Bose Color II SoundLink will connect but immediately disconnects on Ubuntu 19.10.
Because I did not see a question that addresses the exact situation with an answer, I wrote this question so others may find the answer easier.
My answer is referenced from this question: here
Although, there still is a speaker adjustment problem in which I have further addressed with this question: here
I love the idea of being able to install PlayStore apps on Ubuntu but I'm getting errors installing Anbox. I'm interested in a step by step answer (that takes any trouble shooting into consideration) so a casual Ubuntu user like myself can benefit from a working solution.
This may be a duplicate of the following question but the difference is that I'm asking for an answer that is a how to for causal users of Ubuntu 19.10: possible duplicate
I've followed the installation instructions: here which then sent me here
TROUBLESHOOTING
Due to troubleshooting comments below it appears the tutorial is leading me to install both deb and snap installations. So I have split them to troubleshoot them seperately.
Install Through Deb:
Here I've installed Anbox through deb:
max@msi:~$ sudo apt-get install anbox
[sudo] password for max:
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Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/anbox-container-manager.service → /lib/systemd/system/anbox-container-manager.service.
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I rebooted at this point and attempted to run Anbox and found this error:
max@msi:~$ anbox session-manager
[ 2020-02-19 15:01:01] [session_manager.cpp:130@operator()] Failed to start as either binder or ashmem kernel drivers are not loaded
max@msi:~$
I was able to get past this error with the following:
I downloaded the anbox-modules here under by pressing the Clone/Download button:
I extracted and used Terminal to navigate to anbox-modules-master directory:
cd anbox-modules-master/
I ran these commands:
sudo cp anbox.conf /etc/modules-load.d/
sudo cp 99-anbox.rules /lib/udev/rules.d/
sudo cp -rT ashmem /usr/src/anbox-ashmem-1
sudo cp -rT binder /usr/src/anbox-binder-1
sudo dkms install anbox-ashmem/1
sudo dkms install anbox-binder/1
I loaded the modules here:
sudo modprobe ashmem_linux
sudo modprobe binder_linux
I verified things went okay with this command:
lsmod | grep -e ashmem_linux -e binder_linux
The output looks like this:
binder_linux 163840 0
ashmem_linux 20480 0
I verified with this command as well:
ls -alh /dev/binder /dev/ashmem
I got this output:
ls: cannot access '/dev/binder': No such file or directory
crw------- 1 root root 10, 55 Feb 19 15:54 /dev/ashmem
Now I'm not sure what to do at this point because anbox won't start:
max@msi:~/anbox-modules-master$ anbox session-manager
[ 2020-02-20 00:38:23] [session_manager.cpp:130@operator()] Failed to start as either binder or ashmem kernel drivers are not loaded
I have a Bose Color II SoundLink Bluetooth Speaker connected on Ubuntu 19.10. The sound works but the volume buttons on the speaker are disabled when connected. It sounds like speaker volume is stuck at 25% when the Ubuntu volume is on 100%.
I did a comparison test with my Android phone. I played a music video and I was able to physically adjust the volume on the speaker without issue. It got very loud at the cafe here.
I played the same music video on Firefox and the volume sounds about 25% of what this speaker can do where:
the system volume up to 100%
the browser volume up to 100%, and
the YouTube player volume up 100%.
Any ideas on how I can troubleshoot and hopefully solve this? Would love to use Ubuntu with Bose to listen to music and watch movies at an exciting volume!
TROUBLESHOOTING
I installed pavucontrol and see nothing that may address this situation, correct me if I've missing something:
max@msi:~$ sudo apt install pavucontrol
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max@msi:~$ pavucontrol
