After upgrading from 17.04 I had this issue. Neither could I connect to an external audio device via Bluetooth.
I started pulseaudio in verbose mode (-vvv) and found that the module "module-switch-on-connect" is already loaded when it is tried to load again. I commented out the following lines in /etc/pulse/default.pa: .ifexists module-switch-on-connect.so load-module module-switch-on-connect .endif This workaround solves the problem permanently. I was able to use my USB Bluetooth adapter to connect external playback device. The module "module-switch-on-connect" could be loaded by default or some dependency... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1720519 Title: KDE/Kubuntu: Module "module-switch-on-connect" should be loaded once at most. Refusing to load. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pulseaudio/+bug/1720519/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs