[pulseaudio-discuss] Yet another bluetooth-related question (sorry)

[Erik Boritsch]

Hello, I am still struggling to get bluetooth working with the latest and the 
greatest pulseaudio despite all the useful information I have read on this 
mailing list and elsewhere on the internet.

So, let us check my configuration:
>bluez 4.35
check. (even 4.36)
>pulseaudio 0.9.15 (final!)
check.
>kernel 2.6.29 with http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/devel/kernel/git-
bluetooth.patch?revision=1.2 applied
check.
>gnome-bluetooth 2.27.4
I have blueman 1.2, but that probably doesn't matter, because it connects to 
the headset just fine (I have tried using dbus-send commands for both Audio and 
Headser too).

Besides, hcitool con says after any type of connection:
Connections:
        < ACL 00:11:22:00:11:22 handle 42 state 1 lm SLAVE

now, pulseaudio -vvvvv says following upon headset connection ():
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.bluez.Headset, 
path=/org/bluez/5511/hci0/dev_00_11_22_00_11_22, member=PropertyChanged
D: bluetooth-util.c: dbus: interface=org.bluez.Headset, 
path=/org/bluez/5511/hci0/dev_00_11_22_00_11_22, member=PropertyChanged
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.bluez.Headset, 
path=/org/bluez/5511/hci0/dev_00_11_22_00_11_22, member=PropertyChanged
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.bluez.Audio, 
path=/org/bluez/5511/hci0/dev_00_11_22_00_11_22, member=PropertyChanged
D: bluetooth-util.c: dbus: interface=org.bluez.Audio, 
path=/org/bluez/5511/hci0/dev_00_11_22_00_11_22, member=PropertyChanged
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.bluez.Audio, 
path=/org/bluez/5511/hci0/dev_00_11_22_00_11_22, member=PropertyChanged
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager, 
path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/Manager, member=DeviceAdded
D: bluetooth-util.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager, 
path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/Manager, member=DeviceAdded
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager, 
path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/Manager, member=DeviceAdded
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.bluez.Headset, 
path=/org/bluez/5511/hci0/dev_00_11_22_00_11_22, member=PropertyChanged
D: bluetooth-util.c: dbus: interface=org.bluez.Headset, 
path=/org/bluez/5511/hci0/dev_00_11_22_00_11_22, member=PropertyChanged
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.bluez.Headset, 
path=/org/bluez/5511/hci0/dev_00_11_22_00_11_22, member=PropertyChanged
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.bluez.Headset, 
path=/org/bluez/5511/hci0/dev_00_11_22_00_11_22, member=PropertyChanged
D: bluetooth-util.c: dbus: interface=org.bluez.Headset, 
path=/org/bluez/5511/hci0/dev_00_11_22_00_11_22, member=PropertyChanged
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.bluez.Headset, 
path=/org/bluez/5511/hci0/dev_00_11_22_00_11_22, member=PropertyChanged
D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.bluez.Audio, 
path=/org/bluez/5511/hci0/dev_00_11_22_00_11_22, member=PropertyChanged
D: bluetooth-util.c: dbus: interface=org.bluez.Audio, 
path=/org/bluez/5511/hci0/dev_00_11_22_00_11_22, member=PropertyChanged
D: module-console-kit.c: dbus: interface=org.bluez.Audio, 
path=/org/bluez/5511/hci0/dev_00_11_22_00_11_22, member=PropertyChanged

That actually looks good! But no new 
sinks/sources/servers/input_devices/output_devices appear... Similar output 
from 
dbus-send  --system  --dest=org.bluez  --type=method_call   /org/bluez/$(pidof 
bluetoothd)/hci0/dev_00_18_42_00_03_47 org.bluez.Audio.Connect (or 
Headset.Connect)

Otherwise pulseaudio works fine with my notebooks sound card. Bluetooth headset 
is paired and works fine with e.g. mplayer -ao alsa:device=bluetooth file.wav, 
so no problems should be here.

Unless gnome-bluetooth does matter that much, I'm completely puzzled. Hope you 
can give me some directions.
-- 
Erik Boritsch,
University of Trier.