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Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity

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On 08/03, Mark Fletcher wrote:
>Hello the list!
>
>Suddenly, earlier this week, my bluetooth headphones stopped working
>with Stretch.
>
>I update weekly, usually on Sundays, and I am not sure because I wasn't
>paying attention whether I had successfully used my headphones before
>the last update I did last Sunday.
>
>They definitely were working properly one week before that, when I used
>them with the computer just before going off on a week-long business
>trip.
>
>Anyway, I use Gnome. When I want to connect the headphones I turn them
>on, click on the network-like icon in the top right of the screen, click
>on "Not in Use" beside the Bluetooth icon, and then click on "Bluetooth
>Settings". (Is there a more efficient, involving fewer clicks, way to
>connect, by the way?)
>
>In Bluetooth Settings I can see my headphones as "BeoPlay H8". If I
>click on them it brings up the window with the slider switch to connect
>them. Normally, what would have happened is that clicking that switch
>would have connected the headphones. WHat happens now is the switch goes
>very briefly to the ON position, and then goes straight back to the OFF
>position. Removing / forgetting the device and re-pairing leads to the
>same result -- pairing is successful, but cannot connect.
>
>With journalctl -f running in a terminal while trying to connect I see
>the following at the moment of clicking the slider switch to connect the
>headphones: a2dp-sink profile connect failed for AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF:
>Protocol not available
><bluetooth address elided, it is actually a sensible-looking bluetooth address>
>
>Now, call me a super-sleuth, but I suspect that Protocol Not Available
>error could be something to do with the problem ;)
>
>To re-iterate, this was working until recently, and all I've done is
>install regular updates using apt update / apt upgrade.
>
>Where should I start looking?
>
>[Full disclosure -- I previously had a different problem on upgrading to
>Stretch from Jessie -- see this link for that problem and a link to its
>solution --> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/06/msg01196.html
>I have never been particularly happy with the solution I linked to in
>that thread, precisely because I was worried it would be damaged by
>updates, but it seems to be intact at this point, so I don't think that
>is what the problem is here]
>
>Thanks in advance if anyone can help me diagnose the sudden loss of the
>a2dp-sink protocol. The headphones work fine with my iPhone, so the
>problem seems to be with the computer, with which they were working fine
>until a bit over a week ago.
>
>Mark
>

Pulseaudio? If so what does pavucontrol say

Did Bluez updates come through? maybe pulseaudio-bluetooth module?

regards...

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Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-08-03 14:40 +0200
  Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity stuart watt <dekkzz78@gmail.com> - 2017-08-03 15:10 +0200
    Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-08-03 16:20 +0200
      Re: Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity dekkzz78@gmail.com - 2017-08-03 21:30 +0200
        Re: Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-08-04 01:20 +0200
          Re: Re: Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity dekkzz78@gmail.com - 2017-08-04 08:50 +0200
  Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-08-03 22:50 +0200
    Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-08-04 01:20 +0200
      Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-08-04 01:30 +0200
        Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-08-05 04:10 +0200
      Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2017-08-04 01:40 +0200
        Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-08-05 05:00 +0200
          Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-08-05 06:10 +0200
          Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-08-05 17:30 +0200
            Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-08-09 14:30 +0200
              Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-08-09 20:20 +0200
                Re: Sudden death of bluetooth headphone connectivity Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-08-10 02:00 +0200

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