There are really plenty of hacks to get systems to do Bluetooth right, I would like to get mine to work too, or use a default that works if anybody would indulge me.
Let’s paint the picture.
- Gamer PC (Asus/NVidea/Intel)
- Bluetooth keyboard and mouse (Logitech)
- two screens with "mini" internal speakers (Eizo)
- Bluetooth Flip 5 speaker (JBL)
Pulsadio works, even if I don’t like it, and XFCE is standard in Ubuntu Studio, so I use it as is.
the dream You flip your PC on when you get home, start your favourite streaming service, press play, and hear music…
reality you search for hours over many weeks to find a solution that you end up perfecting into a scripted hack
the Hack / Workaround
- I use bluetoothctl as root
- untrust and remove the speaker
- Hard reboot the speaker
- Start a discover
- pair, connect and trust the speaker *
- Stop the discover
listen to music, until I reboot
* this has to happen in a very fast succesion to work, twidly fingers required.
This leads me to believe that this JBL devices, has a slighly diffrent trick to it.
I have a similar issue with my Sony Headset, but let’s focus on the JBL speaker.
more information:
Ubuntu 21.10 impish
XFCE4 with the wisker menu
Device B8:F6:53:1E:0E:72 (public)
Name: JBL Flip 5
Alias: JBL Flip 5
Class: 0x00240414
Icon: audio-card
Paired: 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)
I switch the Speaker off, and get a Disconnect in Windows, all as expected.
I switch it back on and get a quick Connect/Disconnect in Windows. With bluetoothctrl I then try a connect with the same result
Attempting to connect to B8:F6:53:1E:0E:72
[CHG] Device B8:F6:53:1E:0E:72 Connected: yes
Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed
[CHG] Device B8:F6:53:1E:0E:72 Connected: no
[CHG] Device B8:F6:53:1E:0E:72 Connected: yes
[CHG] Device B8:F6:53:1E:0E:72 Connected: no
Repeat the Hack
During the Hack /var/log/syslog reports errors, but the devices connects and works again
Dec 1 21:13:26 Halucia bluetoothd[1027]: profiles/audio/avdtp.c:avdtp_connect_cb() connect to B8:F6:53:1E:0E:72: Permission denied (13)
Dec 1 21:14:06 Halucia bluetoothd[1027]: message repeated 3 times: [ profiles/audio/avdtp.c:avdtp_connect_cb() connect to B8:F6:53:1E:0E:72: Permission denied (13)]
Dec 1 21:16:05 Halucia bluetoothd[1027]: /org/bluez/hci0/dev_B8_F6_53_1E_0E_72/sep1/fd2: fd(41) ready
Dec 1 21:16:05 Halucia pulseaudio[2691]: org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get /org/bluez/hci0/dev_B8_F6_53_1E_0E_72/sep1/fd2 Volume failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs: No such property 'Volume'
Dec 1 21:16:05 Halucia bluetoothd[1027]: profiles/audio/avctp.c:avctp_control_confirm() Control: Refusing unexpected connect
Dec 1 21:16:07 Halucia bluetoothd[1027]: profiles/audio/avctp.c:avctp_connect_cb() connect to B8:F6:53:1E:0E:72: Connection refused (111)
The Question
What do I need to do to get "Consumer Products" to connect and be able to reconnect to my PC, what am I missing ?
>Solution :
After a update today it seems to be working, without me really doing much. THe Bluetoothctl command is howerver very usefull, but I guess this Question solved itself. The solution was time and a OS update 😉