Bug 1311238

Sigh.  Bluetooth headset problems on Fedora again (still?).

I am also seeing this.

What needs to happen to have this fixed?  It's been probably a year or more since I have been able to use my B/T headset on Fedora.

This is possibly related to Bug 1356136, although in my case HSP/HFP is always activated and I can't switch to A2DP. I wonder whether the workaround I described in Bug 1356136 works for this bug.

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This needs to have it's Version: updated to 24 as this still issue still exists in F24.  Can somebody with permission please make the change?

New information!  With some help from https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97064 I added "headset=auto" to the "load-module module-bluetooth-discover" line in /etc/pulse/default.pa (and restart pulseaudio of course) and it now works!

I'm facing the same issue under on a Lenovo T460 and RHEL 7.3.

$ rpm -qa | grep bluetooth
gnome-bluetooth-3.14.1-1.el7.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-6.0-8.el7.x86_64
gnome-bluetooth-libs-3.14.1-1.el7.x86_64

$ dmesg | grep Bluetooth
[   15.319094] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.21
[   15.319110] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[   15.319114] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[   15.319116] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[   15.319121] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[   15.337397] Bluetooth: hci0: Firmware revision 0.0 build 30 week 18 2016
[   16.887770] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[   16.887773] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[   16.887778] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[   36.300269] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[   36.300278] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[   36.300372] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11


Headset is a Logitech H800 and the pairing works smoothly. I can also see the HSP/HFP profile. However, the mic is not recognized.

gpborges@gpborges:~$ bluetoothctl
[NEW] Controller A4:34:D9:83:10:9D gpborges.br.ibm.com [default]
[NEW] Device 00:0D:44:DE:83:86 H800 Logitech Headset
[H800 Logitech Headset]# info 
Device 00:0D:44:DE:83:86
	Name: H800 Logitech Headset
	Alias: H800 Logitech Headset
	Class: 0x240404
	Icon: audio-card
	Paired: yes
	Trusted: yes
	Blocked: no
	Connected: yes
	LegacyPairing: no
	UUID: Audio Sink                (0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: A/V Remote Control Target (0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: Advanced Audio Distribu.. (0000110d-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: A/V Remote Control        (0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: Handsfree                 (0000111e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
[H800 Logitech Headset]# 

It would be great if we see this bug fixed.

Thanks in advance!

I just installed kernel 4.11.3 (4.11.3-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64) in my RHEL 7.3 and the mic is still not working for my Logitech H800. :-( I am using Cinnamon and I used bluebuerry (GUI) to pair it. Same thing as with kernel 3.10. It lists the HFP but no mic is displayed to be selected. Tried from default sound settings and also pauvcontrol.

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Still present in Fedora 26

Given comment #9, can somebody who has permission please update the Version: field of this ticket?

Same issue reproduced on Fedora 27 with Sennheiser HD 4.50 BTNC headset.

Relevant package versions:
kernel 4.15.6-300.fc27.x86_64
pulseaudio-11.1-7.fc27.x86_64
bluez-5.48-3.fc27.x86_64
gnome-bluetooth-3.26.1-1.fc27.x86_64
(not sure which of these is actually responsible for the problem)

I take back what I said in comment #5.  I still need to always disconnect and reconnect a headset after initially connecting it to have functioning HFP.

To be honest, I've completely given up on Bluetooth headsets in Fedora.  It's never worked and obviously of no priority.

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Frankly, I have given up on Bluetooth headsets and Fedora.  It's something that I have no hope whatsoever that will actually get fixed.  Maybe that's an upstream issue or not.  I don't know.  But a package maintainer ought to at least work with upstream to try to get it fixed.

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The bug is still exists on current Fedora

Can confirm happening for me on Fedora 29.

