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 19:13 -0700, Russ Dill wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net> wrote:
> > 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
> >
> 
> Thank you for the awesomeness.
> 
> Next question, I get events from keypresses on the headset via a
> /dev/input/eventX file, but how do I do things with those events?

If you use GNOME, the buttons should be forwarded to X11, and to the
desktop. So the volume buttons should already work. Check the Sound and
Keyboard shortcuts preferences.

If you're using something else, I'm afraid I wouldn't know...

Cheers