Bluetooth pulseaudio multiple device entries

Bluetooth pulseaudio multiple device entries

[Colin Beckingham]

Good day: using Opensuse 12.3 with standard desktop kernel from repo, 
pulseaudio under Gnome.

Steps to reproduce:
1. clean boot of machine.
2. USB Bluetooth adapter Belkin which works reliably
3. Issue command as root "hciconfig 0 sspmode 0" - this is essential 
otherwise bluetooth device not recognized.
4. Open gnome sound settings from user menu; onboard sound device is 
present, only one entry
5. switch on bluetooth device Samsung WEP 475
6. device is recognized and paired, an entry appears in PA list
7. about 10 sec later a second entry for the same BT device appears in 
the list
8. after playing with the windows sometimes the second entry will go away
9. at least one of the entries will work and PA shows amplitude changes 
registering for the input device
10. sometimes clicking the wrong one will cause Gnome settings window to 
crash, but BT and PA are still running and device is working and gnome 
window can be opened again.

Clearly the multiple entries thing is not normal behaviour.
Might be a BT issue, or a PA issue, or a Gnome issue or other.
It's a tossup where where to start, can I rule out the BT side?

-- 
---
Colin Beckingham
http://www.it4gh.com

Re: Bluetooth pulseaudio multiple device entries

[Mikel Astiz]

Hi Colin,

On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Colin Beckingham <colbec@start.ca> wrote:
> Good day: using Opensuse 12.3 with standard desktop kernel from repo,
> pulseaudio under Gnome.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> 1. clean boot of machine.
> 2. USB Bluetooth adapter Belkin which works reliably
> 3. Issue command as root "hciconfig 0 sspmode 0" - this is essential
> otherwise bluetooth device not recognized.
> 4. Open gnome sound settings from user menu; onboard sound device is
> present, only one entry
> 5. switch on bluetooth device Samsung WEP 475
> 6. device is recognized and paired, an entry appears in PA list
> 7. about 10 sec later a second entry for the same BT device appears in the
> list
> 8. after playing with the windows sometimes the second entry will go away
> 9. at least one of the entries will work and PA shows amplitude changes
> registering for the input device
> 10. sometimes clicking the wrong one will cause Gnome settings window to
> crash, but BT and PA are still running and device is working and gnome
> window can be opened again.
>
> Clearly the multiple entries thing is not normal behaviour.
> Might be a BT issue, or a PA issue, or a Gnome issue or other.
> It's a tossup where where to start, can I rule out the BT side?

Can you specify which versions of BlueZ and PulseAudio you're using?

Also, please check:
a. which modules are loaded during the issue by doing "pactl list
modules" or similar.
b. which bluetooth devices BlueZ registers on D-Bus: "test-device
list"/"bluez-test-device list" or similar. You can alternatively use a
tool such as d-feet.

Cheers,
Mikel

Re: Bluetooth pulseaudio multiple device entries

[Colin Beckingham]

On 04/05/2013 08:16 AM, Mikel Astiz wrote:
> Hi Colin,
>
> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Colin Beckingham <colbec@start.ca> wrote:
>> Good day: using Opensuse 12.3 with standard desktop kernel from repo,
>> pulseaudio under Gnome.
>>
>> Steps to reproduce:
>> 1. clean boot of machine.
>> 2. USB Bluetooth adapter Belkin which works reliably
>> 3. Issue command as root "hciconfig 0 sspmode 0" - this is essential
>> otherwise bluetooth device not recognized.
>> 4. Open gnome sound settings from user menu; onboard sound device is
>> present, only one entry
>> 5. switch on bluetooth device Samsung WEP 475
>> 6. device is recognized and paired, an entry appears in PA list
>> 7. about 10 sec later a second entry for the same BT device appears in the
>> list
>> 8. after playing with the windows sometimes the second entry will go away
>> 9. at least one of the entries will work and PA shows amplitude changes
>> registering for the input device
>> 10. sometimes clicking the wrong one will cause Gnome settings window to
>> crash, but BT and PA are still running and device is working and gnome
>> window can be opened again.
>>
>> Clearly the multiple entries thing is not normal behaviour.
>> Might be a BT issue, or a PA issue, or a Gnome issue or other.
>> It's a tossup where where to start, can I rule out the BT side?
>
> Can you specify which versions of BlueZ and PulseAudio you're using?
>
> Also, please check:
> a. which modules are loaded during the issue by doing "pactl list
> modules" or similar.
> b. which bluetooth devices BlueZ registers on D-Bus: "test-device
> list"/"bluez-test-device list" or similar. You can alternatively use a
> tool such as d-feet.
>
> Cheers,
> Mikel

