Hi! Need help in setting up my bluetooth headphones

[Member mynametiger]

Hi there I am running into error while setting up my bluetooth, the Bluetooth manager gives connection failed: blueman.bluez.errors.dbusfailederror: protocol not available…

I have install ‘full verison’ of 32bit image of antix linux on my complete hdd.I have already jumped an os due to bluetooth issues. Thanks for the help. Please include detailed instructions as i am a newbie.

Thanks alot!

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First give us info on your hardware. Open a terminal, execute:
inxi -Fxz
then copy the output and paste it on your post with code tags (select the code inside the forum editor and click on the CODE button on top of the textbox.
Though I believe that your problem doesn’t seem to be hardware related.

It is a known issue that bluetooth headphones have problems with the ALSA sound system. I have only got mine to work with pulseaudio. If you want to test it out, these are the instructions:

Getting pulseaudio in your system:

1. Installing pulseaudio:
Open a terminal and execute
sudo apt update && sudo apt-get install pulseaudio pavucontrol pulseaudio-module-bluetooth

2. Make pulseaudio launch on startup
Edit startup file
geany ~/.desktop-session/startup
Uncomment the line related to pulseaudio. It should look like this:

# Uncomment if using pulseaudio (you need to install it)
pulseaudio -D &

Save and exit

3. Making volume-icon use pulseaudio (and manage volume and properties)
right-click the volume icon in your systray and click on Preferences.
Have External mixer execute pavucontrol. It originally says:
External mixer desktop-defaults-run -t alsamixer
Replace it with:
External mixer pavucontrol

4. Reboot your system.
From this moment on, pulseaudio will autlaunch on startup.

5. Configure your Bluetooth headphone with pavucontrol.
Launch blueman as you have before (if you have it set to autolaunch even better).
Go to Bluetooth devices (your second image). Remove your headset (HD 4.50BTNC) from the list (right-click and Remove) because you are going to set it up again.
Get your bluetooth headset to search for devices/sync, hit the “Search” button on the Bluetooth Devices window. When it appears on the list, select it and click on “Trust” and then “Pair”. Finally, right-click on it and select “Audio sync”.
Open pavucontrol (right-click volume icon, then select “Open Mixer”). Go to the “Output Devices” tab and make sure pavucontrol can find your headset. Then try playing an audio file or a video and check that the application is outputing sound to the Bluetooth headset (you will be able to see this in the “Playback” tab in pavucontrol).

6. The end

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[Member mynametiger]

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Thanks a lot man that worked for me!!. But I am unable to open mixer, though I can adjust volume with my headphones, Thanks, please post if you have a solution. Thanks a lot again

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Xecure wrote:

It is a known issue that bluetooth headphones have problems with the ALSA sound system. I have only got mine to work with pulseaudio. If you want to test it out, these are the instructions:

Getting pulseaudio in your system:

Thank you Xecure for this guide. I had done it in the past but it was piecemeal. Your guide is contains everything one needs in one clear document.
Regards.

Live antiX Boot Options (Previously posted by Xecure):
https://antixlinuxfan.miraheze.org/wiki/Table_of_antiX_Boot_Parameters

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mynametiger wrote:

But I am unable to open mixer

Xecure wrote:

3. Making volume-icon use pulseaudio (and manage volume and properties)
right-click the volume icon in your systray and click on Preferences.
Have External mixer execute pavucontrol. It originally says:
External mixer desktop-defaults-run -t alsamixer
Replace it with:
External mixer pavucontrol/quote]

Anyway, the mixer that launches is called pavucontrol. You can launch it from the menu or search for it in App Select and launch it from there.

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