My bluetooth behaves strangely. After reboot, I can connect my headphones via blueman-manager easily but they do not appear in sound settings / pavucontrol and the sound comes from speakers. However, after restarting bluetooth via sudo systemctl restart bluetooth headphones connect and appear in settings with the right profile (A2P or HFP), and work great until next reboot. I spent hours searching all the internet and tried every possible solution which I could understand with my limited Linux knowledge like purging and reinstalling everything merely related to bluetooth, deleting ~/.config/pulse or var/lib/bluetooth, killing pulsaudio over and over again, loading and unloading modules etc but with no success. Below you may find results of an "experiment" where I tried to "study" the behavior. Obviously I'v got a bunch of errors in service bluetooth status but strangely phones worked perfectly despite those errors.
Has someone any idea of what might be wrong with my system?
loaded modules after reboot:
~$ pactl list modules short
0 module-device-restore
1 module-stream-restore
2 module-card-restore
3 module-augment-properties
4 module-switch-on-port-available
5 module-switch-on-connect
6 module-udev-detect
7 module-alsa-card device_id="0" name="pci-0000_06_00.1" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_06_00.1" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes use_ucm=yes avoid_resampling=no card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1"
8 module-alsa-card device_id="2" name="usb-OmniVision_Technologies__Inc._USB_Camera-B4.09.24.1-01" card_name="alsa_card.usb-OmniVision_Technologies__Inc._USB_Camera-B4.09.24.1-01" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes use_ucm=yes avoid_resampling=no card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1"
9 module-alsa-card device_id="1" name="pci-0000_08_00.3" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_08_00.3" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes use_ucm=yes avoid_resampling=no card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1"
10 module-bluetooth-policy
11 module-bluetooth-discover
12 module-bluez5-discover
13 module-native-protocol-unix
14 module-default-device-restore
15 module-always-sink
16 module-intended-roles
17 module-suspend-on-idle
18 module-systemd-login
19 module-position-event-sounds
20 module-role-cork
21 module-snap-policy
22 module-filter-heuristics
23 module-filter-apply
start of the experiment
1.headphones (hp) unconnected:
~$ sudo systemctl | grep blue*
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.3-0000:01:00.0-usb1-1\x2d8-1\x2d8:1.0-bluetooth-hci0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.3/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0
sys-subsystem-bluetooth-devices-hci0.device loaded active plugged /sys/subsystem/bluetooth/devices/hci0
bluetooth.service loaded active running Bluetooth service
bluez-alsa.service loaded active running Bluealsa daemon
bluetooth.target loaded active active Bluetooth Support
2. hp connected before restarting bluetooth, hp don't appear in pavucontrol
~$ sudo systemctl | grep blue*
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.3-0000:01:00.0-usb1-1\x2d8-1\x2d8:1.0-bluetooth-hci0-hci0:1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.3/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:1
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.3-0000:01:00.0-usb1-1\x2d8-1\x2d8:1.0-bluetooth-hci0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.3/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0
sys-subsystem-bluetooth-devices-hci0.device loaded active plugged /sys/subsystem/bluetooth/devices/hci0
sys-subsystem-bluetooth-devices-hci0:1.device loaded active plugged /sys/subsystem/bluetooth/devices/hci0:1
...
3. hp disconnected (by me)
4. hp connected after running sudo systemctl restart bluetooth, hp were first connected to another device. HFP profile appears in pavucontrol, sound works
~$ sudo systemctl | grep blue*
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.3-0000:01:00.0-usb1-1\x2d8-1\x2d8:1.0-bluetooth-hci0-hci0:1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.3/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:1
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.3-0000:01:00.0-usb1-1\x2d8-1\x2d8:1.0-bluetooth-hci0-hci0:3.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.3/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:3
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.3-0000:01:00.0-usb1-1\x2d8-1\x2d8:1.0-bluetooth-hci0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.3/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0
sys-subsystem-bluetooth-devices-hci0.device loaded active plugged /sys/subsystem/bluetooth/devices/hci0
sys-subsystem-bluetooth-devices-hci0:1.device loaded active plugged /sys/subsystem/bluetooth/devices/hci0:1
sys-subsystem-bluetooth-devices-hci0:3.device loaded active plugged /sys/subsystem/bluetooth/devices/hci0:3
...
5. hp disconnected (by me)
6. hp connected after disconnecting from another device. A2P profile appears in pavucontrol, sound works.
