I have the same problem on my laptop : $ /etc/init.d/bluetooth status ● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since ven. 2016-03-25 10:04:32 CET; 25min ago Docs: man:bluetoothd(8) Main PID: 796 (bluetoothd) Status: "Running" Tasks: 1 (limit: 512) CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service └─796 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd
mars 25 10:04:32 debian bluetoothd[796]: Not enough free handles to register service mars 25 10:04:32 debian bluetoothd[796]: Sap driver initialization failed. mars 25 10:04:32 debian bluetoothd[796]: sap-server: Operation not permitted (1) mars 25 10:04:33 debian bluetoothd[796]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.34 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource mars 25 10:04:33 debian bluetoothd[796]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.34 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink mars 25 10:04:51 debian bluetoothd[796]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.57 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource mars 25 10:04:51 debian bluetoothd[796]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.57 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink mars 25 10:04:51 debian bluetoothd[796]: RFCOMM server failed for Headset Voice gateway: rfcomm_bind: Address already in use (98) mars 25 10:09:41 debian bluetoothd[796]: /org/bluez/hci0/dev_00_18_09_28_4F_5E/fd0: fd(33) ready mars 25 10:10:25 debian bluetoothd[796]: /org/bluez/hci0/dev_00_18_09_28_4F_5E/fd1: fd(33) ready If i restart bluetooth service, i have : ● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since ven. 2016-03-25 10:30:21 CET; 1s ago Docs: man:bluetoothd(8) Main PID: 5042 (bluetoothd) Status: "Running" Tasks: 1 (limit: 512) CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service └─5042 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd mars 25 10:30:21 debian bluetoothd[5042]: Sap driver initialization failed. mars 25 10:30:21 debian bluetoothd[5042]: sap-server: Operation not permitted (1) mars 25 10:30:21 debian bluetoothd[5042]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.57 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource mars 25 10:30:21 debian bluetoothd[5042]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.57 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink mars 25 10:30:21 debian bluetoothd[5042]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.34 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource mars 25 10:30:21 debian bluetoothd[5042]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.34 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink mars 25 10:30:21 debian bluetoothd[5042]: RFCOMM server failed for Headset Voice gateway: rfcomm_bind: Address already in use (98) mars 25 10:30:21 debian bluetoothd[5042]: Failed to set mode: Blocked through rfkill (0x12) mars 25 10:30:21 debian bluetoothd[5042]: Failed to set mode: Blocked through rfkill (0x12) mars 25 10:30:21 debian bluetoothd[5042]: Failed to set mode: Blocked through rfkill (0x12) Result of bluetoothctl : $ bluetoothctl [NEW] Controller 30:52:CB:84:14:22 debian-alex [default] [NEW] Device 00:18:09:28:4F:5E MDR-ZX330BT [NEW] Device 08:DF:1F:30:1C:27 Bose Colour SoundLink [bluetooth]# connect 00:18:09:28:4F:5E Attempting to connect to 00:18:09:28:4F:5E Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.5.0-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages bluetooth depends on: ii bluez 5.36-1 bluetooth recommends no packages. Versions of packages bluetooth suggests: ii bluez-cups 5.36-1 ii bluez-obexd 5.36-1##SELECTION_END##