[Pkg-bluetooth-maintainers] Bug#835901: bluez: blootoothctl not connecting with paired device

[Yevgeny Kosarzhevsky]

Package: bluez
Version: 5.36-1+b2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Dear Maintainer,

the bluez package is unusable for me. It fails to connect.
Here is some output:

root at myhost:~# bluetoothctl 
[NEW] Controller 12:23:34:45:56:67 myhost [default]
[bluetooth]# scan on
Discovery started
[CHG] Controller 12:23:34:45:56:67 Discovering: yes
[NEW] Device 11:22:33:44:55:66 Bluutooth Device
[bluetooth]# pair 11:22:33:44:55:66 
Attempting to pair with 11:22:33:44:55:66
[CHG] Device 11:22:33:44:55:66 Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 11:22:33:44:55:66 UUIDs: 00001108-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
[CHG] Device 11:22:33:44:55:66 UUIDs: 0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
[CHG] Device 11:22:33:44:55:66 UUIDs: 0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
[CHG] Device 11:22:33:44:55:66 UUIDs: 0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
[CHG] Device 11:22:33:44:55:66 UUIDs: 0000111e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
[CHG] Device 11:22:33:44:55:66 Paired: yes
Pairing successful
[CHG] Device 11:22:33:44:55:66 Connected: no
[bluetooth]# connect 11:22:33:44:55:66 
Attempting to connect to 11:22:33:44:55:66
Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed
[bluetooth]# quit
[DEL] Controller 12:23:34:45:56:67 myhost [default]


-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages bluez depends on:
ii  dbus                 1.10.10-1
ii  init-system-helpers  1.42
ii  kmod                 22-1.1
ii  libc6                2.23-4
ii  libdbus-1-3          1.10.10-1
ii  libglib2.0-0         2.48.1-2
ii  libreadline6         6.3-8+b4
ii  libudev1             231-4
ii  lsb-base             9.20160629
ii  udev                 231-4

bluez recommends no packages.

bluez suggests no packages.

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