The output from pacmd :

    index: 1
	name: <bluez_card.8B_1B_43_E1_F5_48>
	driver: <module-bluez5-device.c>
	owner module: 26
	properties:
		device.description = "AUSDOM M09"
		device.string = "8B:1B:43:E1:F5:48"
		device.api = "bluez"
		device.class = "sound"
		device.bus = "bluetooth"
		device.form_factor = "hands-free"
		bluez.path = "/org/bluez/hci0/dev_8B_1B_43_E1_F5_48"
		bluez.class = "0x240408"
		bluez.alias = "AUSDOM M09"
		device.icon_name = "audio-handsfree-bluetooth"
		device.intended_roles = "phone"
	profiles:
		a2dp_sink: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) (priority 40, available: unknown)
		headset_head_unit: Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP) (priority 30, available: no)
		off: Off (priority 0, available: yes)
	active profile: <a2dp_sink>
	sinks:
		bluez_sink.8B_1B_43_E1_F5_48.a2dp_sink/#2: AUSDOM M09
	sources:
		bluez_sink.8B_1B_43_E1_F5_48.a2dp_sink.monitor/#3: Monitor of AUSDOM M09
	ports:
		handsfree-output: Handsfree (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
			properties:
				
		handsfree-input: Handsfree (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:

When I try to switch the profile :
 pacmd set-card-profile 1 headset_head_unit
Failed to set card profile to 'headset_head_unit'.

and in the syslog I see :
Jan 06 14:44:22 mi pulseaudio[1597]: W: [pulseaudio] module-bluez5-device.c: Refused to switch profile to headset_head_unit: Not connected

THe headset is connected and working w/o issues for playback.

Try disabling ofono backend by `systemctl stop ofono.service` and restart pulseaudio to see if problem persists?

I don't have ofono.service running.

But seriously folks.  Given that I have to do the same thing every single time I turn on my BT headset, which is to go into the Bluetooth settings in control panel and disable the headset and then enable it to get a working HFP profile, surely this is something that is fixable.

Every single time.  100% reproducibility.

I'm now able to switch profile to headset_handsfree on Fedora 29 an HFP-only bluetooth headset (Bluedio TN2 - also known as: T Energy 2).

James's and Rodrigo's PulseAudio patches worked for me. More information about the patches:
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/Bluetooth/#index3h2
https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/30716/

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For those interested, here are the detailed steps to apply the patches to PulseAudio source and build it:

Install libs needed for build:
sudo dnf install make gettext-devel gettext-common-devel gettext-devel autoconf automake intltool perl-XML-Parser libtool libtool-ltdl-devel libsndfile-devel libcap-devel speexdsp-devel dbus-devel cmake-filesystem bluez-libs-devel sbc-devel alsa-lib-devel systemd-devel

mkdir PulseAudio-build ; cd PulseAudio-build

Download PulseAudio 11.1 source:
wget https://freedesktop.org/software/pulseaudio/releases/pulseaudio-11.1.tar.xz
tar -xvf pulseaudio-11.1.tar.xz

Download the patches:
wget https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/178198/raw/ -O v5-1-4-bluetooth-use-consistent-profile-names-James.Bottomley.patch
wget https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/178199/raw/ -O v5-2-4-bluetooth-separate-HSP-and-HFP-James.Bottomley.patch
wget https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/178200/raw/ -O v5-3-4-bluetooth-add-correct-HFP-rfcomm-negotiation-James.Bottomley.patch
wget https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/178201/raw/ -O v5-4-4-bluetooth-make-native-the-default-backend-James.Bottomley.patch
wget https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/180058/raw/ -O v5-2-4-bluetooth-separate-HSP-and-HFP-Rodrigo.Araujo.patch
wget https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=136927 -O memfd-wrappers-only-define-memfd_create-if-not-alrea.patch

Apply the patches:
cd pulseaudio-11.1
patch -p1 < ../v5-1-4-bluetooth-use-consistent-profile-names-James.Bottomley.patch
patch -p1 < ../v5-2-4-bluetooth-separate-HSP-and-HFP-James.Bottomley.patch
patch -p1 < ../v5-3-4-bluetooth-add-correct-HFP-rfcomm-negotiation-James.Bottomley.patch
patch -p1 < ../v5-4-4-bluetooth-make-native-the-default-backend-James.Bottomley.patch
patch -p1 < ../v5-2-4-bluetooth-separate-HSP-and-HFP-Rodrigo.Araujo.patch
patch -p1 < ../memfd-wrappers-only-define-memfd_create-if-not-alrea.patch

Build the patched PulseAudio:
./bootstrap.sh
CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -g -O0" ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --enable-force-preopen --enable-bluez5=yes --enable-alsa=yes --enable-bluez5-native-headset=yes --enable-bluez5-ofono-headset=no --enable-bluez4=no
make

Install:
sudo make install
It should be working fine after reboot.

