Hello, Jerry!
Exactly. The PPA provides an update to blueman, the Bluetooth manager. As a result, a restart is required to load the updated module.
Why the PPA? As nearly as I can figure out from his explanation, the programmer of blueman said that earlier versions of pulseaudio were unstable. As a result, he turned off the automatic execution of module-bluetooth-discover, thus forcing it to be enabled manually via the terminal window. Apparently, pulseaudio's interaction with Bluetooth improved later on, so the guy issued an update via PPA that turns the automatic execution of module-bluetooth-discover back on again.
I imagine that this updated version will be included in the next update of the Ubuntu repositories - especially since this issue seems to be giving so many folks with Bluetooth accessories so much grief. The other program (pulseaudio-module-bluetooth) seems to not be installed in Ubuntu by default. After all, isn't really needed - that is, unless one uses Bluetooth.
It seems that Ubuntu 14.04 and its derivatives 'broke' a number of programs, but that's another post. As for the Bluetooth issue, it has been going on for roughly three versions of Ubuntu now. LL 1.0.x versions must have been immune, due the 12.04 LTS kernel
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Exactly. The PPA provides an update to blueman, the Bluetooth manager. As a result, a restart is required to load the updated module.
Why the PPA? As nearly as I can figure out from his explanation, the programmer of blueman said that earlier versions of pulseaudio were unstable. As a result, he turned off the automatic execution of module-bluetooth-discover, thus forcing it to be enabled manually via the terminal window. Apparently, pulseaudio's interaction with Bluetooth improved later on, so the guy issued an update via PPA that turns the automatic execution of module-bluetooth-discover back on again.
I imagine that this updated version will be included in the next update of the Ubuntu repositories - especially since this issue seems to be giving so many folks with Bluetooth accessories so much grief. The other program (pulseaudio-module-bluetooth) seems to not be installed in Ubuntu by default. After all, isn't really needed - that is, unless one uses Bluetooth.
It seems that Ubuntu 14.04 and its derivatives 'broke' a number of programs, but that's another post. As for the Bluetooth issue, it has been going on for roughly three versions of Ubuntu now. LL 1.0.x versions must have been immune, due the 12.04 LTS kernel
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
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