kernel-packages team mailing list archive

[Konrad Zapałowicz <konrad.zapalowicz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is reported against an old version of Ubuntu and many things has
changed since then. Because of that we won't fix this issue however if
this behavior repeats on a modern version please fill a bug report
against it and we will take it from there.

** Changed in: bluez (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel
Packages, which is subscribed to bluez in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/399803

Title:
  [Jaunty] regression: bluetooth headset playback quality - choppy every
  two-three minutes

Status in bluez package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: bluez

  I've been using a SonyEricsson headset since Ubuntu 7.10 to play music at work (from a ThinkPad T61) - it's been a great experience and a pleasure to listen to music using that headset.
  This christmas I got (myself actually) an Acer Aspire One 110A and installed Ubuntu 8.10, plugged in a tiny bluetooth adapter, installed banshee and rhythmbox, paired up and off I went. It worked great but with a shorter range (failed to keep music playing while going to bathroom :)
  However, I just recently updated to 9.04 and now playback has started to behave really bad. What happens is that it sounds just like I'm out of range - it gets choppy and after some time it fast forwards (skips frames) to get back in sync.

  lsusb says:
    Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)

  Looking at /var/log/syslog this is what I get after doing a
  /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart (I do that whenever I forget to turn
  playback off when leaving my desk and return after a few minutes):

  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: Bluetooth daemon
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: Starting SDP server
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: Starting experimental netlink support
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: Failed to find Bluetooth netlink family
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: bridge pan0 created
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: Registered interface org.bluez.Service on path /org/bluez/16817/any
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: HCI dev 0 registered
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: HCI dev 0 up
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: Starting security manager 0
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: Registered interface org.bluez.SerialProxyManager on path /org/bluez/16817/hci0
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: Registered interface org.bluez.NetworkPeer on path /org/bluez/16817/hci0
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: Registered interface org.bluez.NetworkHub on path /org/bluez/16817/hci0
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: Registered interface org.bluez.NetworkRouter on path /org/bluez/16817/hci0
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: Registered interface org.bluez.Service on path /org/bluez/16817/hci0
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: Registered interface org.bluez.Headset on path /org/bluez/16817/hci0/dev_00_18_13_DB_F4_0C
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: Registered interface org.bluez.AudioSink on path /org/bluez/16817/hci0/dev_00_18_13_DB_F4_0C
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: Registered interface org.bluez.Control on path /org/bluez/16817/hci0/dev_00_18_13_DB_F4_0C
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: Registered interface org.bluez.Serial on path /org/bluez/16817/hci0/dev_00_18_13_DB_F4_0C
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: Registered interface org.bluez.Input on path /org/bluez/16817/hci0/dev_00_18_13_DB_F4_0C
  Jul 15 15:41:44 acer bluetoothd[16817]: Adapter /org/bluez/16817/hci0 has been enabled

  Then, I start playback in banshee, music starts playing (sounds OK)
  and syslog shows

  Jul 15 17:31:59 acer bluetoothd[16817]: link_key_request (sba=00:1B:DC:02:0F:7E, dba=00:18:13:DB:F4:0C)
  Jul 15 17:32:00 acer bluetoothd[16817]: Can't open input device: No such file or directory (2)
  Jul 15 17:32:00 acer bluetoothd[16817]: AVRCP: failed to init uinput for 00:18:13:DB:F4:0C

  Just as I write this report and hit play above, I just got 1:17
  minutes of OK playback, but then it started chopping and at 1:37 it
  was back in sync. I'm playing an ogg file that I've listened to
  (thousands of times - last.fm can confirm this), so there's nothing
  wrong with the file.

  My comple .asoundrc:

  pcm.bluetooth {
  	type bluetooth
  	device 00:18:13:DB:F4:0C # tiny
  	#device 00:1B:DC:02:0F:7E # tiny nr 2
  }

  I've run "vmstat 1" in a console to see if there's something special
  happening but I can't find any pattern from that.

  I'm running the standard kernel, all packages updated. My /boot/grub/menu.lst does include
  # defoptions=enable_mtrr_cleanup mtrr_spare_reg_nr=1 quiet splash
  which is related to MTRR registries bug(s) in kernel and intel.

  I've reniced bluetoothd, pulseaudio and banshee to -10 (using htop) -
  no change.

  I'm out of ideas on what to try. I'm willing to try most ideas as I'm
  getting crazy listening to people walk by in the corridor at the
  office ...

  ceda@acer:~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 9.04
  Release:	9.04
  ceda@acer:~$ LANG=C apt-cache policy bluez gnome-bluetooth
  bluez:
    Installed: 4.32-0ubuntu4.1
    Candidate: 4.32-0ubuntu4.1
    Version table:
   *** 4.32-0ubuntu4.1 0
          500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       4.32-0ubuntu4 0
          500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
  gnome-bluetooth:
    Installed: 0.11.0-0ubuntu4
    Candidate: 0.11.0-0ubuntu4
    Version table:
   *** 0.11.0-0ubuntu4 0
          500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  ceda@acer:~$ aptitude search bluez
  i   bluez                           - Bluetooth tools and daemons              
  i   bluez-alsa                      - Bluetooth audio support                  
  p   bluez-btsco                     - Bluez Bluetooth SCO tool                 
  p   bluez-compat                    - BlueZ 3.x compatibility binaries         
  i   bluez-cups                      - Bluetooth printer driver for CUPS        
  i   bluez-gnome                     - Bluetooth utilities for GNOME            
  i   bluez-gstreamer                 - Bluetooth gstreamer support              
  p   bluez-hcidump                   - Analyses Bluetooth HCI packets           
  p   bluez-pcmcia-support            - PCMCIA support files for BlueZ 2.0 Blueto
  i   bluez-utils                     - Transitional package                     
  i A python-bluez                    - Python wrappers around BlueZ for rapid bl
  v   python2.5-bluez                 -                                          
  v   python2.6-bluez                 -                                          
  ceda@acer:~$ aptitude search bluetooth
  i   bluetooth                       - Bluetooth support                        
  i   gnome-bluetooth                 - GNOME Bluetooth tools.                   
  i   gpe-bluetooth                   - Bluetooth connectivity tool for GPE      
  p   kdebluetooth                    - KDE Bluetooth Framework                  
  p   libbluetooth-dev                - Development files for using the BlueZ Lin
  i   libbluetooth3                   - Library to use the BlueZ Linux Bluetooth 
  v   libbluetooth3-dev               -                                          
  p   libmultisync-plugin-irmc-blueto - Adds Bluetooth support to the IrMC plugin
  p   libnet-bluetooth-perl           - Perl Bluetooth interface                 
  v   python-bluetooth                -

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/399803/+subscriptions