pulseaudio-module-bluetooth loaded but pavucontrol not showing headset

[gregrwm]

blueman has paired my headset and connected it to Headset Service, 'pactl list short' shows module-bluetooth-discover is loaded, but pavucontrol does not show my headset.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: pulseaudio-module-bluetooth 1:4.0-0ubuntu22
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-29.39-generic 3.16.7-ckt2
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-29-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: mino 2596 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: mino 2596 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: mino 2596 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Thu Jan 15 13:13:46 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-11 (4 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release i386 (20141022.1)
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 01/09/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
dmi.board.name: K8M800-8237
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd01/09/2008:svn:pn:pvr:rvn:rnK8M800-8237:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr:

[gregrwm (gregrwm)]

in vivid it seems slightly different, i have 2 headsets and a bose soundlink iii, blueman can pair all 3, and all 3 can receive sound directly via ~/.asoundrc defined devices. however i am unable to send sound to any of them via pulse, from vlc, mplayer, or linphone. When i connect either headset to Headset Service they (usually) do show up in pavucontrol. the bose however, tho pactl list short shows module-bluetooth-discover is loaded, and tho blueman says the bose is connected to Audio Sink, still it never shows up in pavucontrol.

[gregrwm (gregrwm)]

let me revise that, in vivid, gmail (via firefox via google chat) *is* able to find and successfully use whichever headset is connected to Headset Service, consistent with it showing up in pavucontrol. yay! it remains i do not see why linphone won't do that, nor why the bose won't show up in pavucontrol.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 14.10 (utopic) reached end-of-life on July 23, 2015.
Ubuntu 15.04 (vivid) reached end-of-life on February 4, 2016.

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