16.04 - How do I play through bluetooth headphones? - Ask Ubuntu

i trying connect bose quiet comfort laptop via bluetooth.

i able connect , pair these headphones phone without issues other wireless bluetooth device.

command-line connection attempt:

using bluetoothctl seem able connect, not pair:

[bluetooth]# devices device 04:52:c7:32:68:16 bose quietcomfort 35 [bluetooth]# connect 04:52:c7:32:68:16 attempting connect 04:52:c7:32:68:16 connection successful [bose quietcomfort 35]# devices [bose quietcomfort 35]#ch)`pair ': pair 04:52:c7:32:68:16 attempting pair 04:52:c7:32:68:16 failed pair: org.bluez.error.authenticationfailed [chg] device 04:52:c7:32:68:16 connected: no [chg] device 04:52:c7:32:68:16 connected: yes 

however, in bluetooth gui menu, seems think i'm paired device:

the headphones never seem recognise laptop connected, , in sound settings don't see can output to, "pairing" bogus think.

so issue in ubuntu.

i've tried deleting device , starting again, every time can connect not pair. tried deactivating bluetooth le per answer:

pair bose quietcomfort 35 ubuntu 16.04 on bluetooth

but behaviour did not change.

here's happens when type info <mac address>:

device 04:52:c7:32:68:16     name: bose quietcomfort 35     alias: bose quietcomfort 35     paired: no     trusted: no     blocked: no     connected: yes     legacypairing: no     uuid: generic access profile    (00001800-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)     uuid: generic attribute profile (00001801-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)     uuid: device information        (0000180a-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)     uuid: bose corporation          (0000febe-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)     modalias: bluetooth:v009ep400cd0106 

not sure that's helpful.

gui / blueman connection attempt:

i found page, seems relevant:

ubuntu 16.04 won't output sound bluetooth headphones

i tried using blueman suggested, crashes whenever try pair device.

i tried upgrading suggested packages running

sudo apt-get install libpam-systemd libsystemd0 libudev1 systemd ubuntu-mono udev 

this stopped error appearing still not able pair blueman (no error, doesn't when try pair).

i tried running tail -f /var/syslog while turned on headphones, , saw message:

dec  7 20:18:15 elitebook bluetoothd[860]: unable register gatt service handle 0x0001 device 04:52:c7:32:68:16 dec  7 20:18:15 elitebook bluetoothd[860]: unable register gatt service handle 0x0013 device 04:52:c7:32:68:16 

i think might clue...

it looks underlying problem similar 1 question:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31380594/linux-bluez-dbus-communication

except i'm running systemd linux setup had comment on answer suggested:

with newer systemd-based systems, copy /lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.service , change execstart line execstart=/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd -e.

– arto bendiken

so did that, restarted, , started bluetoothctl, , connected manually:

[bose quietcomfort 35]# connect 04:52:c7:32:68:16  attempting connect 04:52:c7:32:68:16 [chg] device 04:52:c7:32:68:16 paired: yes connection successful 

this time when paired, headphones recognised connection (they didn't previously, though gnome seemed think pairing had worked) , output device appeared in devices list.