1

Re: [SOLVED] Bluetooth connect failed: br-connection-profile-unavailable.

For me it was a matter of simply loading these two modules:

pacmd load-module module-bluetooth-policy
pacmd load-module module-bluetooth-discover

I have a custom setup where cadence loads a specific `.pa` file and they were not being loaded.

Last edited by Marc.2377 (2022-04-19 06:13:53)

jehiva

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Registered: 2011-06-24

Posts: 17

Re: [SOLVED] Bluetooth connect failed: br-connection-profile-unavailable.

For me it was a matter of simply loading these two modules:

pacmd load-module module-bluetooth-policy
pacmd load-module module-bluetooth-discover

I have a custom setup where cadence loads a specific `.pa` file and they were not being loaded.

Thanks Marc.2377!  The pacmd commands solved it for me as well (I don't have a special setup afaik, although I am using i3wm and no particular DM).

stevkast

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Registered: 2022-04-25

Posts: 1

Re: [SOLVED] Bluetooth connect failed: br-connection-profile-unavailable.

This is what worked for me:

rm  ~/.config/pulse/*

based on this issue, I was trying to run pulseaudio and the output of that command gave me the real problem.

Last edited by stevkast (2022-05-18 22:14:31)

cradlemann

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Registered: 2017-07-14

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] Bluetooth connect failed: br-connection-profile-unavailable.

Solved it using pipewire+wireplumber(pulseaudio was removed completely).

zerospinmuon

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Registered: 2021-11-04

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] Bluetooth connect failed: br-connection-profile-unavailable.

I use a Boat rockerz 550 Bluetooth headset with a dual booted system (win 11 + arch). If my headsets were paired with windows last time, they wouldn't connect with arch and vice versa. I have to remove the headset and pair it each time I'm using it on a different operating system.

cs9103

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Registered: 2022-06-08

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED] Bluetooth connect failed: br-connection-profile-unavailable.

Hey guys, im also getting the same problem when trying to connect my sony earbuds. I have tried installing and downgrading the packages and editing some config files like said in this forum, though i still get a 'br-connection-profile-unavailable' error message. Could anyone give me a quick fix?

mr.anastasov

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Registered: 2022-07-11

Posts: 1

Re: [SOLVED] Bluetooth connect failed: br-connection-profile-unavailable.

Hello guys, I have been grappling with similar issues, I cannot be sure if it is the same.

A little bit about my setup I am using dell xps7390 dual boot windows 10 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

I was having problem connecting a Bluetooth mouse, first time I paired it in Ubuntu it was working fine, but after also pairing it in WIndows it stopped working properly. It was connecting and disconnecting in short interval of time approximate few seconds.

I found the solution in the links that I am going to provide below. I am not going to go in details because I am very noobish user of Ubuntu still and I don't quite understand much of the stuff I do. I hope it does help some of you.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bluetooth

https://averylarsen.com/posts/keeping-b … d-windows/

https://phoenixnap.com/kb/how-to-exit-vim

In short I had to check the registry in Windows and match it with the one in Linux in order to work on both OS's.

fikovnik

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Registered: 2020-11-06

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED] Bluetooth connect failed: br-connection-profile-unavailable.

I sometimes have similar problem - headphones (various) won't connect with the same error message:

$ bluetoothctl
...
[bluetooth]# connect C0:28:8D:AD:DA:26
Attempting to connect to C0:28:8D:AD:DA:26
Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed br-connection-profile-unavailable

Looking at the status of the bluetooth service I see the following message

$ systemctl status bluetooth
...
Jul 12 15:32:18 kathmandu bluetoothd[1086]: src/service.c:btd_service_connect() a2dp-sink profile connect failed for C0:28:8D:AD:DA:26: Protocol not available

Restarting the wireplumber usually solves this:

$ systemctl --user restart wireplumber.service

I don't know what the root cause of the problem is.

I'm on Linux 5.18.9-zen1-1-zen with:
pipewire 1:0.3.54-1
pipewire-pulse 1:0.3.54-1
bluez 5.64-2

Andrew33

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Registered: 2022-08-03

Posts: 1

Re: [SOLVED] Bluetooth connect failed: br-connection-profile-unavailable.

I simply had to run pulseaudio --daemonize to make it to work.

I have the following packages
local/bluez 5.63-2
    Daemons for the bluetooth protocol stack
local/bluez-libs 5.63-2
    Deprecated libraries for the bluetooth protocol stack
local/bluez-utils 5.63-2
    Development and debugging utilities for the bluetooth protocol stack
local/pulseaudio-bluetooth 15.0-4

Thank you so much, this worked! I could never get Pulseaudio to actually start until you recommended this command. Thanks!

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,181

Re: [SOLVED] Bluetooth connect failed: br-connection-profile-unavailable.

This thread is marked solved and over a year old, while you might still get the message the causes are almost certainly of a different nature and better suited in a new thread rather than necroing this one all the time.

Closing.