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Roy-Wanyoike
Roy-Wanyoike

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Struggling to fix: Bluetooth connection failed: protocol not available?

Well after upgrading my Linux version am using Parrot Electro Ara 5.1 i was not able to use my JBL headphones since bluetooth threw an error i couldn't catch lol!
after a week of struggling with this issue i managed to solve it with just 5 lines of code.
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Below are the solutions to above problem.
I preffered using Geany to edit
sudo geany /etc/pulse/default.pa

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(Edit geany to use editor of your preference)

Move to line 65 and comment this line

load-module module-bluetooth-discover
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upon edit it should look like

#load-module module-bluetooth-discover
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Next edit the pulse-audio
sudo geany usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11
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Add to line 37

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Add this line on line 37
/usr/bin/pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover

save this script and you are good to reboot.

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Enjoy

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