Correction: The "-d" for debugging to a file was for bluetoothd, not PA.
On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 10:10 AM David Parker <dpar...@utica.edu> wrote: > Thanks for the additional information. Unfortunately, the connection > problems have returned and I haven't made any progress in solving them. > When I kill the pulseaudio process, it simply restarts itself and I'm > unable to stop this behavior, so I therefore can't run it manually with the > -vvv to further trace the Bluetooth issue. I have followed everything I > found online, including the steps from the PulseAudio page in the Debian > wiki[1] but nothing seems to work. > > I found instructions yesterday to enable PA debugging by adding "-d" to > its startup options and setting a specific log file. It worked (I got > output to the file) but it didn't log anything during my subsequent > Bluetooth issues. > > Thanks, > Dave > > [1] https://wiki.debian.org/PulseAudio#Disabling_daemon_autospawn) > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 3:21 PM deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> David Parker wrote: >> >> > This issue seems to not be fixed entirely, after all. Yesterday, the >> > earbuds would pair but not connect when I powered them on. I had to >> > connect them manually each time, using either bluetoothctl or >> > blueman-manager. At one point they disconnected, and subsequent >> attempts >> > to reconnect them resulted in a "Device or resource busy" error in >> syslog. >> > I had to remove them and go through the pairing and connection process >> > again to fix it. >> > >> > So, there's definitely still a problem here, although they do work most >> of >> > the time, which is better than where I started. >> >> Hmmm - what priority PA is running at? >> >> I don't know really why it is a problem - I think this new combination of >> BT+PA is not quite ready yet, but was forced to us without alternative. I >> suffer in a different way by the replacement of bluez4. >> >> Anyway - what you also can try is try to fine tune PA - for example there >> were options regarding latency and so on. >> >> Also the signal strength - is it breaking when you are moving? >> >> and so on. >> >> I do not think you have to remove pairing to solve the problem - could be >> you restart BT+PA. >> >> Also try running pulseaudio with -v or -vv or -vvv to get more information >> and find out where is exactly your problem. >> >> I also read about LE that this is still somehow buggy, but if you say it >> was >> working for you before ... >> >> regards >> >> > > -- > 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