Mikel -

-----------------

$ pulseaudio --version
pulseaudio 3.0

-------------------

# bluetoothd --version
4.101

-------------------

# test-device list
00:0D:E6:6E:51:47 WEP475

-------------------

# pactl list modules

### this module is added after starting the Samsung device

Module #28
     Name: module-bluetooth-device
     Argument: address="00:0D:E6:6E:51:47" 
path="/org/bluez/455/hci0/dev_00_0D_E6_6E_51_47"
     Usage counter: 0
     Properties:
         module.author = "Joao Paulo Rechi Vita"
         module.description = "Bluetooth audio sink and source"
         module.version = "3.0"

-------------------

A small point to add to steps to reproduce:

11. with two entries showing in PA, shut down of BT device removes the 
latest added entry from the PA list leaving one entry for the device 
even though it is not active.

Re: Bluetooth pulseaudio multiple device entries

[Mikel Astiz]

Hi Colin,

On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Colin Beckingham <colbec@start.ca> wrote:
>
>
> On 04/05/2013 08:16 AM, Mikel Astiz wrote:
>>
>> Hi Colin,
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Colin Beckingham <colbec@start.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> Good day: using Opensuse 12.3 with standard desktop kernel from repo,
>>> pulseaudio under Gnome.
>>>
>>> Steps to reproduce:
>>> 1. clean boot of machine.
>>> 2. USB Bluetooth adapter Belkin which works reliably
>>> 3. Issue command as root "hciconfig 0 sspmode 0" - this is essential
>>> otherwise bluetooth device not recognized.
>>> 4. Open gnome sound settings from user menu; onboard sound device is
>>> present, only one entry
>>> 5. switch on bluetooth device Samsung WEP 475
>>> 6. device is recognized and paired, an entry appears in PA list
>>> 7. about 10 sec later a second entry for the same BT device appears in
>>> the
>>> list
>>> 8. after playing with the windows sometimes the second entry will go away
>>> 9. at least one of the entries will work and PA shows amplitude changes
>>> registering for the input device
>>> 10. sometimes clicking the wrong one will cause Gnome settings window to
>>> crash, but BT and PA are still running and device is working and gnome
>>> window can be opened again.
>>>
>>> Clearly the multiple entries thing is not normal behaviour.
>>> Might be a BT issue, or a PA issue, or a Gnome issue or other.
>>> It's a tossup where where to start, can I rule out the BT side?
>>
>>
>> Can you specify which versions of BlueZ and PulseAudio you're using?
>>
>> Also, please check:
>> a. which modules are loaded during the issue by doing "pactl list
>> modules" or similar.
>> b. which bluetooth devices BlueZ registers on D-Bus: "test-device
>> list"/"bluez-test-device list" or similar. You can alternatively use a
>> tool such as d-feet.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mikel
>
>
> Mikel -
>
> -----------------
>
> $ pulseaudio --version
> pulseaudio 3.0
>
> -------------------
>
> # bluetoothd --version
> 4.101
>
> -------------------
>
> # test-device list
> 00:0D:E6:6E:51:47 WEP475
>
> -------------------
>
> # pactl list modules
>
> ### this module is added after starting the Samsung device
>
> Module #28
>     Name: module-bluetooth-device
>     Argument: address="00:0D:E6:6E:51:47"
> path="/org/bluez/455/hci0/dev_00_0D_E6_6E_51_47"
>     Usage counter: 0
>     Properties:
>         module.author = "Joao Paulo Rechi Vita"
>         module.description = "Bluetooth audio sink and source"
>         module.version = "3.0"
>
> -------------------
>
> A small point to add to steps to reproduce:
>
> 11. with two entries showing in PA, shut down of BT device removes the
> latest added entry from the PA list leaving one entry for the device even
> though it is not active.

As you probably guessed, the traces you provide look good, no
duplicated devices there. I would thus assume it's a UI issue, you
might confirm this by using pavucontrol and checking whether the card
(representing the device) is listed twice or not.

