load-pulseaudio-bluetooth-module-at-startup_linux-mint-17-2.md

[LINUX MINT 17.2] Load PulseAudio Bluetooth module at startup

If it doesn't exist yet create a scripts directory in your HOME directory

$ mkdir -p ~/scripts

Create a script in this directory called load-bluetooth.sh

$ vim ~/scripts/load-bluetooth.sh && \
> chmod +x scripts/load-bluetooth.sh

The scripts look like this

#!/bin/bash

# A temporary file will be created to log event ( can be usefull to debug errors)
sudo pactl load-module module-bluetooth-discover > /tmp/load-bluetooth.log 2>&1

Then add a sudoer file to allow the command pactl to be executed without password

$ [sudo] vim /etc/sudoers.d/pactl

And add a line to launch this script without password :

# Used in a script (load-bluetooth.sh) that load the pulseaudio bluetooth module at startup

$USER     ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/pactl

Finally Add the script to startup scripts

System Setting > Startup Applications