bluetoothd[11111]: a2dp-sink profile connect failed for XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX: Protocol not available

[ehfive]

bluetoothd[11111]: a2dp-sink profile connect failed for XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX: Protocol not available

[EHfive]

Append following lines to /etc/pulse/default.pa

.ifexists module-bluetooth-policy.so
load-module module-bluetooth-policy
.endif

.ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so
load-module module-bluetooth-discover
.endif

And restart your pulseaudio, then check again.

Or run following commands

pactl load-module module-bluetooth-policy
pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover

[pacho2]

The problem is that, when building pulseaudio without its bluetooth support (as it collides with this one), that lines in default.pa config file are removed. Isn't there a way for pulseaudio-modules-bt to provide the proper config file on its side to prevent this?

Thanks!

[okias]

kinda looks like that bluez missing some patch, but no idea which one.

[EHfive]

Run pactl list short modules | grep blue to see if your bluetooth modules are loaded.

[okias]

no module loaded :(

[EHfive]

Any response?

[okias]

@EHfive cool, after running load module it's fine :) Thanks (I'll change config later)

[sriv]

I see something similar in popOS (20.04, focal)

bluetoothd[8257]: src/device.c:connect_profiles() /org/bluez/hci0/dev_XX_XX_XX_XX_XX_XX (all), client :1.175
bluetoothd[8257]: profiles/audio/a2dp.c:a2dp_sink_connect() path /org/bluez/hci0/dev_XX_XX_XX_XX_XX_XX
bluetoothd[8257]: a2dp-sink profile connect failed for XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX: Protocol not available

Pulseaudio version:

$ pulseaudio --version
pulseaudio 13.99.1

/etc/pulse/default.pa has the following entries:

### Automatically load driver modules for Bluetooth hardware
.ifexists module-bluetooth-policy.so
load-module module-bluetooth-policy
.endif

.ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so
load-module module-bluetooth-discover
.endif

I tried to replace load-module module-bluetooth-discover with load-module module-bluetooth-discover a2dp_config="ldac_eqmid=sq" but it doesn't work.

The device I'm trying to pair is FiiO uBtr - https://www.fiio.com/%CE%BCbtr

This device supports aptX (which I use in my android phone)

Please help!