Besides, when you say "7. about 10 sec later a second entry for the
same BT device...", is this happening only after you pair the device?
Or does the issue also reproduce every time the device gets connected
(without unpair + pair)?

Cheers,
Mikel

Re: Bluetooth pulseaudio multiple device entries

[Colin Beckingham]

On 04/06/2013 04:05 AM, Mikel Astiz wrote:
> Hi Colin,
>
> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Colin Beckingham <colbec@start.ca> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 04/05/2013 08:16 AM, Mikel Astiz wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Colin,
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Colin Beckingham <colbec@start.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Good day: using Opensuse 12.3 with standard desktop kernel from repo,
>>>> pulseaudio under Gnome.
>>>>
>>>> Steps to reproduce:
>>>> 1. clean boot of machine.
>>>> 2. USB Bluetooth adapter Belkin which works reliably
>>>> 3. Issue command as root "hciconfig 0 sspmode 0" - this is essential
>>>> otherwise bluetooth device not recognized.
>>>> 4. Open gnome sound settings from user menu; onboard sound device is
>>>> present, only one entry
>>>> 5. switch on bluetooth device Samsung WEP 475
>>>> 6. device is recognized and paired, an entry appears in PA list
>>>> 7. about 10 sec later a second entry for the same BT device appears in
>>>> the
>>>> list
>>>> 8. after playing with the windows sometimes the second entry will go away
>>>> 9. at least one of the entries will work and PA shows amplitude changes
>>>> registering for the input device
>>>> 10. sometimes clicking the wrong one will cause Gnome settings window to
>>>> crash, but BT and PA are still running and device is working and gnome
>>>> window can be opened again.
>>>>
>>>> Clearly the multiple entries thing is not normal behaviour.
>>>> Might be a BT issue, or a PA issue, or a Gnome issue or other.
>>>> It's a tossup where where to start, can I rule out the BT side?
>>>
>>>
>>> Can you specify which versions of BlueZ and PulseAudio you're using?
>>>
>>> Also, please check:
>>> a. which modules are loaded during the issue by doing "pactl list
>>> modules" or similar.
>>> b. which bluetooth devices BlueZ registers on D-Bus: "test-device
>>> list"/"bluez-test-device list" or similar. You can alternatively use a
>>> tool such as d-feet.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Mikel
>>
>>
>> Mikel -
>>
>> -----------------
>>
>> $ pulseaudio --version
>> pulseaudio 3.0
>>
>> -------------------
>>
>> # bluetoothd --version
>> 4.101
>>
>> -------------------
>>
>> # test-device list
>> 00:0D:E6:6E:51:47 WEP475
>>
>> -------------------
>>
>> # pactl list modules
>>
>> ### this module is added after starting the Samsung device
>>
>> Module #28
>>      Name: module-bluetooth-device
>>      Argument: address="00:0D:E6:6E:51:47"
>> path="/org/bluez/455/hci0/dev_00_0D_E6_6E_51_47"
>>      Usage counter: 0
>>      Properties:
>>          module.author = "Joao Paulo Rechi Vita"
>>          module.description = "Bluetooth audio sink and source"
>>          module.version = "3.0"
>>
>> -------------------
>>
>> A small point to add to steps to reproduce:
>>
>> 11. with two entries showing in PA, shut down of BT device removes the
>> latest added entry from the PA list leaving one entry for the device even
>> though it is not active.
>
> As you probably guessed, the traces you provide look good, no
> duplicated devices there. I would thus assume it's a UI issue, you
> might confirm this by using pavucontrol and checking whether the card
> (representing the device) is listed twice or not.
>
> Besides, when you say "7. about 10 sec later a second entry for the
> same BT device...", is this happening only after you pair the device?
> Or does the issue also reproduce every time the device gets connected
> (without unpair + pair)?
>
> Cheers,
> Mikel

Thanks Mikel

My testing to this point has been that the device was connected 
automatically having been pre-registered and paired.

So I deleted the pre-registered entry and re-paired the device. The 
device entry behaved correctly when first paired, however when I left 
the registration in place, unconnected the device and then reconnected 
it, the duplicates reappeared.

In fact each time I selected an entry at random and clicked "test 
speakers" it created a new entry. At one point I had 6 entries all 
working and all the same device.

