This bug affects me on Xubuntu 14.04.3 My pulse audio config file also has the following but fails to load the module:
.ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so load-module module-bluetooth-discover .endif On my machine it seemed like there was a race condition and module- bluetooth-discover a dependency. If I attempted to load the modules using the config file, directly on startup, or even too fast manually it failed to load. Here was my complete workaround: 1) Ensure that the module-bluetooth-discover module is installed sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth 2) Load the following modules manually pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover pactl load-module module-switch-on-connect 3) Check that the modules loaded pactl list modules | grep module-bluetooth-discover pactl list modules | grep module-switch-on-connect 4) Check that you are able to connect to the bluetooth speaker To load the modules automatically: 5) Comment out the following lines from /etc/pulse/default.pa .ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so load-module module-bluetooth-discover .endif -to- #.ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so #load-module module-bluetooth-discover #.endif 6) Add the following as a new startup command using the "Session and Startup" GUI: bash -c "sleep(5); pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover; pactl load-module module-switch-on-connect" If you are having trouble I used this command to check why pulseaudio was failing to load the modules: cat /var/log/syslog | grep pulse I found errors like: module.c: Module "module-bluetooth-discover" should be loaded once at most. Refusing to load. module-bluetooth-device.c: Failed to acquire transport /org/bluez/924/hci0/dev_00_12_6F_43_6E_75/fd0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1274613 Title: module-bluetooth-discover does not load on login Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: The following lines appear in /etc/pulse/default.pa, which I have not modified: .ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so load-module module-bluetooth-discover .endif Expected: module-bluetooth-discover is loaded on login, as configured. Observed: pulseaudio's module-bluetooth-discover does not load on login. My system does not detect and set up sinks when I connect to Bluetooth devices (including an A2DP speaker and a headset). If I issue, in a terminal window: $ pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover 24 …then the devices are detected and sinks set up correctly. $ lsb_release -rd && apt-cache policy pulseaudio-module-bluetooth Description: Ubuntu 13.10 Release: 13.10 pulseaudio-module-bluetooth: Installed: 1:4.0-0ubuntu6 Candidate: 1:4.0-0ubuntu6 Version table: *** 1:4.0-0ubuntu6 0 500 http://mirrors.mit.edu/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:4.0-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-17.30-generic 3.11.10.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: khaeru 2051 F.... pulseaudio Date: Thu Jan 30 12:18:50 2014 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-29 (457 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-09-11 (140 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 05/15/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A09 dmi.board.name: 085VR5 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 0.1 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA09:bd05/15/2013:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemXPSL322X:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn085VR5:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1: dmi.product.name: Dell System XPS L322X dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1274613/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp