Re: Bluetooth audio via pulse doesn't function unless I chant the magic incantations

[Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>]

On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 01:14 -0700, Russ Dill wrote:
> I have ubuntu lucid (its just karmic+2.6.32-rc5) and I can only get
> pulseaudio to detect my Sony DR-BT50 headset if I send some dbus
> commands:
> 
> addr=00:1a:80:67:63:2c
> hci=$(dbus-send --print-reply --system --dest=org.bluez /
> org.bluez.Manager.DefaultAdapter | tail -n 1 | cut -f 2 -d '"')
> dev=$(dbus-send --print-reply --system --dest=org.bluez $hci
> org.bluez.Adapter.FindDevice string:$addr | tail -n 1 | cut -f 2 -d
> '"')
> dbus-send --print-reply --system --dest=org.bluez $dev org.bluez.Audio.Connect
> 
> Additionally, the device shows up under the gnome bluetooth-properties
> applet under "Known devices" with the gold star and the keys. The
> connected plug doesn't appear until I exec the above commands.
> Clicking the plug without the above commands does nothing.

You're using bluez-gnome (or possibly an old version of
gnome-bluetooth). Make sure you use the latest version (2.28.3).

Cheers