BlueZ bluetoothctl on Raspbian Jessie, connecting a Raspberry Pi to a Sphero

Question

When trying to connect to a Sphero (from Orbotix) through Bluetooth, on a Raspbian Jessie fully updated:

• if I do (being root, with Sphero paired and trusted)

  # bluetoothctl [bluetooth]# connect {sphero-mac-address} [CHG] Device {sphero-mac-address} Connected:yes [CHG] Device {sphero-mac-address} Connected:no

  As you can see the connection fails

• but if I do instead

  # rfcomm connect /dev/rfcomm0 {sphero-mac-address} Connected /dev/rfcomm0 to {sphero-mac-address} on channel 1

The connection succeeds, and the Sphero appears connected in bluetoothctl also, afterwards.

What do I do wrong with bluetoothctl connect?

Answer 1

i have the same phenomenom on raspberry pi 3 Jessie when i forgot to do pulseaudio --start before bluetoothctl