Research on the error led to zillions of matches, but the most promising appeared to a couple of answers given here on SE - @udjamaflip answer for Raspberry Pi@udjamaflip answer for Raspberry Pi. This answer refers to another answer on the SE Ubuntu site.. And one other answer on Unix&Linux SE.
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Research on the error led to zillions of matches, but the most promising appeared to a couple of answers given here on SE - @udjamaflip answer for Raspberry Pi. This answer refers to another answer on the SE Ubuntu site.
Research on the error led to zillions of matches, but the most promising appeared to a couple of answers given here on SE - @udjamaflip answer for Raspberry Pi. This answer refers to another answer on the SE Ubuntu site.. And one other answer on Unix&Linux SE.
Bluetooth Blues
I've discovered again that cursing and swearing at inanimate objects doesn't actually improve things, so I'll try posting a question.
A couple of months ago I attempted a fairly ambitious project (Sonos Bluetooth Bridge) with my RPi that didn't work out. It was a fairly complex project IMHO, and as the author of the article didn't respond to help requests, I decided to set it aside, and start with a simpler Bluetooth project.
Connecting to a Bluetooth speaker seemed straightforward enough, but I'm now wondering if there is such a thing as a simple Bluetooth project. My setup is simple:
- Raspberry Pi 3B+ w/ current Raspbian stretch
- Anker SoundCore mini speaker
Just to verify the speaker worked, in about 2 minutes I was able to connected from my phone & play music. Speaker works.
Here's an attempt to show the relevant software on my system:
$ dpkg -l | grep blue ii bluez 5.43-2+rpt2+deb9u2 armhf Bluetooth tools and daemons ii bluez-firmware 1.2-3+rpt7 all Firmware for Bluetooth devices ii pi-bluetooth 0.1.10 all Raspberry Pi 3 bluetooth ii pulseaudio-module-bluetooth 10.0-1+deb9u1 armhf Bluetooth module for PulseAudio sound server From my RPi, I used bluetoothctl to discover and pair with the speaker as follows (some steps deleted for brevity):
pi@raspberrypi3b:~ $ sudo bluetoothctl [NEW] Controller B8:27:EB:67:85:55 raspberrypi3b [default] [NEW] Device F4:4E:FD:2A:3C:B6 SoundCore mini [NEW] Device A8:66:7F:4D:1A:B2 SdMiPhone [bluetooth]# info F4:4E:FD:2A:3C:B6 Device F4:4E:FD:2A:3C:B6 Name: SoundCore mini Alias: SoundCore mini Class: 0x240404 Icon: audio-card Paired: yes Trusted: yes Blocked: no Connected: no LegacyPairing: no 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) UUID: Handsfree (0000111e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb) [bluetooth]# connect F4:4E:FD:2A:3C:B6 Attempting to connect to F4:4E:FD:2A:3C:B6 Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed Research on the error led to zillions of matches, but the most promising appeared to a couple of answers given here on SE - @udjamaflip answer for Raspberry Pi. This answer refers to another answer on the SE Ubuntu site.
I think I've followed the steps correctly. I've edited both files IAW the referenced answer, rebooted, used pactl, but I still get the failure:
Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed
FWIW, the pactl step succeeds once per reboot, trying to load-module again gets an error, but it can be unload-ed, and then load-ed successfully:
$ pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover 20 $ pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover Failure: Module initialization failed $ pactl unload-module module-bluetooth-discover $ pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover 22 $ The syslog shows the following for each attempt at a connection w/ bluetoothctl:
bluetoothd[491]: a2dp-sink profile connect failed for F4:4E:FD:2A:3C:B6: Protocol not available Any ideas or suggestions are much appreciated.