It certainly looks like a UI issue. I will contact the PA folks.
Thanks for helping me remove the BT side from the query list.

-- 
---
Colin Beckingham
613-454-5369
http://www.it4gh.com

Re: Bluetooth pulseaudio multiple device entries

[Mikel Astiz]

Hi Colin,

On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Colin Beckingham <colbec@start.ca> wrote:
>
>
> On 04/06/2013 04:05 AM, Mikel Astiz wrote:
>>
>> Hi Colin,
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Colin Beckingham <colbec@start.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04/05/2013 08:16 AM, Mikel Astiz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Colin,
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Colin Beckingham <colbec@start.ca>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Good day: using Opensuse 12.3 with standard desktop kernel from repo,
>>>>> pulseaudio under Gnome.
>>>>>
>>>>> Steps to reproduce:
>>>>> 1. clean boot of machine.
>>>>> 2. USB Bluetooth adapter Belkin which works reliably
>>>>> 3. Issue command as root "hciconfig 0 sspmode 0" - this is essential
>>>>> otherwise bluetooth device not recognized.
>>>>> 4. Open gnome sound settings from user menu; onboard sound device is
>>>>> present, only one entry
>>>>> 5. switch on bluetooth device Samsung WEP 475
>>>>> 6. device is recognized and paired, an entry appears in PA list
>>>>> 7. about 10 sec later a second entry for the same BT device appears in
>>>>> the
>>>>> list
>>>>> 8. after playing with the windows sometimes the second entry will go
>>>>> away
>>>>> 9. at least one of the entries will work and PA shows amplitude changes
>>>>> registering for the input device
>>>>> 10. sometimes clicking the wrong one will cause Gnome settings window
>>>>> to
>>>>> crash, but BT and PA are still running and device is working and gnome
>>>>> window can be opened again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Clearly the multiple entries thing is not normal behaviour.
>>>>> Might be a BT issue, or a PA issue, or a Gnome issue or other.
>>>>> It's a tossup where where to start, can I rule out the BT side?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can you specify which versions of BlueZ and PulseAudio you're using?
>>>>
>>>> Also, please check:
>>>> a. which modules are loaded during the issue by doing "pactl list
>>>> modules" or similar.
>>>> b. which bluetooth devices BlueZ registers on D-Bus: "test-device
>>>> list"/"bluez-test-device list" or similar. You can alternatively use a
>>>> tool such as d-feet.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Mikel
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mikel -
>>>
>>> -----------------
>>>
>>> $ pulseaudio --version
>>> pulseaudio 3.0
>>>
>>> -------------------
>>>
>>> # bluetoothd --version
>>> 4.101
>>>
>>> -------------------
>>>
>>> # test-device list
>>> 00:0D:E6:6E:51:47 WEP475
>>>
>>> -------------------
>>>
>>> # pactl list modules
>>>
>>> ### this module is added after starting the Samsung device
>>>
>>> Module #28
>>>      Name: module-bluetooth-device
>>>      Argument: address="00:0D:E6:6E:51:47"
>>> path="/org/bluez/455/hci0/dev_00_0D_E6_6E_51_47"
>>>      Usage counter: 0
>>>      Properties:
>>>          module.author = "Joao Paulo Rechi Vita"
>>>          module.description = "Bluetooth audio sink and source"
>>>          module.version = "3.0"
>>>
>>> -------------------
>>>
>>> A small point to add to steps to reproduce:
>>>
>>> 11. with two entries showing in PA, shut down of BT device removes the
>>> latest added entry from the PA list leaving one entry for the device even
>>> though it is not active.
>>
>>
>> As you probably guessed, the traces you provide look good, no
>> duplicated devices there. I would thus assume it's a UI issue, you
>> might confirm this by using pavucontrol and checking whether the card
>> (representing the device) is listed twice or not.
>>
>> Besides, when you say "7. about 10 sec later a second entry for the
>> same BT device...", is this happening only after you pair the device?
>> Or does the issue also reproduce every time the device gets connected
>> (without unpair + pair)?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mikel
>
>
> Thanks Mikel
>
> My testing to this point has been that the device was connected
> automatically having been pre-registered and paired.
>
> So I deleted the pre-registered entry and re-paired the device. The device
> entry behaved correctly when first paired, however when I left the
> registration in place, unconnected the device and then reconnected it, the
> duplicates reappeared.
>
> In fact each time I selected an entry at random and clicked "test speakers"
> it created a new entry. At one point I had 6 entries all working and all the
> same device.
>
> It certainly looks like a UI issue. I will contact the PA folks.
> Thanks for helping me remove the BT side from the query list.