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BACKOUT - to revert back to the distribution version:
sudo make uninstall
sudo dnf reinstall pulseaudio

Why are you building pulseaudio 11.1 when what's in F29 is pulseaudio-12.2-1.fc29.x86_64?

Surely you want to start with at least that, yes?

(In reply to Brian J. Murrell from comment #21)
> Why are you building pulseaudio 11.1 when what's in F29 is
> pulseaudio-12.2-1.fc29.x86_64?
> 
> Surely you want to start with at least that, yes?

Brian, those patches will apply fine only to v11.1, which was the current version at the time they were written by James and Rodrigo (more than a year ago).
For newer versions, one would need to apply manually and/or rewrite the patches. If you or someone else wants to do that, you are welcome to do so.
I just wanted to share the straightforward steps that solved my problem (the same as originally reported in this thread) as I now can make full use of my HFP-only headset on Fedora 29.

I rebased the patches on 12.2 and while they do separate the HFP and HSP profiles, they do not solve my problem.

I still need to disconnect and reconnect my headset after it's automatically connected on power-on before I see the headset as a device I can choose to Record from.  Before the disconnect/reconnect I only see a Monitor option for it in the recording menu selection.

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Please move this to F30.  This problem still exists there.

This is a duplicate of https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1508807

I can confirm the patches made available on the branch here [1] resolve this issue for me.  I have Apple Powerbeats Pro which only have a HFP profile, when I compile and use the jejb-v13 branch on Fedora 31 I can select HFP and use the Powerbeats Pro as a headset.

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/pulseaudio.git/?h=jejb-v13

> I can confirm the patches made available on the branch here

There are over 400 commits on that jejb-v13 branch that are not on stable-12.x.

> There are over 400 commits on that jejb-v13 branch that are not on stable-12.x.

In reference to F30 that is.  The news for F31 is much better:

* bb98ebd44 - (jejb/jejb-v13) bluetooth: make native the default backend (7 weeks ago) <James Bottomley>
* 17b7a980b - bluetooth: add correct HFP rfcomm negotiation (7 weeks ago) <James Bottomley>
* c6eff88ee - bluetooth: separate HSP and HFP (7 weeks ago) <James Bottomley>
* 0cc93ebc2 - bluetooth: use consistent profile names (7 weeks ago) <James Bottomley>

But I am reluctant to update the F30 machine where I would use my BT headset to F31 given the issues (gnome-shell segfaulting!) I have had there on another machine.  :-(

> This is a duplicate of https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1508807

I don't think it is.  I have built and installed https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/pulseaudio.git/?h=jejb-v13 on my system and still see the same issue:

    index: 2
	name: <bluez_card.50_C9_71_83_EC_70>
	driver: <module-bluez5-device.c>
	owner module: 23
	properties:
		device.description = "Jabra EXTREME2 v4.14.0"
		device.string = "50:C9:71:83:EC:70"
		device.api = "bluez"
		device.class = "sound"
		device.bus = "bluetooth"
		device.form_factor = "headset"
		bluez.path = "/org/bluez/hci0/dev_50_C9_71_83_EC_70"
		bluez.class = "0x240404"
		bluez.alias = "Jabra EXTREME2 v4.14.0"
		device.icon_name = "audio-headset-bluetooth"
		device.intended_roles = "phone"
	profiles:
		a2dp_sink: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) (priority 40, available: yes)
		headset_handsfree: Headset Handsfree (HFP) (priority 30, available: no)
		off: Off (priority 0, available: yes)
	active profile: <a2dp_sink>
	sinks:
		bluez_sink.50_C9_71_83_EC_70.a2dp_sink/#2: Jabra EXTREME2 v4.14.0
	sources:
		bluez_sink.50_C9_71_83_EC_70.a2dp_sink.monitor/#4: Monitor of Jabra EXTREME2 v4.14.0
	ports:
		headset-output: Headset (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes)
			properties:
				
		headset-input: Headset (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:

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I can confirm that the issue still exists on Fedora 30. 
I just upgraded from 29 and I use KDE with PhononGStreamer as a backend. 

I have a Lenove X230 and a Logitech H800. 

pactl list cardsCard #9
        Name: bluez_card.00_0D_44_31_DF_CB
        Driver: module-bluez5-device.c
        Owner Module: 39
        Properties:
                device.description = "H800 Logitech Headset"
...

