Xubunu version 14.04.1. Kernel 3.13.0-83-generic This is most odd! Until yesterday afternoon the workaround of manually loading module-bluetooth-discover worked. Then it suddenly stopped and further attempts to load the module on reboot have been met with "ailure: Module initialisation failed" which is somewhat uninformative.
The following is an extract from syslog from my latest reboot I hope it is helpfull Mar 24 17:00:00 Franklin dbus[684]: [system] Activating service name='org.blueman.Mechanism' (using servicehelper) Mar 24 17:00:01 Franklin blueman-mechanism: Starting blueman-mechanism Mar 24 17:00:01 Franklin dbus[684]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.blueman.Mechanism' Mar 24 17:00:02 Franklin blueman-mechanism: loading RfKill Mar 24 17:00:02 Franklin blueman-mechanism: loading Ppp Mar 24 17:00:02 Franklin blueman-mechanism: loading Config Mar 24 17:00:02 Franklin blueman-mechanism: loading Network Mar 24 17:00:04 Franklin bluetoothd[829]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.43 path=/MediaEndpoint/HFPAG Mar 24 17:00:04 Franklin bluetoothd[829]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.43 path=/MediaEndpoint/HFPHS Mar 24 17:00:04 Franklin bluetoothd[829]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.43 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource Mar 24 17:00:04 Franklin bluetoothd[829]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.43 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink Mar 24 17:00:04 Franklin bluetoothd[829]: hci0: Remove UUID (0x0011) failed: Busy (0x0a) Mar 24 17:00:16 Franklin pulseaudio[2228]: [pulseaudio] module-bluetooth-discover.c: Failed to parse module arguments Mar 24 17:00:16 Franklin pulseaudio[2228]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-bluetooth-discover" (argument: "start"): initialization failed. Mar 24 17:00:31 Franklin blueman-mechanism: Exiting -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded 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/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp