Oh man, it turns out the original issue is still there, too. The earbuds stayed connected for about 15 minutes, but suddenly the sound got really choppy and distorted, and then went silent, and then they disconnected and this was in syslog:
Sep 24 12:02:58 debian bluetoothd[627]: Start: Connection timed out (110) Sep 24 12:02:58 debian pulseaudio[1408]: E: [bluetooth] bluez5-util.c: Transport Acquire() failed for transport /org/bluez/hci0/dev_9B_1F_48_B8_55_F6/fd0 (Input/output error) Sep 24 12:02:58 debian bluetoothd[627]: avdtp_start failed Sep 24 12:02:58 debian pulseaudio[1408]: E: [bluetooth] bluez5-util.c: Transport Acquire() failed for transport /org/bluez/hci0/dev_9B_1F_48_B8_55_F6/fd0 (Operation Not Authorized) Sep 24 12:03:00 debian bluetoothd[627]: Abort: Connection timed out (110) Sep 24 12:03:00 debian gsd-media-keys[1510]: Unable to get default sink So it looks like I still have Bluetooth and/or pulseaudio issues here. This was definitely broken by something that changed between Jessie and Buster. Should I file a bug report, perhaps? On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 11:58 AM David Parker <dpar...@utica.edu> wrote: > Thanks for the advice. I unpaired the earbuds, removed my ~/.config/pulse > directory, rebooted, then used bluetoothctl to trust, pair, and connect > them again. It seems to have worked (they have been connected for about 10 > minutes and have not disconnected yet), but I am still having a few issues > which I did not have under Jessie: > > 1. The left/right channels are swapped (according to the speaker test in > the Gnome sound settings) > 2. The sound frequently becomes choppy and/or cuts out for several > seconds. I am sitting about 3 feet from the USB Bluetooth adapter plugged > into the PC, and it was always fine before. > > Any ideas on fixing the channels and sound quality? > > Thanks! > > On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 5:40 PM deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> David Parker wrote: >> >> > But I just got a new PC and installed Buster on >> > it, and now I struggle just to get the earbuds paired and connected >> >> if there are problems with the GUI in Gnome use bluetoothctl for pairing >> There are also few options you may try >> >> >> >> > > -- > Dave Parker '11 > Database & Systems Administrator > Utica College > Integrated Information Technology Services > (315) 792-3229 > Registered Linux User #408177 > -- Dave Parker '11 Database & Systems Administrator Utica College Integrated Information Technology Services (315) 792-3229 Registered Linux User #408177