        Profiles:
                headset_head_unit: Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP) (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 30, available: no)
                a2dp_sink: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 40, available: yes)
                off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
---


pacmd set-card-profile 9 headset_head_unit
Failed to set card profile to 'headset_head_unit'.

---
/var/log/messages:
Dec 11 11:52:05 lenovo pulseaudio[1887]: W: [pulseaudio] module-bluez5-device.c: Refused to switch profile to headset_head_unit: Not connected


Disconnecting and reconnecting doesn't change anything.

building the branch from https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311238#c27 and running it seems to have worked for me with the Beats Studio Pro3.  (and the explanation makes sense:  devices that only report HFP and not HSP don't work without the patch)

thanks Tim!

Hopefully there are plans to include that patch in an upcoming PulseAudio release + fedora package.

I can confirm this on F31 and Lenovo T490s with:
Card #2
	Driver: module-bluez5-device.c
	Owner Module: 22
	Properties:
		device.description = "JBL CLUB700BT"
		device.api = "bluez"
		device.class = "sound"
		device.bus = "bluetooth"
		device.form_factor = "headset"
		bluez.class = "0x240404"
		bluez.alias = "JBL CLUB700BT"
		device.icon_name = "audio-headset-bluetooth"
		device.intended_roles = "phone"
	Profiles:
		a2dp_sink: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 40, available: yes)
		headset_head_unit: Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP) (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 30, available: no)
		off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
	Active Profile: a2dp_sink
	Ports:
		headset-output: Headset (priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec)
			Part of profile(s): a2dp_sink, headset_head_unit
		headset-input: Headset (priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Part of profile(s): headset_head_unit

❯ cat /usr/lib/fedora-release 
Fedora release 31 (Thirty One)

❯ rpm -q bluez pulseaudio            
bluez-5.54-1.fc31.x86_64
pulseaudio-13.99.1-3.fc31.x86_64

---

Same with these:
Card #6
	Name: bluez_card.E8_07_BF_95_24_C8
	Driver: module-bluez5-device.c
	Owner Module: 27
	Properties:
		device.description = "Soundcore Life P2"
		device.string = "E8:07:BF:95:24:C8"
		device.api = "bluez"
		device.class = "sound"
		device.bus = "bluetooth"
		device.form_factor = "headset"
		bluez.path = "/org/bluez/hci0/dev_E8_07_BF_95_24_C8"
		bluez.class = "0x240404"
		bluez.alias = "Soundcore Life P2"
		device.icon_name = "audio-headset-bluetooth"
		device.intended_roles = "phone"
	Profiles:
		a2dp_source_sbc: High Fidelity Capture (A2DP Source: SBC) (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 20, available: yes)
		a2dp_source_aac: High Fidelity Capture (A2DP Source: AAC) (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 20, available: no)
		a2dp_source_aptx: High Fidelity Capture (A2DP Source: APTX) (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 20, available: no)
		a2dp_source_aptx_hd: High Fidelity Capture (A2DP Source: aptX HD) (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 20, available: no)
		a2dp_sink_sbc: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink: SBC) (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 40, available: yes)
		a2dp_sink_aac: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink: AAC) (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 40, available: yes)
		a2dp_sink_aptx: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink: aptX) (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 40, available: yes)
		a2dp_sink_aptx_hd: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink: aptX HD) (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 40, available: no)
		a2dp_sink_ldac: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink: LDAC) (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 40, available: no)
		headset_head_unit: Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP) (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 30, available: no)
		off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
	Active Profile: a2dp_sink_aac
	Ports:
		headset-output: Headset (priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec, available)
			Part of profile(s): a2dp_sink_sbc, a2dp_sink_aac, a2dp_sink_aptx, a2dp_sink_aptx_hd, a2dp_sink_ldac, headset_head_unit
		headset-input: Headset (priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
			Part of profile(s): a2dp_source_sbc, a2dp_source_aac, a2dp_source_aptx, a2dp_source_aptx_hd, headset_head_unit

I can confirm still valid on fedora 32

I think this is something with high impact for every linux users, and more for newcomers as bluetooth headset are very common today days and more common to use for videoconferences.

