[SOLVED] Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-10-15 Thread deloptes
David Parker wrote: > It turns out this may have been a hardware issue all along.  When I got > the new PC a few weeks ago, I just plugged the USB Bluetooth adapter into > a port on the front and went from there.  It turns out that I had chosen a > USB 3.1 port, which can cause interference and co

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-10-15 Thread David Parker
It turns out this may have been a hardware issue all along. When I got the new PC a few weeks ago, I just plugged the USB Bluetooth adapter into a port on the front and went from there. It turns out that I had chosen a USB 3.1 port, which can cause interference and connection issues with Bluetoot

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-10-09 Thread deloptes
David Parker wrote: > # dbus-send --print-reply --system --dest=org.bluez > /org/bluez/hci0/dev_9B_1F_48_B8_55_F6 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get > string:org.bluez.Device1 string:TxPower This is a property of the device. I am not sure if it is visible onlywhen connected. I am sure I have see

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-10-09 Thread David Parker
Hello, That's a good question. "Audio" is not listed even when the earbuds are connected and working. I have no explanation for that. It looks like TxPower is not an available string in the dbus-send output: # dbus-send --print-reply --system --dest=org.bluez /org/bluez/hci0/dev_9B_1F_48_B8_55

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-10-07 Thread deloptes
David Parker wrote: > # hciconfig -a > hci0: Type: Primary  Bus: USB > BD Address: 5C:F3:70:8C:B7:98  ACL MTU: 1021:8  SCO MTU: 64:1 > UP RUNNING PSCAN > RX bytes:62062 acl:40 sco:0 events:3178 errors:0 > TX bytes:499936 acl:776 sco:0 commands:1088 errors:38 > Features: 0xbf 0xfe 0xcf 0xfe 0xdb 0x

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-10-04 Thread David Parker
Hello, I need to correct my previous statements; I was previously running Stretch, not Jessie. I hooked up my old hard drive and verified the versions I was using before: bluez 5.43-2+deb9u1 pulseaudio-module-bluetooth 10.0-1+deb9u1 Everything worked under those versions, on Debian 9. I'll giv

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-10-03 Thread deloptes
David Parker wrote: > I'm starting to suspect that this is mostly a bluetooth issue and not > really a PA one.  I struggle to get these earbuds connected whether > PulseAudio is involved or not.  I can trust them and pair them just fine, > but the actual connection generally fails, and when it doe

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-10-03 Thread David Parker
Hi, I'm starting to suspect that this is mostly a bluetooth issue and not really a PA one. I struggle to get these earbuds connected whether PulseAudio is involved or not. I can trust them and pair them just fine, but the actual connection generally fails, and when it does work, it doesn't stay

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-10-03 Thread deloptes
David Parker 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

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-10-02 Thread David Parker
Hello, I followed the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingBluetooth#On_Ubuntu_Desktop and was able to capture verbose logging for both pulseaudio and Bluetooth. When my device disconnects I see corresponding errors like "bluetoothd: Abort: Connection timed out (110)" but I don't know

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-10-02 Thread David Parker
Correction: The "-d" for debugging to a file was for bluetoothd, not PA. On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 10:10 AM David Parker 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 pulseau

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-10-02 Thread David Parker
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 fur

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-09-26 Thread deloptes
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 atte

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-09-26 Thread David Parker
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 result

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-09-24 Thread deloptes
Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 01:21:03PM -0400, David Parker wrote: >> Ok, I think I may have solved the connectivity issue. Some additional >> Googling revealed that GDM starts an instance of PulseAudio, and that >> conflicts with the PulseAudio server used by the Bluetooth devi

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-09-24 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 01:21:03PM -0400, David Parker wrote: > Ok, I think I may have solved the connectivity issue. Some additional > Googling revealed that GDM starts an instance of PulseAudio, and that > conflicts with the PulseAudio server used by the Bluetooth device. The > steps to stop GD

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-09-24 Thread David Parker
Ok, I think I may have solved the connectivity issue. Some additional Googling revealed that GDM starts an instance of PulseAudio, and that conflicts with the PulseAudio server used by the Bluetooth device. The steps to stop GDM from starting PulseAudio can be found online, and I've adapted them

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-09-24 Thread David Parker
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: Connectio

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-09-24 Thread David Parker
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 w

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-09-20 Thread deloptes
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

Re: Problems with Buster and Bluetooth

2019-09-20 Thread deloptes
David Parker wrote: > What's most frustrating about all of this is that I was able to get them > paired, connected, and used as the default output with very little hassle > under Debian 9.  I'm not sure what's changed in 10, but I've been trying > to get this working for days and I'm out of ideas.