SA ?????: > Hello, > > My boss has just purchased a "Jawbone" bluetooth headset (cell phone type) > that he wants to hook up to his computer to use like skype. > > I found instructions for old btsco first, and plugz. I saw that btsco was > outdated but I tried plugz and sbc first. > > Then I saw on http://wiki.bluez.org/wiki/HOWTO/AudioDevices the following: > > "Note: you will not need bluetooth-alsa, plugz, btsco or the like for audio to > work. They are obsolete. " > > The steps there are listed as > > 1. Make sure the audio service is installed and enabled > (file /etc/bluetooth/audio.service should exist) > > 2. modify your ~/.asoundrc to contain > > pcm.bluetooth { > type bluetooth > device 00:11:22:33:44:55 > } > 3. configure your audio application to use the alsa device "bluetooth". See > Supported Players > http://wiki.bluez.org/wiki/HOWTO/AudioDevices#SupportedPlayers for some > examples. > 4. start playing :) > > Which is wonderfully simple, but it did not work for me. I also tried it on my > own computer. Both computers have OpenSuSE 10.3. I used the KDE bluetooth > manager to pair the devices. It shows up correctly in "hcitool scan" > > The correct Bluetooth address is 00:0D:3C:6F:0E:89, so I tried this on both > computers (for the remainder of this email I will focus on my own computer - > once I get it working here I can make it work on my boss's laptop too) > > Here's my /etc/bluetooth/audio.service: > [Bluetooth Service] > Identifier=audio > Name=Audio service > Description=Bluetooth Audio service > > > Here's my ~/.asoundrc: > pcm.bluetooth { > type bluetooth > device 00:0D:3C:6F:0E:89 > } > > I have the following bluez packages installed: > > bluez-utils-3.18-12 > bluez-libs-3.18-5 > > > When I try to configure any of the players as recommended by the page > http://wiki.bluez.org/wiki/HOWTO/AudioDevices#SupportedPlayers the best > response I get is "Device Busy" from amarok and Kaffiene (xine engine) like > this: > > "Audio output unavailable; the device is busy. > xine parameters: " > > MPlayer, when I try to run the suggested command > "mplayer -ao alsa:device=bluetooth" > prints out the options/argument list as though I'm using an incorrect command. > > I can't configure audacious at all, under Audio the "Current output plugin" > has no option to select, and all the other preferences are grayed out too. > > Can anyone tell me what I need to do to make this work? > > Thanks, > > JW > > Hello, try to aplay -v -D bluetooth './your-sound.wav' and send its output. Else, did you started bluetooth audio service? To check, use: ps ax | grep bluetoothd-service-audio Regards, Eugene