$ pactl list

Placa #2
	Nombre: bluez_card.7B_ED_7B_BF_B3_00
	Controlador: module-bluez5-device.c
	Módulo dueño: 23
	Propiedades:
		device.description = "KHS-620"
		device.string = "7B:ED:7B:BF:B3:00"
		device.api = "bluez"
		device.class = "sound"
		device.bus = "bluetooth"
		device.form_factor = "headset"
		bluez.path = "/org/bluez/hci0/dev_7B_ED_7B_BF_B3_00"
		bluez.class = "0x240404"
		bluez.alias = "KHS-620"
		device.icon_name = "audio-headset-bluetooth"
		device.intended_roles = "phone"
	Perfiles:
		a2dp_sink: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 40, available: yes)
		headset_head_unit: Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP) (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 30, available: yes)
		off: Apagado (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
	Perfil Activo: a2dp_sink
	Puertos:
		headset-output: Headset (priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec, available)
			Part of profile(s): a2dp_sink, headset_head_unit
		headset-input: Headset (priority: 0, latency offset: 0 usec)
			Part of profile(s): headset_head_unit


$ pacmd set-card-profile 2 headset_head_unit
Failed to set card profile to 'headset_head_unit'.


Tried also with ofono, but didn't work.

Also tried changing line at /etc/pulse/default.pa:

load-module module-bluetooth-discover headset=native

but didn't work.

Hope we can get some fix soon, as it is a usability impact for big amount of users.

FWIW, I do have a working HFP setup on my Fedora 30 machine.  It requires the addition of the attached patch.

It comes from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/-/issues/84.

Created attachment 1679825 [details]
Patch to make HFP work

Hello.

I don't understand the technical details here but I'm gonna try to build a new pulseaudio RPM for Fedora with the patch from comment#38. It seems that we have the same version in Fedora 31, 32, and rawhide so I'll do it in COPR and everybody can help with testing it.

Builds are ready here: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/lbalhar/pulseaudio/

Ok, I can confirm that the patch included in my build of pulseaudio (COPR, see above) works, but with one disadvantage. When I switch a profile (in pavucontrol) from "High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink: SBC)" to new "Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP)" the sound coming from PC to my Sony WH-CH700N headphones starts to sound like from a tunnel. On the other hand, a new input device (headset mic) appears in "Input devices" tab and it seems to work. It might be a solution for conference calls but it needs some improvements for music.

Unfortunately the patch and the COPR build do not work in my setup (Fedora 31 Workstation, Sony WH-1000XM3, Bluetooth Chip: Intel Corporation Wireless-AC 9260. The mic of the headset is not added as input/recording device.
Regarding sound quality, it seems that there are some issues around HSP/HFP in the pulseaudio upstream: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/issues/776

(In reply to Lumír Balhar from comment #40)
> Builds are ready here:
> https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/lbalhar/pulseaudio/

I can confirm that this helped me getting my PowerBeats pro to work as microphone on Fedora 31. Indeed though the output quality with HFP is considerable reduced compared to A2DP. Still ... Thanks a lot, my use case is video conferencing, and it'll work for that!

