Paired Bluetooth headset fails to register with pc on boot

[Antony John]

OS : 11.10
kernel version: 3.0.0-13-generic
bluez package package version: 4.96-0ubuntu4
pulse audio package version: 1:1.0-0ubuntu3.1

I am facing this problem with my bluetooth headset which was working perfectly in 11.04.This happens on an already paired device. So I am forced to re-discover/pair the device on every system boot.

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Nov 23 18:17:12 vinis-laptop kernel: [ 213.831496] usb 1-1.1.3: new full speed USB device number 11 using ehci_hcd
Nov 23 18:17:12 vinis-laptop bluetoothd[2236]: HCI dev 0 registered
Nov 23 18:17:12 vinis-laptop bluetoothd[2236]: Listening for HCI events on hci0
Nov 23 18:17:12 vinis-laptop bluetoothd[2236]: HCI dev 0 up
Nov 23 18:17:12 vinis-laptop bluetoothd[2236]: Adapter /org/bluez/2236/hci0 has been enabled
Nov 23 18:17:12 vinis-laptop pulseaudio[2634]: [pulseaudio] bluetooth-util.c: Error from RegisterEndpoint reply: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod
Nov 23 18:17:53 pulseaudio[2634]: last message repeated 2 times
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I am able to successfully use the device post pairing using the device setup wizard for the duration of that OS session. See the Log below:

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Nov 23 18:24:59 vinis-laptop bluetoothd[2236]: Discovery session 0x7fea01e92230 with :1.70 activated
Nov 23 18:25:02 vinis-laptop bluetoothd[2236]: Stopping discovery
Nov 23 18:25:13 vinis-laptop bluetoothd[2236]: Badly formated or unrecognized command: AT+CSRSF=1,1,1,1,1,7
Nov 23 18:25:15 vinis-laptop kernel: [ 696.210559] input: 00:1B:B8:00:03:11 as /devices/virtual/input/input18
Nov 23 12:55:15 vinis-laptop rtkit-daemon[2204]: Successfully made thread 4236 of process 2634 (n/a) owned by '1000' RT at priority 5.
Nov 23 12:55:15 vinis-laptop rtkit-daemon[2204]: Supervising 5 threads of 1 processes of 1 users.

[Antony John (antojk)]

I suspect a problem in bluez being unable to retrieve or read the pairing PIN code. This bug reported in

 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-bugs/2011-11/msg00450.html

may be the cause.

[BubbaJ (azstuenthome)]

The same exact issue happens with me. I am not very technical so I don't know how to troubleshoot the root cause. I am also using 11.10 and I'm able to successfully pair and use the headset just after pairing. As soon as I disconnect, I am not able to reconnect with the headset without deleting and repairing. The issue occurs using the standard Ubuntu Bluetooth Wizard as well as Blueman app.

The same headset and bluetooth usb dongle worked fine in 11.04 and 10.10. I've read other places that it may be a bug in the Linux kernel.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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