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Alex
Asked: 2016-12-17 03:35:58 +0800 CST

How to fix error "pa_context_connect() failed: Connection refused" with bluetooth?

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On Ubuntu 14.04 I have sometimes problems to connect to a bluetooth device (audio sink). Sometime it works, sometimes it does not work.

I have followed the solution given here and looked at this suggestion, but still I have the problem sometimes. I want to be able to use the bluetooth device as audio sink without rebooting my device!

I get the following errors: 

> sudo pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover
Failure: Module initialization failed

I still have made the changes as suggested for the first solution.

Additional information:

  • I have two bluetooth icons in my Status menu. Maybe there are competing apps/services/tools installed?
  • When trying to connect to the audio sink using the Bluetooth Manager I get the message Connection Failed: Stream setup failed.
14.04

1 Answers

  1. PulseAudio runs as your user, not as root, so there is not need to use sudo:

    pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover
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