(In reply to Gabriel P from comment #20)
> I'm now able to switch profile to headset_handsfree on Fedora 29 an HFP-only
> bluetooth headset (Bluedio TN2 - also known as: T Energy 2).
> 
> James's and Rodrigo's PulseAudio patches worked for me. More information
> about the patches:
> https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/
> Bluetooth/#index3h2
> https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/30716/
> 
> -----
> 
> For those interested, here are the detailed steps to apply the patches to
> PulseAudio source and build it:
> 
> Install libs needed for build:
> sudo dnf install make gettext-devel gettext-common-devel gettext-devel
> autoconf automake intltool perl-XML-Parser libtool libtool-ltdl-devel
> libsndfile-devel libcap-devel speexdsp-devel dbus-devel cmake-filesystem
> bluez-libs-devel sbc-devel alsa-lib-devel systemd-devel
> 
> mkdir PulseAudio-build ; cd PulseAudio-build
> 
> Download PulseAudio 11.1 source:
> wget
> https://freedesktop.org/software/pulseaudio/releases/pulseaudio-11.1.tar.xz
> tar -xvf pulseaudio-11.1.tar.xz
> 
> Download the patches:
> wget https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/178198/raw/ -O
> v5-1-4-bluetooth-use-consistent-profile-names-James.Bottomley.patch
> wget https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/178199/raw/ -O
> v5-2-4-bluetooth-separate-HSP-and-HFP-James.Bottomley.patch
> wget https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/178200/raw/ -O
> v5-3-4-bluetooth-add-correct-HFP-rfcomm-negotiation-James.Bottomley.patch
> wget https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/178201/raw/ -O
> v5-4-4-bluetooth-make-native-the-default-backend-James.Bottomley.patch
> wget https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/180058/raw/ -O
> v5-2-4-bluetooth-separate-HSP-and-HFP-Rodrigo.Araujo.patch
> wget https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=136927 -O
> memfd-wrappers-only-define-memfd_create-if-not-alrea.patch
> 
> Apply the patches:
> cd pulseaudio-11.1
> patch -p1 <
> ../v5-1-4-bluetooth-use-consistent-profile-names-James.Bottomley.patch
> patch -p1 < ../v5-2-4-bluetooth-separate-HSP-and-HFP-James.Bottomley.patch
> patch -p1 <
> ../v5-3-4-bluetooth-add-correct-HFP-rfcomm-negotiation-James.Bottomley.patch
> patch -p1 <
> ../v5-4-4-bluetooth-make-native-the-default-backend-James.Bottomley.patch
> patch -p1 < ../v5-2-4-bluetooth-separate-HSP-and-HFP-Rodrigo.Araujo.patch
> patch -p1 < ../memfd-wrappers-only-define-memfd_create-if-not-alrea.patch
> 
> Build the patched PulseAudio:
> ./bootstrap.sh
> CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -g -O0" ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
> --enable-force-preopen --enable-bluez5=yes --enable-alsa=yes
> --enable-bluez5-native-headset=yes --enable-bluez5-ofono-headset=no
> --enable-bluez4=no
> make
> 
> Install:
> sudo make install
> It should be working fine after reboot.
> 
> -----
> 
> BACKOUT - to revert back to the distribution version:
> sudo make uninstall
> sudo dnf reinstall pulseaudio

I just want to confirm that these patches work !
I came here from the internet, searching for a fix to activate HFP on my Airpods and PA 11.1 (though my OS is Ubuntu 18.04 but it doesn't matter, the real problem is PA) and luckily I found it! Thank you Gabriel!

Cool, it would be good if we could get this backported to distro package as well

(In reply to Marko Bevc from comment #45)
> Cool, it would be good if we could get this backported to distro package as
> well

Given the fact I basically did it in COPR and it works for multiple people, I can open a PR to include the patch to Fedora repositories. Do you think I should even the quality of the new profile is not perfect?

> Given the fact I basically did it in COPR and it works for multiple people, I can open a PR to include the patch to Fedora repositories. Do you think I should even the quality of the new profile is not perfect?

I was not able to get the COPR version working but I did get a locally built patched version working(I didn't spend much time investigating my problems w/ the COPR distro since i had a workaround).  My impression is that the quality is exactly what you'd expect for a headset/mic bluetooth profile (the audio quality drops because it's not A2DP) and has nothing to do w/ the patch itself, so I would say yes.

If someone else has a different headset that works both with and without the patch who can confirm that indeed the patch behavior is just "par for the course for a headset/handsfree profile on bluetooth" that would be great, though.

PR to include the patch in the official Fedora packages: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/pulseaudio/pull-request/5

Rawhide scratch build: https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=45736697

Many have experienced an issue where both bluetooth profiles (A2DP and HSP/HFP) work only when the device is first paired, but after the device is disconnected and reconnected, it becomes impossible to switch. See: https://gist.github.com/egelev/2e6b57d5a8ba62cf6df6fff2878c3fd4#gistcomment-3353482 

Will this patch solve that issue? Is there a relevant upstream discussion on the bluez/linux-bluetooth developers mailing list that someone has a link to?

> Will this patch solve that issue? Is there a relevant upstream discussion on
> the bluez/linux-bluetooth developers mailing list that someone has a link to?

You can try it and tell us. It works well for me.

The patch probably won't be included in Fedora before it's merged upstream, see https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/pulseaudio/pull-request/5

There is also a new merge request: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/-/merge_requests/288

(In reply to Lumír Balhar from comment #50)
> > Will this patch solve that issue? Is there a relevant upstream discussion on
> > the bluez/linux-bluetooth developers mailing list that someone has a link to?
> 
> You can try it and tell us. It works well for me.
> 
> The patch probably won't be included in Fedora before it's merged upstream,
> see https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/pulseaudio/pull-request/5

I tried the COPR build pulseaudio-13.99.1-200.fc32.x86_64 but when attempting to use my bluetooth headset microphone, Pulseaudio seemed to hang. I'll investigate a bit later.

