Bluetooth doesn't connect after upgrade to 13.10 (Connection Failed: Stream setup failed)

[Dejan Jovanović]

I recently upgraded to 13.10 (from 12.04) and my Bluetooth is now refusing to connect to the speakers. Previously both my USB bluetooth dongle and the internal bluetooth used to connect no problem.

When I try to connect the speakers beep (as they usually do when a connection is established), but then they immediately disconnect with a message "Connection Failed: Stream setup failed".

It's a ThinkPad x230 Tablet, and I've upgraded the BIOS for this occasion (doesn't help)

sudo dmidecode -s bios-version
GCET96WW (2.56 )

The ubuntu version is

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 13.10
Release: 13.10

The package version is

apt-cache policy blueman
blueman:
  Installed: 1.23+update1-2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.23+update1-2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.23+update1-2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

The bluetooth adapter I have are

lsusb | grep Blue
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:21e6 Broadcom Corp. BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 [ThinkPad]
Bus 003 Device 009: ID 0461:4d75 Primax Electronics, Ltd Rocketfish RF-FLBTAD Bluetooth Adapter
Bus 003 Device 006: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)

hciconfig -a
hci1: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB
 BD Address: 00:02:76:2A:D1:8A ACL MTU: 1021:7 SCO MTU: 64:1
 UP RUNNING PSCAN
 RX bytes:1865 acl:16 sco:0 events:90 errors:0
 TX bytes:1340 acl:14 sco:0 commands:62 errors:0
 Features: 0xff 0xff 0x8f 0xfe 0x9b 0xff 0x79 0x83
 Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3
 Link policy: RSWITCH HOLD SNIFF PARK
 Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT
 Name: 'usb'
 Class: 0x720100
 Service Classes: Networking, Object Transfer, Audio, Telephony
 Device Class: Computer, Uncategorized
 HCI Version: 2.1 (0x4) Revision: 0x529b
 LMP Version: 2.1 (0x4) Subversion: 0x420e
 Manufacturer: Broadcom Corporation (15)

hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB
 BD Address: 0C:84:DC:DA:36:B1 ACL MTU: 1021:8 SCO MTU: 64:1
 UP RUNNING PSCAN
 RX bytes:1196 acl:0 sco:0 events:71 errors:0
 TX bytes:3014 acl:0 sco:0 commands:71 errors:0
 Features: 0xbf 0xfe 0xcf 0xfe 0xdb 0xff 0x7b 0x87
 Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3
 Link policy: RSWITCH SNIFF
 Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT
 Name: 'internal'
 Class: 0x760100
 Service Classes: Networking, Rendering, Object Transfer, Audio, Telephony
 Device Class: Computer, Uncategorized
 HCI Version: 4.0 (0x6) Revision: 0x1000
 LMP Version: 4.0 (0x6) Subversion: 0x220e
 Manufacturer: Broadcom Corporation (15)

rfkill list
0: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
4: hci1: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: blueman 1.23+update1-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Nov 22 08:26:41 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/blueman-manager
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: blueman
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-11-19 (3 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[aanno (thomas-pasch)]

Same problem here with an (old) Motorola HT820 that used to work for many YEARS with ubuntu without any problem.

[Sebastian F (sf-lp)]

I have the same problem after dist-upgrade from 12.04 to 14.04.
This seems to be specific to blueman, since I can connect to my speakers with indicator-bluetooth on a vanilla Ubuntu Trusty Live-CD.

[Sebastian F (sf-lp)]

Possibly related:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-bluetooth/+bug/1283003/