[CCing PulseAudio mailing list]

In the PA side, double check that you don't have duplicated instances
of module-bluetooth-device. There was an issue
(https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57239) similar to the
one you describe, which should have been fixed for 3.0 (commit
41055145d7563c20fd58ed4b0a9b349c2363bb02).

Cheers,
Mikel

Re: Bluetooth pulseaudio multiple device entries

[Colin Beckingham]

On 04/06/2013 05:18 AM, Mikel Astiz wrote:
> Hi Colin,
>
> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Colin Beckingham <colbec@start.ca> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 04/06/2013 04:05 AM, Mikel Astiz wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Colin,
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Colin Beckingham <colbec@start.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 04/05/2013 08:16 AM, Mikel Astiz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Colin,
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Colin Beckingham <colbec@start.ca>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good day: using Opensuse 12.3 with standard desktop kernel from repo,
>>>>>> pulseaudio under Gnome.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Steps to reproduce:
>>>>>> 1. clean boot of machine.
>>>>>> 2. USB Bluetooth adapter Belkin which works reliably
>>>>>> 3. Issue command as root "hciconfig 0 sspmode 0" - this is essential
>>>>>> otherwise bluetooth device not recognized.
>>>>>> 4. Open gnome sound settings from user menu; onboard sound device is
>>>>>> present, only one entry
>>>>>> 5. switch on bluetooth device Samsung WEP 475
>>>>>> 6. device is recognized and paired, an entry appears in PA list
>>>>>> 7. about 10 sec later a second entry for the same BT device appears in
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> list
>>>>>> 8. after playing with the windows sometimes the second entry will go
>>>>>> away
>>>>>> 9. at least one of the entries will work and PA shows amplitude changes
>>>>>> registering for the input device
>>>>>> 10. sometimes clicking the wrong one will cause Gnome settings window
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> crash, but BT and PA are still running and device is working and gnome
>>>>>> window can be opened again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Clearly the multiple entries thing is not normal behaviour.
>>>>>> Might be a BT issue, or a PA issue, or a Gnome issue or other.
>>>>>> It's a tossup where where to start, can I rule out the BT side?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you specify which versions of BlueZ and PulseAudio you're using?
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, please check:
>>>>> a. which modules are loaded during the issue by doing "pactl list
>>>>> modules" or similar.
>>>>> b. which bluetooth devices BlueZ registers on D-Bus: "test-device
>>>>> list"/"bluez-test-device list" or similar. You can alternatively use a
>>>>> tool such as d-feet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Mikel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mikel -
>>>>
>>>> -----------------
>>>>
>>>> $ pulseaudio --version
>>>> pulseaudio 3.0
>>>>
>>>> -------------------
>>>>
>>>> # bluetoothd --version
>>>> 4.101
>>>>
>>>> -------------------
>>>>
>>>> # test-device list
>>>> 00:0D:E6:6E:51:47 WEP475
>>>>
>>>> -------------------
>>>>
>>>> # pactl list modules
>>>>
>>>> ### this module is added after starting the Samsung device
>>>>
>>>> Module #28
>>>>       Name: module-bluetooth-device
>>>>       Argument: address="00:0D:E6:6E:51:47"
>>>> path="/org/bluez/455/hci0/dev_00_0D_E6_6E_51_47"
>>>>       Usage counter: 0
>>>>       Properties:
>>>>           module.author = "Joao Paulo Rechi Vita"
>>>>           module.description = "Bluetooth audio sink and source"
>>>>           module.version = "3.0"
>>>>
>>>> -------------------
>>>>
>>>> A small point to add to steps to reproduce:
>>>>
>>>> 11. with two entries showing in PA, shut down of BT device removes the
>>>> latest added entry from the PA list leaving one entry for the device even
>>>> though it is not active.
>>>
>>>
>>> As you probably guessed, the traces you provide look good, no
>>> duplicated devices there. I would thus assume it's a UI issue, you
>>> might confirm this by using pavucontrol and checking whether the card
>>> (representing the device) is listed twice or not.
>>>
>>> Besides, when you say "7. about 10 sec later a second entry for the
>>> same BT device...", is this happening only after you pair the device?
>>> Or does the issue also reproduce every time the device gets connected
>>> (without unpair + pair)?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Mikel
>>
>>
>> Thanks Mikel
>>
>> My testing to this point has been that the device was connected
>> automatically having been pre-registered and paired.
>>
>> So I deleted the pre-registered entry and re-paired the device. The device
>> entry behaved correctly when first paired, however when I left the
>> registration in place, unconnected the device and then reconnected it, the
>> duplicates reappeared.
>>
>> In fact each time I selected an entry at random and clicked "test speakers"
>> it created a new entry. At one point I had 6 entries all working and all the
>> same device.
>>
>> It certainly looks like a UI issue. I will contact the PA folks.
>> Thanks for helping me remove the BT side from the query list.
>
> [CCing PulseAudio mailing list]
>
> In the PA side, double check that you don't have duplicated instances
> of module-bluetooth-device. There was an issue
> (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57239) similar to the
> one you describe, which should have been fixed for 3.0 (commit
> 41055145d7563c20fd58ed4b0a9b349c2363bb02).
>