(In reply to Lumír Balhar from comment #50)
> > Will this patch solve that issue? Is there a relevant upstream discussion on
> > the bluez/linux-bluetooth developers mailing list that someone has a link to?
> 
> You can try it and tell us. It works well for me.
> 
> The patch probably won't be included in Fedora before it's merged upstream,
> see https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/pulseaudio/pull-request/5
> 
> There is also a new merge request:
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/-/merge_requests/288

Hey Lumír, 
thanks for handling this. Please note that I just installed your COPR build
and it doesn't work.

~ # rpm -qa | grep pulseaudio
alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.2.2-1.fc32.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-gsettings-13.99.1-200.fc32.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-x11-13.99.1-200.fc32.x86_64
pulseaudio-libs-13.99.1-200.fc32.x86_64
pulseaudio-13.99.1-200.fc32.x86_64
pulseaudio-libs-glib2-13.99.1-200.fc32.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-13.99.1-200.fc32.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-gconf-13.99.1-200.fc32.x86_64
pulseaudio-utils-13.99.1-200.fc32.x86_64
kde-settings-pulseaudio-32.0-3.fc32.noarch

Kernel:
kernel-5.7.17-200.fc32.x86_64

pacmd:
        name: <bluez_card.A4_77_58_83_3A_73>
        driver: <module-bluez5-device.c>
        owner module: 27
        properties:
                device.description = "Philips BH305"
                device.string = "A4:77:58:83:3A:73"
                device.api = "bluez"
                device.class = "sound"
                device.bus = "bluetooth"
                device.form_factor = "headset"
                bluez.path = "/org/bluez/hci0/dev_A4_77_58_83_3A_73"
                bluez.class = "0x240404"
                bluez.alias = "Philips BH305"
                device.icon_name = "audio-headset-bluetooth"
                device.intended_roles = "phone"
        profiles:
                a2dp_sink: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) (priority 40, available: yes)
                headset_handsfree: Headset Handsfree (HFP) (priority 30, available: no)
                off: Off (priority 0, available: yes)
        active profile: <a2dp_sink>
        sinks:
                bluez_sink.A4_77_58_83_3A_73.a2dp_sink/#3: Philips BH305
        sources:
                bluez_sink.A4_77_58_83_3A_73.a2dp_sink.monitor/#5: Monitor of Philips BH305
        ports:
                headset-output: Headset (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes)
                        properties:

                headset-input: Headset (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:

I have read this article:

https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2020/09/04/pipewire-late-summer-update-2020/

Looks like pipewire is now the focus and promises a lot! could it bring the solution to this issue in the near future too?

Looks like there is also some work done here:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/-/merge_requests/227

Confirming the COPR build fixed it for me.

Monster Isport Champion
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 6 (2018)
Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275
Fedora 32

Thanks Lumír!

The sound quality is substantially lower in HFP than it should be, but I'm not sure if that's due to the patch or an existing issue with PulseAudio.

I have tested with the same hardware in Windows 10 (as well as Android) and the sound quality in HFP (input and output) is superb.

Could you test with pipewire-pulseaudio? It is now working for me with soundcore life q20.

today I tested pipewire-pulseaudio 3.20 and looks like everything is resolved for bluetooth support.

Attached screenshot.

So if everything goes well and Fedora replaces pulseaudio with pipewire: we can consider this as resolved.

https://pagure.io/fedora-docs/release-notes/issue/611
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906086
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/DefaultPipeWire

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/tags/0.3.20

Unfortunately pipewire-pulsaudio is too unstable for me.  It crashes when I try to use my B/T headset.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/619

Back to PA I guess.  It's flaky there, but at least doesn't crash.

Try with fedora 33, there some others components updated.

It's pretty easy to perfom in-place upgrade of fedora.

I see it working properly on all my testings in fedora 34 with pipewire

Another positive experience here with pipewire-pulseaudio-0.3.26-2.fc33.x86_64 in combination with Soundcore Life P2. Both HSP/HFP and A2DP work as expected. Pulseaudio 14.0 only supported A2DP.

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Since pipewire replaced pulseaudio, all this issues were fixed for me.