I am trying to get my bluetooth headset (A2DP) working with PulseAudio on my Debian sid system. So far I cannot get it to work. Some versions: $ pulseaudio --version pulseaudio 0.9.15 $ dpkg -l bluez ii bluez 4.42-2 Bluetooth tools and daemons $ uname -r 2.6.30.5-orthanc-1 [ that's an unpatched 2.6.30.5 kernel ] Here's where I'm at: 1. I have PulseAudio running and working properly[1] with my Logitech Audiohub USB speakers, via alsa. That is the only ALSA "card" loaded. 2. I can get my bluetooth headset (Phillips SHB6100) working with alsa by editting my /etc/asound.conf and directing an ALSA application to the defined pcm device. I remove this configuration when trying to use PulseAudio so that it can communicate directly with the bluetooth device. PulseAudio does not see the headset though. I have the appropriate bluetooth modules installed, but they seem to have trouble talking to bluetoothd. If I start the pulseaudio daemon manually with verbose debugging and with the bluetooth headset connected, pulseaudio seems to get stuck for about 15-20 seconds trying to do its bluetooth stuff: D: module-bluetooth-device.c: IO Thread starting up D: module-bluetooth-device.c: Sending BT_REQUEST -> BT_START_STREAM D: module-bluetooth-device.c: Trying to receive message from audio service... D: alsa-sink.c: Cutting sleep time for the initial iterations by half. [last message repeated 14 times] [PAUSE HERE] D: module-bluetooth-device.c: Received BT_RESPONSE <- BT_START_STREAM D: module-bluetooth-device.c: Trying to receive message from audio service... D: module-bluetooth-device.c: Received BT_INDICATION <- BT_NEW_STREAM D: module-bluetooth-device.c: Stream properly set up, we're ready to roll! D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+28 I: module-bluetooth-device.c: FD error: POLLERR D: module-bluetooth-device.c: IO thread failed [...] I: module.c: Unloading "module-bluetooth-device" (index: #6). D: module-rescue-streams.c: No sink inputs to move away. D: module-rescue-streams.c: No source outputs to move away. D: module-rescue-streams.c: No source outputs to move away. D: module-bluetooth-device.c: IO thread shutting down I: sink.c: Freeing sink 1 "bluez_sink.00_0C_78_42_AF_9E" I: source.c: Freeing source 1 "bluez_sink.00_0C_78_42_AF_9E.monitor" I: source.c: Freeing source 2 "bluez_source.00_0C_78_42_AF_9E" I: card.c: Freed 1 "bluez_card.00_0C_78_42_AF_9E" I: module.c: Unloaded "module-bluetooth-device" (index: #6). bluetoothd reports via syslog: bluetoothd[2426]: HUP or ERR on socket While pulseaudio is paused above, pavucontrol cannot connect to the daemon (I dont think anything can), so I cannot see bluetooth devices at any time. Any ideas?