Thanks Mikel

With about 6 entries in my Gnome PA window:

# pactl list modules | grep bluetooth
	Name: module-bluetooth-policy
		module.description = "When a bluetooth sink or source is added, load 
module-loopback"
	Name: module-bluetooth-discover
		module.description = "Detect available bluetooth audio devices and 
load bluetooth audio drivers"
	Name: module-bluetooth-device

So there is only one bluetooth module loaded for the device even though 
there are many devices listed in the window.

FWIW I recently upgraded from Opensuse 12.2 to 12.3, I don't remember 
seeing this issue in 12.2.

I did not approach the PA folks on this yet, but I see that you have 
cc'd the list and I will do the same.

Cheers
-- 
---
Colin Beckingham
http://www.it4gh.com

Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] Bluetooth pulseaudio multiple device entries

[Tanu Kaskinen]

> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Colin Beckingham <colbec@start.ca> wrote:
> > My testing to this point has been that the device was connected
> > automatically having been pre-registered and paired.
> >
> > So I deleted the pre-registered entry and re-paired the device. The device
> > entry behaved correctly when first paired, however when I left the
> > registration in place, unconnected the device and then reconnected it, the
> > duplicates reappeared.
> >
> > In fact each time I selected an entry at random and clicked "test speakers"
> > it created a new entry. At one point I had 6 entries all working and all the
> > same device.
> >
> > It certainly looks like a UI issue. I will contact the PA folks.
> > Thanks for helping me remove the BT side from the query list.

You can check if the bug is in the UI or in PulseAudio by running "pactl
list cards short" and "pactl list sinks short". I that shows multiple
entries for the same device, it's not a UI bug.

Is the UI that you're using pavucontrol or something else?

-- 
Tanu

Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] Bluetooth pulseaudio multiple device entries

[Colin Beckingham]

On 04/08/2013 12:39 PM, Tanu Kaskinen wrote:
>> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Colin Beckingham <colbec@start.ca> wrote:
>>> My testing to this point has been that the device was connected
>>> automatically having been pre-registered and paired.
>>>
>>> So I deleted the pre-registered entry and re-paired the device. The device
>>> entry behaved correctly when first paired, however when I left the
>>> registration in place, unconnected the device and then reconnected it, the
>>> duplicates reappeared.
>>>
>>> In fact each time I selected an entry at random and clicked "test speakers"
>>> it created a new entry. At one point I had 6 entries all working and all the
>>> same device.
>>>
>>> It certainly looks like a UI issue. I will contact the PA folks.
>>> Thanks for helping me remove the BT side from the query list.
>
> You can check if the bug is in the UI or in PulseAudio by running "pactl
> list cards short" and "pactl list sinks short". I that shows multiple
> entries for the same device, it's not a UI bug.
>
> Is the UI that you're using pavucontrol or something else?
>

Tanu, I am using gnome-control-center in the Sound section.

pavucontrol and pactl list modules show only one entry, so it is 
increasingly looking like an issue in gnome control center. I have 
registered an issue on bugzilla.

Thanks for your feedback.
-- 
---
Colin Beckingham
http://www.it4gh.com