blueman-applet crashed with gi.repository.GLib.GError in call_finish(): g-dbus-error-quark: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs: Unknown action ‘Activate’ (16)

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i also have problems with connecting devices via bluetooth.

error: br-connection-profile-unavailable

solution found online:

systemctl --user enable pulseaudio
systemctl --user start pulseaudio

Why should i know and do this as a beginner ?

is this not part of post installation process ?

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
Package: blueman 2.3.5-2build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-18.18-generic 6.2.6
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CrashCounter: 1
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sun Apr 2 15:09:27 2023
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/blueman-applet
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-03-25 (8 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Release amd64 (20221018)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.11
JournalErrors: -- No entries --
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/blueman-applet
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.11, Python 3.11.2, python3-minimal, 3.11.2-1
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/blueman-applet']
PythonDetails: N/A
SourcePackage: blueman
Title: blueman-applet crashed with gi.repository.GLib.GError in call_finish(): g-dbus-error-quark: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs: Unknown action ‘Activate’ (16)
Traceback:
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/blueman/main/DBusProxies.py", line 52, in call_finish
     proxy.call_finish(resp)
 gi.repository.GLib.GError: g-dbus-error-quark: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs: Unknown action ‘Activate’ (16)
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to lunar on 2023-04-02 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo

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i encountered this problem after upgrading to lunar lobster beta

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Jonathan Steinert (youhouka)]

As far as I've read, pulseaudio is supposed to be phased out in kinetic, so the fact that we have to turn it back on is a problem too.

I don't think we're supposed to know to turn it back on, something else is broken and that's a workaround... but a maintainer or authority might know better than me.

This bug is also affecting me, but in upgrading to lunar I uninstalled pulseaudio.

[Jonathan Steinert (youhouka)]

I believe the problem may be that lunar doesn't install pipewire-audio, which leaves us with pulseaudio disabled and no bluetooth support in pipewire.

[Sorinello (sorinello)]

I have 2 clean installs with Xubuntu and Ubuntu 23.04.
Without touching anything special, no package install, I am able to successfully pair my Bluetooth headphones and sound works (tested on Firefox with Youtube).
Unfortunately, for Xubuntu, pairing did not work. I get the same error in blueman-applet.

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i have currently installed (by hand):

for audio: alsa-base; pipewire; pipewire-alsa; pipewire-audio; wireplumber.

for audio over bluetooth: Bluez; blueman; pipewire-pulse.

for audio controls: xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin; pavucontrol.

These are the packages needed for audio, bluetooth, and controls.

forget(remove) about pulseaudio; pulseaudio-module-bluetooth;

xubuntu should use pipewire or fix the bug.

[pc-user4 (pc-user4)]

I find this same error, but on the Ubuntu Cinnamon 23.10 daily build, running all the latest packages/updates as of 9/14/23 7PM PST.

Steps to reproduce are to install the daily build, run `apt install blueman`, and attempt to run blueman.

It seems like, for me, it happens on the first bootup, and then running blueman again will get it to go, once you successfully connect a device (Bluetooth speaker in my case) it will continue running smoothly. (edit: not the case, it happened once more today simply from trying to open the app from the toolbar icon)

I've attached my blueman crash logs.

[Andrin Jenal (burrata)]

I have the same error on Xubuntu 23.10, kernel: 6.5.0-5-generic.

Interestingly it connected to my air pods pro, but it's not able to connect to my old UE Boom 2 (Logitech). Removed pulseaudio and tried some suggestions online, but nothing worked.

The bluetooth-applet error is: br-connection-canceled

Pairing seemed to work, but might be faulty.
The behavior is: It connects, disconnect three times

(on 24.04 the same bluetooth device works fine)

[Andrin Jenal (burrata)]

I have the same problems on Xubuntu 23.10, kernel: 6.5.0-5-generic.

Interestingly it connected to my air pods pro, but it's not able to connect to my old UE Boom 2 (Logitech). Removed pulseaudio and tried some suggestions online, but nothing worked.

The bluetooth-applet error is: br-connection-canceled

Pairing seemed to work, but might be faulty.
The behavior is: It connects, disconnect three times

(on 22.04 the same bluetooth device works fine)

edit:

Sep 29 11:04:54 x1 bluetoothd[900]: src/profile.c:ext_connect() Hands-Free Voice gateway failed connect to 88:C6:26:64:D6:AC: Permission denied (13)
Sep 29 11:04:58 x1 bluetoothd[900]: profiles/audio/avdtp.c:avdtp_connect_cb() connect to 88:C6:26:64:D6:AC: Too many levels of symbolic links (40)
Sep 29 11:04:58 x1 bluetoothd[900]: src/service.c:btd_service_connect() a2dp-source profile connect failed for 88:C6:26:64:D6:AC: Device or resource busy
Sep 29 11:05:05 x1 bluetoothd[900]: profiles/audio/avdtp.c:avdtp_connect_cb() connect to 88:C6:26:64:D6:AC: Permission denied (13)

[Lorenzo-stanco (lorenzo-stanco)]

The same exact crash occurs to me when I open the applet windows with the list of BT devices: it takes a while to open, a couple seconds or more, and while hanging it produces this crash. Anyway after the crash is registered, the window opens and works just fine, I can connect to my devices and they work perfectly. I can make it crash again how many times I like just by closing and re-opening that "devices" window.

This crash started happening today after I upgraded from Xubuntu 23.04 to 23.10. When using 23.04, BT connectivity was a huge mess overall, I had to try starting and/or stopping pulseaudio from terminal to make it work, and the selected quality profile was never persisted across re-connections. Looks like 23.10 has brought a huge improvement in this, everything seems to work perfectly now, except this little annoying hang and background crash every time I open the devices window.