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.3-0000:01:00.0-usb1-1\x2d8-1\x2d8:1.0-bluetooth-hci0-hci0:7.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.3/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:4
sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:01.3-0000:01:00.0-usb1-1\x2d8-1\x2d8:1.0-bluetooth-hci0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.3/0000:01:00.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0
sys-subsystem-bluetooth-devices-hci0.device loaded active plugged /sys/subsystem/bluetooth/devices/hci0
sys-subsystem-bluetooth-devices-hci0:4.device loaded active plugged /sys/subsystem/bluetooth/devices/hci0:4
...
corresponding service bluetooth status output after the experiment:
~$ service bluetooth status
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2023-01-06 00:11:57 CET; 6min ago
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
Main PID: 5453 (bluetoothd)
Status: "Running"
Tasks: 1 (limit: 38218)
Memory: 1016.0K
CPU: 74ms
CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
└─5453 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd
Jan 06 00:11:58 Sphex bluetoothd[5453]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.187 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc_xq_552
Jan 06 00:11:58 Sphex bluetoothd[5453]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.212 path=/org/bluez/hci0/A2DP/LDAC/Source/1
Jan 06 00:11:58 Sphex bluetoothd[5453]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.212 path=/org/bluez/hci0/A2DP/LDAC/Source/2
Jan 06 00:11:58 Sphex bluetoothd[5453]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.212 path=/org/bluez/hci0/A2DP/SBC/Source/1
Jan 06 00:11:58 Sphex bluetoothd[5453]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.212 path=/org/bluez/hci0/A2DP/SBC/Source/2
Jan 06 00:11:58 Sphex bluetoothd[5453]: src/profile.c:ext_start_servers() RFCOMM server failed for Hands-Free Voice gateway: rfcomm_bind: Address already in use (98)
Jan 06 00:11:58 Sphex bluetoothd[5453]: src/adv_monitor.c:btd_adv_monitor_power_down() Unexpected NULL btd_adv_monitor_manager object upon power down
Jan 06 00:12:23 Sphex bluetoothd[5453]: profiles/audio/avdtp.c:avdtp_connect_cb() connect to 1C:6E:4C:83:6D:F2: Connection refused (111)
Jan 06 00:16:56 Sphex bluetoothd[5453]: src/profile.c:ext_io_disconnected() Unable to get io data for Hands-Free Voice gateway: getpeername: Transport endpoint is not connected (107)
Jan 06 00:17:22 Sphex bluetoothd[5453]: /org/bluez/hci0/dev_1C_6E_4C_83_6D_F2/sep1/fd0: fd(41) ready
pacmd info
pacmd list-cards
...
index: 4
name: <bluez_card.1C_6E_4C_83_6D_F2>
driver: <module-bluez5-device.c>
owner module: 25
properties:
device.description = "MAJOR IV"
device.string = "1C:6E:4C:83:6D:F2"
device.api = "bluez"
device.class = "sound"
device.bus = "bluetooth"
device.form_factor = "headphone"
bluez.path = "/org/bluez/hci0/dev_1C_6E_4C_83_6D_F2"
bluez.class = "0x240418"
bluez.alias = "MAJOR IV"
device.icon_name = "audio-headphones-bluetooth"
bluetooth.codec = "sbc"
profiles:
a2dp_sink: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) (priority 40, available: unknown)
handsfree_head_unit: Handsfree Head Unit (HFP) (priority 30, available: no)
off: Off (priority 0, available: yes)
active profile: <a2dp_sink>
sinks:
bluez_sink.1C_6E_4C_83_6D_F2.a2dp_sink/#2: MAJOR IV
sources:
bluez_sink.1C_6E_4C_83_6D_F2.a2dp_sink.monitor/#4: Monitor of MAJOR IV
ports:
headphone-output: Headphone (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
headphone-input: Bluetooth Input (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
pacmd list-sinks
...
* index: 2
name: <bluez_sink.1C_6E_4C_83_6D_F2.a2dp_sink>
driver: <module-bluez5-device.c>
flags: HARDWARE HW_VOLUME_CTRL LATENCY
state: SUSPENDED
suspend cause: IDLE
priority: 9950
volume: front-left: 25802 / 39%, front-right: 25802 / 39%
balance 0.00
base volume: 65536 / 100%
volume steps: 128
muted: no
current latency: 0.00 ms
max request: 3 KiB
max rewind: 0 KiB
monitor source: 4
sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
channel map: front-left,front-right
Stereo
used by: 0
linked by: 0
fixed latency: 45.32 ms
card: 4 <bluez_card.1C_6E_4C_83_6D_F2>
module: 25
properties:
bluetooth.protocol = "a2dp_sink"
bluetooth.codec = "sbc"
device.description = "MAJOR IV"
device.string = "1C:6E:4C:83:6D:F2"
device.api = "bluez"
device.class = "sound"
device.bus = "bluetooth"
device.form_factor = "headphone"
bluez.path = "/org/bluez/hci0/dev_1C_6E_4C_83_6D_F2"
bluez.class = "0x240418"
bluez.alias = "MAJOR IV"
device.icon_name = "audio-headphones-bluetooth"
ports:
headphone-output: Headphone (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
active port: <headphone-output>
pacmd list-sources
...
