[Bug 1169776] [NEW] Bluetooth audio fails on 64-bit architecture Ubuntu 12.10

[Steve White]

Public bug reported:

* Headset works fine on 32-bit machines under Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10
     (Samsung NC-20, Dell D420)

* Same headset pairs, but fails to do audio on a 64-bit machine, Ubuntu 32-bit or 64-bit 12.10 or 64-bit 13.04
    (Lenovo S206 with AMD E1-1200)

AGAIN: it fails on 64-bit *machines* regardless of the Ubuntu version,
and works on 32-bit machines.

* At first sometimes I see the hardware in the Sound Settings.
  but only hear some tinny, scratchy sounds briefly.
  Then the device disappears from the Sound Settings.  Re-starting bluetooth has no effect.

On a working system, see syslog lines like
    bluetoothd[825]: /org/bluez/825/hci0/dev_<bluetooth-id>: fd(32) ready
    ...
    bluetoothd[825]: Audio connection got disconnected

But on the non-working systems, I don't see such bluetooth lines at all (I presume due to the logging level)
Anyway, no *errors* are showing, after pairing with the headset.  The audio just doesn't work.

Please advise how to debug.

(Of course I don't know if the blame lies with the Bluetooth software or
with PulseAudio, and of course I don't care.)

Please fix this soon!  I have been using this on a daily basis, and need
to move to a newer machine.

** Affects: bluez (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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  Bluetooth audio fails on 64-bit architecture Ubuntu 12.10

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