Blueman connection error (bluetooth issue)

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When trying to connect my bluetooth headphones to my computer using blueman I get the following error. Connection Failed: blueman.bluez.errors.DBusFailedError: Resource temporarily unavailable

I am using the Kubuntu flavor of ubuntu. (On a originally Xubuntu system)

Have you search for blue man with sudo apt-cache search blueman or seen if you could run apt-get build-dep blueman, if you were to run service blueman status, what is the error message — , Jul 28 '18 at 10:19

score 35 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 13 '18 at 16:35

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I had to unpair/pair my device again. Restarting bluetooth service didn't help.

edited Sep 13 '18 at 16:35

Elder Geek

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answered Sep 11 '18 at 14:13

Jesse

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This does not provide an answer to the question. Once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post; instead, provide answers that don't require clarification from the asker. - From Review – guntbert Sep 11 '18 at 18:03
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@guntbert: The first sentence looks like an answer to me. – David Foerster Sep 11 '18 at 18:13
@DavidFoerster no, it is a comment on https://askubuntu.com/a/1051977/134729 . – guntbert Sep 11 '18 at 18:31
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@guntbert: The second sentence certainly appear to be a comment to that. The first sentence is a valid, self-contained answer. (I cannot confirm its veracity but that doesn’t matter to its classification as an answer here.) – David Foerster Sep 11 '18 at 21:21
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Actually this did help and now I'm connected to my bluetooth device. – Ebram Shehata Mar 03 '20 at 22:07
I have a bose bluetooth headset. I had to remove the configurations both on the computer and on the headset. You can remove the config for the headset through the app on your phone. – James Parker Sep 26 '21 at 06:10
This answer solved my problem as well. – C26 Sep 10 '22 at 22:38

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 25 '17 at 02:38

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run this to reset its configuration. turn off and on bluetooth and connect bluetooth headphone again. i had same issue on ubuntu 16.10 and it solve it! in this case you don't need blueman. run this and in Sound setting select your headphone

rm -r ~/.config/pulse; pulseaudio -k

answered Jan 25 '17 at 02:38

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It still didnt work – user6333114 Jan 25 '17 at 05:03
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I get "Connection Failed: blueman.bluez.errors.DBusFailedError: Host is down" now – user6333114 Jan 25 '17 at 05:05
restart system. don't use blueman and etc. just restart system, then turn on bluetooth and connect. then go to sound setting and select headphone. hope it helps – Elias Fazel Jan 25 '17 at 12:52
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I've tried restarting. It didnt work. I'll look for blueman alternatives though – user6333114 Jan 26 '17 at 05:11
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This works for me, thank. Is there a more permanent fix for this ? – Alexandre Bourlier Jun 17 '18 at 07:59

score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 04 '18 at 01:32

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I often have this issue:

blueman.bluez.errors.DBusFailedError: Resource temporarily unavailable

with blueman on Ubuntu Mate 18.04 when waking the machine up from suspension.

Simply restarting the bluetooth service with:

sudo systemctl restart bluetooth

and rescanning usually resolves the issue quite easily.

edited Jul 04 '18 at 01:32

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answered Jul 04 '18 at 01:23

SoZettaSho

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worked for ubuntu 18.04 – Vinujan.S Aug 13 '19 at 05:20

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 03 '18 at 14:42

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I used the following command and it solved my problem:

sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover

Then try to reconnect your bluetooth headset.

answered Aug 03 '18 at 14:42

ReXa

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Thank you! Arch users install the following aur: "pulseaudio-modules-bt" and restart bluetooth "sudo systemctl restart bluetooth". No need to reconnect anything. Just works as it should. Awesome! – Julian Pieles Jul 23 '20 at 17:29
My god... I almost gave up on a 250€ headset... this worked on Ubuntu 20.04 and had tried dozens of things... – Computer's Guy Sep 08 '22 at 21:03

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 05 '20 at 09:39

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Try restarting Pulse Audio, as also mentioned above. These commands worked for me.

pulseaudio --kill
pulseaudio -vvv --start

answered Feb 05 '20 at 09:39

UrviG

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 02 '20 at 19:04

I received this error as the headset was already connected to another device (my phone). Check that the device you are wanting to connect to your Ubuntu instance is not already connected to another device, such as a mobile telephone, and then try to connect again.

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 21 '20 at 20:35

One very easy thing you have to try before anything else, is check that there isn't any other device that is already connected to the device via bluetooth. For me it was my phone, which was connecting to a bluetooth speaker automatically. Once I disconnected it and restarted bluetooth adapter on my machine it worked out.

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 05 '17 at 17:21

I'm using Plugalbe USB Bluetooth adaptor and ran into a similar problem. As their website site explains; "issue stems from a lack of support for these profiles on the Broadcom BCM20702 chipset found inside our device". The site provided a BCM20702 firmware update file with installation instructions which worked for me. Here's a link to that site. I hope this helps. https://plugable.com/2014/06/23/plugable-usb-bluetooth-adapter-solving-hfphsp-profile-issues-on-linux/

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