index: 4
name: <bluez_sink.1C_6E_4C_83_6D_F2.a2dp_sink.monitor>
driver: <module-bluez5-device.c>
flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
state: SUSPENDED
suspend cause: IDLE
priority: 1950
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 rewind: 0 KiB
sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
channel map: front-left,front-right
Stereo
used by: 0
linked by: 0
fixed latency: 45.32 ms
monitor_of: 2
card: 4 <bluez_card.1C_6E_4C_83_6D_F2>
module: 25
properties:
device.description = "Monitor of MAJOR IV"
device.class = "monitor"
device.string = "1C:6E:4C:83:6D:F2"
device.api = "bluez"
device.bus = "bluetooth"
device.form_factor = "headphone"
bluez.path = "/org/bluez/hci0/dev_1C_6E_4C_83_6D_F2"
bluez.class = "0x240418"
bluez.alias = "MAJOR IV"
device.icon_name = "audio-headphones-bluetooth"
my system:
inxi -Fxxxrz
System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-56-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.5 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B450-I GAMING v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 4901
date: 07/25/2022
CPU:
Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled
arch: Zen+ rev: 2 cache: L1: 768 KiB L2: 4 MiB L3: 16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2142 high: 2849 min/max: 2200/3700 boost: enabled
cores: 1: 1947 2: 2738 3: 1813 4: 2391 5: 2197 6: 2070 7: 2193 8: 1885
9: 1747 10: 2849 11: 1810 12: 2174 13: 2196 14: 2187 15: 2194 16: 1887
bogomips: 118178
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 3GB] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia
v: 515.86.01 pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 06:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1c02 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 90 s-size: 542x301mm (21.3x11.9")
s-diag: 620mm (24.4")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 90
size: 544x303mm (21.4x11.9") diag: 623mm (24.5")
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB/PCIe/SSE2
v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 515.86.01 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: ZOTAC
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 06:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 08:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Nam Tai E&E Products or OmniVision Sony Playstation Eye
type: USB driver: ov534,snd-usb-audio bus-ID: 3-3:4 chip-ID: 1415:2000
class-ID: 0102
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-56-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.63 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel
pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8822BE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi adapter vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: rtw_8822be v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: c000
bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:b822 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: lxcbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: ASUSTek Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-8:5 chip-ID: 0b05:185c class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.2 sub-v: 705c hci-v: 4.2 rev: ab6b
RAID:
Device-1: default type: zfs status: ONLINE level: linear raw:
size: 18.5 GiB free: 18.5 GiB allocated: 1.4 MiB zfs-fs: size: 17.92 GiB
free: 17.92 GiB
Components: Online: 1:
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 1.23 TiB (67.8%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-22MFCA0
size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
rev: 1A01 scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-00BBHA0
size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
rev: 1A01
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 915.82 GiB used: 780.18 GiB (85.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 36.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 34 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 40%
Repos:
Packages: 3758 apt: 3688 flatpak: 54 snap: 16
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list
1: deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/
2: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/ubuntu/ focal-backports main restricted universe
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/c2d4u_team-c2d4u4_0_-focal.list
1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c2d4u.team/c2d4u4.0+/ubuntu jammy main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cybermax-dexter-sdl2-backport-focal.list
1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cybermax-dexter/sdl2-backport/ubuntu jammy main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/graphics-drivers-ppa-focal.list
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lutris-team-lutris-focal.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com vera main upstream import backport
2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pipewire-debian-pipewire-upstream-focal.list
1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pipewire-debian/pipewire-upstream/ubuntu jammy main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/savoury1-xscreensaver-jammy.list
1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/savoury1/xscreensaver/ubuntu jammy main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/unit193-encryption-focal.list
1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/unit193/encryption/ubuntu jammy main
2: deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/unit193/encryption/ubuntu jammy main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yannubuntu-boot-repair-focal.list
1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/yannubuntu/boot-repair/ubuntu jammy main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-focal.sources
1: deb [arch=amd64 i386] https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu focal main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-jammy.sources
1: deb [arch=amd64 i386] https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu jammy main
Info:
Processes: 452 Uptime: 29m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.27 GiB
used: 3.11 GiB (10.0%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 10/11/9 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal
inxi: 3.3.13
sudo journalctl -xeu bluetooth(to see the logs from the end) orsudo journalctl -xu bluetooth(to see the logs from the beginning). Maybe that shows you more detailed logs about the error.#Restart=on-failure(or if it does not exits then add it in the[Service]section). Also, you can add this line in[Service]section:RestartSec=5or any number of seconds you want/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.serviceRestart=on-failure has not been commented. The addition of RestartSec=7 or 15 did not help. executingsudo systemctl restart bluetoothmanually still helps.