Just as a note for anyone who has this issue, I found a workaround that seems to persist well. basically not allowing the user access to the bluetooth control so GDM's pulseaudio cannot start and take over.
found here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth_headset
open terminal and run: setfacl -m u:gdm:r /usr/bin/pulseaudio (may have to run as sudo depending on current rights)
then restart pulseaudio
sudo pkill pulseaudio
This has worked for me and now shows up as expected.
Just as a note for anyone who has this issue, I found a workaround that seems to persist well. basically not allowing the user access to the bluetooth control so GDM's pulseaudio cannot start and take over.
found here: https:/ /wiki.archlinux .org/index. php/Bluetooth_ headset
open terminal and run: setfacl -m u:gdm:r /usr/bin/pulseaudio (may have to run as sudo depending on current rights)
then restart pulseaudio
sudo pkill pulseaudio
This has worked for me and now shows up as expected.