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rofocalus

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Registered: 2023-08-23

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Pulseaudio - Bluetooth sink not appearing in Pulseaudio.

Hello everyone! This is my first time posting here, not too familiar with Arch Linux/Linux as a whole so forgive me if this is a simple mistake/fix. I have a bluetooth speaker I want to connect to a home server I have running Arch, however I cannot get the bluetooth device to appear in Pulseaudio. I confirmed it is connected via bluetoothctl, I have the pulseaudio-bluetooth package installed, however I cannot manage to get the sink to be recognized in Pulseaudio despite my best efforts. I have been troubleshooting this for ~2-3 hours with no headway, so any advice would be greatly appreciated .

Output of pacmd list-modules
25 module(s) loaded.
    index: 0
        name: <module-switch-on-connect>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Michael Terry"
                module.description = "When a sink/source is added, switch to it or conditionally switch to it"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 1
        name: <module-device-restore>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Automatically restore the volume/mute state of devices"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 2
        name: <module-stream-restore>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Automatically restore the volume/mute/device state of streams"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 3
        name: <module-card-restore>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Automatically restore profile of cards"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 4
        name: <module-augment-properties>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Augment the property sets of streams with additional static information"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 5
        name: <module-switch-on-port-available>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "David Henningsson"
                module.description = "Switches ports and profiles when devices are plugged/unplugged"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 6
        name: <module-udev-detect>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Detect available audio hardware and load matching drivers"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 7
        name: <module-bluetooth-policy>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Frédéric Dalleau, Pali Rohár"
                module.description = "Policy module to make using bluetooth devices out-of-the-box easier"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 8
        name: <module-bluetooth-discover>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "João Paulo Rechi Vita"
                module.description = "Detect available Bluetooth daemon and load the corresponding discovery module"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 9
        name: <module-bluez5-discover>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "João Paulo Rechi Vita"
                module.description = "Detect available BlueZ 5 Bluetooth audio devices and load BlueZ 5 Bluetooth audio drivers"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 10
        name: <module-dbus-protocol>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Tanu Kaskinen"
                module.description = "D-Bus interface"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 11
        name: <module-native-protocol-unix>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: no
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Native protocol (UNIX sockets)"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 12
        name: <module-gsettings>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Sylvain Baubeau"
                module.description = "GSettings Adapter"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 13
        name: <module-default-device-restore>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Automatically restore the default sink and source"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 14
        name: <module-always-sink>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
                module.description = "Always keeps at least one sink loaded even if it's a null one"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 15
        name: <module-null-sink>
        argument: <sink_name=auto_null sink_properties='device.description="Dummy Output"'>
        used: 0
        load once: no
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Clocked NULL sink"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 16
        name: <module-intended-roles>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Automatically set device of streams based on intended roles of devices"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 17
        name: <module-suspend-on-idle>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "When a sink/source is idle for too long, suspend it"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 18
        name: <module-console-kit>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Create a client for each ConsoleKit session of this user"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 19
        name: <module-systemd-login>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Create a client for each login session of this user"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 20
        name: <module-position-event-sounds>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Position event sounds between L and R depending on the position on screen of the widget triggering them."
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 21
        name: <module-role-cork>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Mute & cork streams with certain roles while others exist"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 22
        name: <module-filter-heuristics>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
                module.description = "Detect when various filters are desirable"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 23
        name: <module-filter-apply>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
                module.description = "Load filter sinks automatically when needed"
                module.version = "16.1"
    index: 24
        name: <module-cli-protocol-unix>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: no
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Command line interface protocol (UNIX sockets)"
                module.version = "16.1"

~>  pacmd list-cards
0 card(s) available.
~> pacmd list-sinks
1 sink(s) available.
  * index: 0
        name: <auto_null>
        driver: <module-null-sink.c>
        flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
        state: SUSPENDED
        suspend cause: IDLE
        priority: 1000
        volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
        volume steps: 65537
        muted: no
        current latency: 0.00 ms
        max request: 344 KiB
        max rewind: 344 KiB
        monitor source: 0
        sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
        channel map: front-left,front-right
                     Stereo
        used by: 0
        linked by: 0
        configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 2000.00 ms
        module: 15
        properties:
                device.description = "Dummy Output"
                device.class = "abstract"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card"

[Edit] Output of bluetoothctl

[ChromaComfort-Sensonic Speaker]# info
Device 4C:72:74:F2:D5:65 (public)
        Name: ChromaComfort-Sensonic Speaker
        Alias: ChromaComfort-Sensonic Speaker
        Class: 0x00260404 (2491396)
        Icon: audio-headset
        Paired: yes
        Bonded: yes
        Trusted: yes
        Blocked: no
        Connected: yes
        LegacyPairing: no
        UUID: Serial Port               (00001101-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: Audio Sink                (0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: A/V Remote Control Target (0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: A/V Remote Control        (0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        ManufacturerData Key: 0x6334 (25396)
        ManufacturerData Value:
  37 32 37 34 66 32 64 35 36 35                    7274f2d565
        ManufacturerData Key: 0x3030 (12336)
        ManufacturerData Value:
  30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30                    0000000000
        RSSI: 0xffffffb2 (-78)

Thank you everyone for your time!

Last edited by rofocalus (2023-08-23 21:11:14)