[Regression] Pairing bluetooth 0a12:0001 with Bose SoundLink around-ear II headphones fails

[Jarno Suni]

I see the device in blueman-manager, but pairing fails. I could pair the dongle with another device. And I could pair the Bose device with another bluetooth device in Xubuntu 16.04.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-image-4.4.0-36-generic 4.4.0-36.55
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: jarnos 3069 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: jarnos 3069 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: jarnos 3069 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue Sep 6 17:01:49 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-28 (131 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
MachineType: LENOVO 89224MG
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-36-generic root=UUID=15cc1d62-fbc6-4ce3-bf32-e35c61a921cf ro
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-36-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-36-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.157.3
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/13/06
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 63ET13WW
dmi.board.name: CAPELL VALLEY(NAPA) CRB
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr63ET13WW:bd09/13/06:svnLENOVO:pn89224MG:pvr3000C200:rvnLENOVO:rnCAPELLVALLEY(NAPA)CRB:rvrNotApplicable:cvnNoEnclosure:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: 89224MG
dmi.product.version: 3000 C200
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Did this issue start happening after an update/upgrade? Was there a prior kernel version where you were not having this particular problem?

Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v4.8 kernel[0].

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the tag: 'kernel-bug-exists-upstream'.

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug as "Confirmed".

Thanks in advance.

[0] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc5

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

Both devices are new to me and I recently bought them new. The same happened with 4.4.0-22 at least. I have not been able to pair by any kernel that I have tried with.

I hope the "blueman-manager output" attachment is useful.

Bluetooth dongle with same id seems to have worked at some point:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsBluetoothUsbAdapters
It is found under brand Bluetake there (mine is Konig) and there is:

"Works out-of-the-box in Ubuntu v10.04 ~ 11.04 Stopped working reliably in 11.10, frequent kernel panics and other general not good stuff, [Bug: 901770]
...
Might need same fix as Belkin : add "blacklist hci_usb" to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf, and add "hci_usb reset=1" to /etc/modules"

I tried the module trick and rebooted, but no help.

Maybe I'll experiment with the mainline kernel next.

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

No luck with v4.8-rc5

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

This is regression. In 14.04.5 pairing works. I did this for Pulseaudio http://askubuntu.com/a/801669/21005

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

Even though I could pair and use the device combination once in 14.04.5, I can not do it again. Pairing tells "authentication failed."

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

I am using kernel linux-image-4.4.0-38-generic (via linux-generic-lts-xenial) in Ubuntu 14.04.5.

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

Same thing with 4.2.0-42-generic (via linux-generic-lts-wily)

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

Same thing with 3.13.0-96-generic (via linux-generic in 14.04)

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

In the Trusty machine it helped that I ran
pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

I finally was able to make sound work in Xenial.

I did
pactl unload-module module-bluetooth-discover
and
pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover
on terminal.
Removed and re-added the BOSE device in bluetooth manager. I also had to tweak bluetooth settings in pavucontrol.

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

As for #11, it is due to Bug #1274613