bluetooth

[jondoe]

Hello All,
Recently I have run into a Bluetooth Problem .

Mint 19.1 Cinnamon
I added a Bluetooth USB Dongle, so I could use a Bluetooth Headset.

I have had great success using three headsets(not at same time of course)
2 of the headsets are same exact brand and model ( one on charger while using the other)

Problem :
When first noticed problem I hit something with a mouse tick in sound adjust icon near clock then my bluetooth has never been same.
This maybe a coincidence , because I also upgraded Kernel to newest , just few days ago.

1. I hit sound icon with mouse
2. Now bluetooth pairs but yutube hangs
3. if youtube works I get no sound , unless use computer speakers not headset
4. tried a mp3 file same thing on headset.
5. try a diff headset and all works , try the suspected headset on diff devices with no troubles.

Wish there was a way to rename devices , maybe mint confused by me having multiple devices with same name when found in pairing

so in other words i have 3 devices always listed in mint as paired before, 2 have same name.

Jondoe@LinMint19-1Efi:~$ pactl list short | grep blue
8 module-bluetooth-policy
9 module-bluetooth-discover
10 module-bluez5-discover
Jondoe@LinMint19-1Efi:~$ pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover
Failure: Module initialization failed
Jondoe@LinMint19-1Efi:~$ pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover
Failure: Module initialization failed
Jondoe@LinMint19-1Efi:~$ pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover
Failure: Module initialization failed
Jondoe@LinMint19-1Efi:~$
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On Good Cheap Headset working good now I get this from command
Johndoe@LinMint19-1Efi:~$ pactl list short | grep blue
8 module-bluetooth-policy
9 module-bluetooth-discover
10 module-bluez5-discover
jondoe@LinMint19-1Efi:~$ pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover
Failure: Module initialization failed
jondoe@LinMint19-1Efi:~$ pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover
Failure: Module initialization failed
jondoe@LinMint19-1Efi:~$ pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover
Failure: Module initialization failed
jondoe@LinMint19-1Efi:~$ systemctl status bluetooth
● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2019-01-14 06:46:13 MST; 57min ago
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
Main PID: 873 (bluetoothd)
Status: "Running"
Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
└─873 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd

Jan 14 06:46:13 LinMint19-1Efi bluetoothd[873]: Starting SDP server
Jan 14 06:46:13 LinMint19-1Efi systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
Jan 14 06:46:13 LinMint19-1Efi bluetoothd[873]: Bluetooth management interface 1.14 initialized
Jan 14 06:46:14 LinMint19-1Efi bluetoothd[873]: Failed to set mode: Blocked through rfkill (0x1
Jan 14 07:05:16 LinMint19-1Efi bluetoothd[873]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.56 path=/MediaEn
Jan 14 07:05:16 LinMint19-1Efi bluetoothd[873]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.56 path=/MediaEn
Jan 14 07:05:24 LinMint19-1Efi bluetoothd[873]: Failed to set mode: Blocked through rfkill (0x1
Jan 14 07:17:45 LinMint19-1Efi bluetoothd[873]: Failed to set mode: Blocked through rfkill (0x1
Jan 14 07:17:45 LinMint19-1Efi bluetoothd[873]: Failed to set mode: Blocked through rfkill (0x1
Jan 14 07:38:51 LinMint19-1Efi bluetoothd[873]: /org/bluez/hci0/dev_E9_08_EF_02_17_D4/fd0: fd(2
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● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2019-01-14 06:46:13 MST; 57min ago
Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
Main PID: 873 (bluetoothd)
Status: "Running"
Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
└─873 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd

Jan 14 06:46:13 LinMint19-1Efi bluetoothd[873]: Starting SDP server
Jan 14 06:46:13 LinMint19-1Efi systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
Jan 14 06:46:13 LinMint19-1Efi bluetoothd[873]: Bluetooth management interface 1.14 initialized
Jan 14 06:46:14 LinMint19-1Efi bluetoothd[873]: Failed to set mode: Blocked through rfkill (0x12)
Jan 14 07:05:16 LinMint19-1Efi bluetoothd[873]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.56 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource
Jan 14 07:05:16 LinMint19-1Efi bluetoothd[873]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.56 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink
Jan 14 07:05:24 LinMint19-1Efi bluetoothd[873]: Failed to set mode: Blocked through rfkill (0x12)
Jan 14 07:17:45 LinMint19-1Efi bluetoothd[873]: Failed to set mode: Blocked through rfkill (0x12)
Jan 14 07:17:45 LinMint19-1Efi bluetoothd[873]: Failed to set mode: Blocked through rfkill (0x12)
Jan 14 07:38:51 LinMint19-1Efi bluetoothd[873]: /org/bluez/hci0/dev_E9_08_EF_02_17_D4/fd0: fd(27) ready

Note: this is a headset that works but note has stuff labelled as failed
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I just learned this command so I will run same command when my device is charged up and re paired to mint

[mrmajik45]

Can you paste the results of

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inxi -Fxz

[jondoe]

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jondoe@LinMint19-1Efi:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: LinMint19-1Efi Kernel: 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc 
           v: 7.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.0.8 Distro: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa 
           base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: 23-d027c v: 1.00 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 2ADC v: 1.06 serial: <filter> UEFI: AMI v: 8.13 
           date: 02/07/2013 
Battery:   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech MX Vertical Advanced Ergonomic Mouse 
           charge: 100% status: Discharging 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-3330S bits: 64 type: MCP 
           arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 9 L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 21550 
           Speed: 1597 MHz min/max: 1600/3200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1597 2: 1596 
           3: 1596 4: 1596 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics 
           vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Desktop v: 4.2 Mesa 18.0.5 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio 
           vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.18.0-13-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Ralink RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
           driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 port: f040 bus ID: 03:00.0 
           IF: wlp3s0f0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
           vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus ID: 06:00.0 
           IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 149.05 GiB used: 77.05 GiB (51.7%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST3160815AS size: 149.05 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 137.47 GiB used: 77.04 GiB (56.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 7.86 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-1 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 206 Uptime: 1h 06m Memory: 7.66 GiB used: 2.48 GiB (32.3%) 
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.19 
           inxi: 3.0.27 
jondoe@LinMint19-1Efi:~$

[jondoe]

I just Double Checked ( remember I have 3 bluetooth headsets and 2 are the same brand and model)

Brand: Jlab Headset still works fine as always

Brand: TreksAir by afterShokz The one I have problems with , I re connected to Mint and it says connected even said it thru my headeset
re checked youtube = no sound re checked a music file = no sound

Next

Connected my second TreksAir by afterShokz and all works fine youtube and music file

Connected the problem TreksAir by afterShokz to my other devices ( phone and tablet works fine)

I have removed device ( i think right mouse click and remove) , hoping this would forever delete device and what ever setting i messed up.
I think I have to flush it completely somehow. And re pair. -----Not sure how to purge it completely in linux.
Re-pair does not fix it. Any Help or ideas welcome.