Sorry to get back so late -- I couldn't find my original notes, so I had to reconstruct what I did.
Anyway, instead of using the Setup wizard from Blueman, have you tried selecting the Bluetooth speaker device and clicking "Pair" in the toolbar? This worked for me on my devices, although I don't have Bluetooth speakers that I could test this on.
If that fails too, you can try looking into using the command-line tools bluez
: According to https://gist.github.com/actuino/9548329d1bba6663a63886067af5e4cb, setting up a Bluetooth speaker is likely as simple as:
- Open your favored terminal program.
- Type the command
bluetoothctl
and press Enter. (From now on, it's assumed that you press Enter after each command.)
- Type the command
power on
. (You probably don't need to do this, but it's unlikely to hurt.)
- Type the command
agent on
. (You probably don't need to do this, but it's unlikely to hurt.)
- Type the command
scan on
. This will take a few seconds as bluez
scans for Bluetooth devices nearby. At some point before the command returns, you should see an entry for your Bluetooth speaker.
- Type the following, replacing
<dev>
with the (MAC) address of the Bluetooth speaker listed in step 5:pair <dev>
trust <dev>
connect <dev>
- Now you can exit
bluez
using: quit
.
Supposedly, if everything works out, those commands should be enough to set up your Bluetooth speaker(s). Of course, since you have two Bluetooth speakers, you might want to set up both of them, in which case you can repeat step 6 for the other speaker.
Sorry I can't help more than that until I at least get your results, but I hope that works or at least helps you down the road to success.