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If your bluetooth earbuds is not working, try this.

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sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth

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pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover
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Re: If your bluetooth earbuds is not working, try this.

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JLC17 wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:04 am Does that work with the microphone ?
No idea, as my earbuds and headsets have worked without it, inclusive of microphone.

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Re: If your bluetooth earbuds is not working, try this.

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Just tried it and got an error.

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xxxxx@xxxxx-HP-ProBook-650-G1:~$ sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
[sudo] password for xxxxx:           
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth is already the newest version (1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.13).
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth set to manually installed.
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
xxxxx@xxxxx-HP-ProBook-650-G1:~$ pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover
Failure: Module initialisation failed
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