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PulseAudio can not load bluetooth module

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I am having trouble connecting my Bluetooth speakers with a fresh 15.10 install (EDIT: applies to 16.04 as well). The speakers are connected however they are not listed as an available audio device.

I tried to load the Bluetooth module using:

sudo pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover

Failure: Module initialization failed

The same speakers have worked perfectly on 14.04. Any ideas how I could properly load the module so I can use my speakers?

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answered 2 Years ago repend · Accepted Answer

Solved by using SimFox3 answer in this thread.

Bug and possible solution: actually I found a bug in that make the headset unusable, it seems that the pulse audio module: module-bluetooth-discover works only if started after the X11 session is up. So I have a workaround.

Edit the file:
/etc/pulse/default.pa
and comment out (with an # at the beginning of the line) the following line:
#load-module module-bluetooth-discover
now edit the file:
/usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11
and after the lines:
   if [ x”$SESSION_MANAGER” != x ] ; then

        /usr/bin/pactl load-module module-x11-xsmp “display=$DISPLAY session_manager=$SESSION_MANAGER” > /dev/null

    fi
add the following line:
    /usr/bin/pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover
This way the Pulse audio’s Bluetooth modules will not be downloaded at boot time but after x11 is started.