Re: [BUG] Use of gatttool causes scan to stop (permanently?)

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Hi John,

On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 12:00 PM John Klug <John.Klug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I am using 5.4.199 currently with bluez 5.64 on an arm 32.  The same problem occurs in earlier versions and kernels.
>
> In bluetoothctl after the issue occurs the "show" command always says:
>     Discovering: yes
>
> And no scan data follows, even though we have many devices.
>
> I have tried turning on duplicate data with bluetoothctl.
>
> I see (manually typed in):
>   [bluetooth]# scan on
>   SetDiscoveryFilter success
>   [bluetooth]# scan off
>   Failed to stop discovery: org.bluez.Error.InProgress
>   [bluetooth]# scan on
>   Failed to start discovery: org.bluez.Error.InProgress
>   [bluetooth]# scan off
>   Failed to stop discovery: org.bluez.Error.InProgress
>   [bluetooth]# scan on
>   Failed to start discovery: org.bluez.Error.InProgress
>   [bluetooth]# scan off
>   Failed to stop discovery: org.bluez.Error.InProgress
>   Failed to start discovery: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply
>
> gatttool can still connect and retrieve data.
>
> btmon shows no activty except from gatttool, and none from scan
>
> Here is a snippet of debug from bluetoothd:
>
>     Jun 21 13:33:30 ecc8 daemon.debug bluetoothd[32170]: ../bluez-5.64/src/=
> agent.c:agent_disconnect() Agent :1.1113 disconnected
>     Jun 21 13:33:30 ecc8 daemon.debug bluetoothd[32170]: ../bluez-5.64/src/=
> agent.c:remove_default_agent() Default agent cleared
>     Jun 21 13:33:30 ecc8 daemon.debug bluetoothd[32170]: ../bluez-5.64/src/=
> adapter.c:set_mode() sending set mode command for index 0
>     Jun 21 13:33:30 ecc8 daemon.debug bluetoothd[32170]: ../bluez-5.64/src/=
> agent.c:agent_destroy() agent :1.1113
>     Jun 21 13:33:30 ecc8 daemon.debug bluetoothd[32170]: ../bluez-5.64/src/=
> agent.c:agent_unref() 0x13285c8: ref=3D0
>     Jun 21 13:33:30 ecc8 daemon.debug bluetoothd[32170]: ../bluez-5.64/src/=
> adapter.c:discovery_disconnect() owner :1.1113
>     Jun 21 13:33:30 ecc8 daemon.debug bluetoothd[32170]: ../bluez-5.64/src/=
> adapter.c:discovery_remove() owner :1.1113
>     Jun 21 13:33:30 ecc8 daemon.debug bluetoothd[32170]: ../bluez-5.64/src/=
> adapter.c:discovery_free() 0x1321050
>     Jun 21 13:33:30 ecc8 daemon.debug bluetoothd[32170]: ../bluez-5.64/src/=
> adapter.c:update_discovery_filter()
>     Jun 21 13:33:30 ecc8 daemon.debug bluetoothd[32170]: ../bluez-5.64/src/=
> adapter.c:discovery_filter_to_mgmt_cp()
>     Jun 21 13:33:30 ecc8 daemon.debug bluetoothd[32170]: ../bluez-5.64/src/=
> adapter.c:trigger_start_discovery()
>     Jun 21 13:33:30 ecc8 daemon.debug bluetoothd[32170]: ../bluez-5.64/src/=
> adapter.c:cancel_passive_scanning()
>     Jun 21 13:33:30 ecc8 daemon.debug bluetoothd[32170]: ../bluez-5.64/src/=
> adapter.c:start_discovery_timeout()
>     Jun 21 13:33:30 ecc8 daemon.debug bluetoothd[32170]: ../bluez-5.64/src/=
> adapter.c:start_discovery_timeout() adapter->current_discovery_filter
>
> Do you have any suggestions for further research into this problem?

Don't use gatttool, which has been deprecated, instead use
bluetoothctl (menu gatt) for GATT operations.

> John Klug



-- 
Luiz Augusto von Dentz



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