Hi All I am trying play audio from system on my headset. When try mplayer [Pramod@localhost ~]$ mplayer_install/bin/mplayer -ao alsa:device=headset 1.mp3 system hangs with following logs in /var/log/messages Feb 6 09:52:36 localhost hcid[3559]: Bluetooth HCI daemon Feb 6 09:52:36 localhost hcid[3559]: Starting security manager 0 Feb 6 09:52:56 localhost sdpd[3567]: Bluetooth SDP daemon Feb 6 09:53:40 localhost headsetd[3596]: Bluetooth headset daemon version 0.5 Feb 6 09:54:46 localhost hcid[3559]: pin_code_request (sba=00:0B:0D:33:9E:FB, dba=00:0F:DE:B1:02:42) Feb 6 09:54:51 localhost hcid[3559]: link_key_notify (sba=00:0B:0D:33:9E:FB, dba=00:0F:DE:B1:02:42)Feb 6 09:55:17 localhost headsetd[3596]: Configuration phase ended: target bdaddr is 00:0F:DE:B1:02:42, timeout is 6000 ms Feb 6 09:55:17 localhost headsetd[3596]: Changing state: Idle-->Paging Feb 6 09:55:19 localhost hcid[3559]: pin_code_request (sba=00:0B:0D:33:9E:FB, dba=00:0F:DE:B1:02:42) Feb 6 09:55:23 localhost headsetd[3596]: Timeout connecting L2CAP socket to headset, aborting. Feb 6 09:55:23 localhost headsetd[3596]: Changing state: Paging-->Idle Feb 6 09:55:28 localhost hcid[3559]: link_key_notify (sba=00:0B:0D:33:9E:FB, dba=00:0F:DE:B1:02:42)Feb 6 09:55:36 localhost headsetd[3596]: Configuration phase ended: target bdaddr is 00:0F:DE:B1:02:42, timeout is 6000 ms Feb 6 09:55:36 localhost headsetd[3596]: Changing state: Idle-->Paging Feb 6 09:55:39 localhost hcid[3559]: link_key_request (sba=00:0B:0D:33:9E:FB, dba=00:0F:DE:B1:02:42) Feb 6 09:55:39 localhost headsetd[3596]: Changing state: Paging-->Connecting Feb 6 09:55:39 localhost headsetd[3596]: Changing state: Connecting-->Ready Feb 6 09:55:39 localhost headsetd[3596]: Changing state: Ready-->Opening Feb 6 09:55:39 localhost headsetd[3596]: SCO channel opened handle=0x0100 mtu=60 Feb 6 09:55:39 localhost headsetd[3596]: Changing state: Opening-->Streaming Feb 6 10:00:05 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart. 1) My ~/.asoundrc has pcm.headset { @args [BDADDR TIMEOUT] # The Bluetooth device address for target headset, # used for Audio Gateway (PC) initiated connections # Please note that this value is ignored when the connection is Headset initiated @args.BDADDR { type string # Enter address of your headset here default "00:0F:DE:B1:02:42" #headset BDADDRESS } # This value represents how long we will try to reach the headset, until we give up. # Value is in milliseconds @args.TIMEOUT { type integer default 6000 } type sco bdaddr $BDADDR timeout $TIMEOUT } ctl.headset { type sco } 2) My /etc/bluetooth/audio.service has................. [Bluetooth Service] Identifier=audio Name=Audio service Description=Bluetooth Audio service Autostart=true 3) /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf has................ # HCI daemon configuration file. options { autoinit yes; security user; pairing multi; # passkey "BlueZ"; } 4) I am using linux-2.6.22 kernel, Bluez-3.25 (libs, utils), also installed PLUGS & SBC from svn But i could not aplly SCO flow control patch to my kernel...it failed.. Need I give more info to know whats going wrong.. Whats is the patch for SCO flow control for 2.6.22 ?? Someone help me please. Thanks and Best regards Pramod Forgot the famous last words? Access your message archive online at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php