How to fix error "pa_context_connect() failed: Connection refused" with bluetooth?

Question

On Ubuntu 14.04 I have sometimes problems to connect to a bluetooth device (audio sink). Sometime it works, sometimes it does not work.

I have followed the solution given here and looked at this suggestion, but still I have the problem sometimes. I want to be able to use the bluetooth device as audio sink without rebooting my device!

I get the following errors:

> sudo pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover
Failure: Module initialization failed

I still have made the changes as suggested for the first solution.

Additional information:

I have two bluetooth icons in my Status menu. Maybe there are competing apps/services/tools installed?
When trying to connect to the audio sink using the Bluetooth Manager I get the message Connection Failed: Stream setup failed.

Which bluetooth applet do you use? blueman-applet? Or something else? — kynan, Jun 14 '20 at 08:39
Check PulseAudio daemon is running: pulseaudio --check --verbose. Start it: pulseaudio --start --daemonize — Pablo Bianchi, Apr 19 '22 at 18:35

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 14 '20 at 08:40

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PulseAudio runs as your user, not as root, so there is not need to use sudo:

pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover

answered Jun 14 '20 at 08:40

kynan

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How to fix error "pa_context_connect() failed: Connection refused" with bluetooth?

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