Is there a guide how to connect a bluetooth headset to slackware?

Lockywolf · 01-07-2014, 02:05 PM

Basically, subj.

My sone headset is successfully connected using blueman, and audio services seem to activate successfully.

However, no new device appears in aplay -L and I cannot find any reasonable howto on how to make it appear there.

hcitool con:

Code:

bash-4.2# hcitool con
Connections:
        < ACL 00:1F:82:2A:07:D9 handle 9 state 1 lm MASTER AUTH ENCRYPT

guanx · 01-07-2014, 03:17 PM

I doubt if bluetooth pcm devices should be listed by "aplay -L".

However, "aplay -D bluetooth" should work if you activate the bluetooth config file in "alsa.conf" following the instructions at the beginning of "/etc/alsa/bluetooth.conf".

Alien Bob · 01-07-2014, 03:21 PM

If you can get this to work, please consider writing a short HOWTO on Slackware Documentation Wiki: http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:start
Lots of people think that USB and especially bluetooth headsets are impossible to setup in Slackware. I do not own those myself so I can not speak from experience.

Eric

epimenidecretese · 01-07-2014, 04:08 PM

I've owned a pair of Microsoft USB headseats and worked out of the box.

Mark Pettit · 01-08-2014, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by epimenidecretese

I've owned a pair of Microsoft USB headseats and worked out of the box.

USB is NOT the same as Bluetooth !

Richard Cranium · 01-08-2014, 12:59 PM

Alien Bob's comment included USB headsets.

albatar · 01-08-2014, 05:21 PM

I have bluetooth headset sennheiser M500X and sony vaio pro laptop

It works nearly out of the box with slackware 14.1 (kernel 3.12) but i was unable to listen multiple sounds from differents software with dmix :/

my /etc/alsa/bluetooth.conf :

Code:

pcm.rawbluetooth {
        @args [ ADDRESS ]
        @args.ADDRESS {
                type string
        }
        type bluetooth
        device $ADDRESS
}

pcm.bluetooth {
        @args [ ADDRESS ]
        @args.ADDRESS {
                type string
        }
        type plug
        slave {
                pcm {
                        type bluetooth
                        device $ADDRESS
                }
        }
}

and /etc/asound.conf

Code:

defaults.ctl.card 1
defaults.pcm.card 1
defaults.timer.card 1
#pcm.!default {
#    type bluetooth
#    device 00:1B:66:02:46:06
#    profile "auto"
#}
pcm.btheadset {
    type plug
    slave {
        pcm {
            type bluetooth
            device 00:1B:66:02:46:06
            profile "auto"
        }
    }

    hint {
        show on
        description "BT Headset"
    }
}

ctl.btheadset {
  type bluetooth
}
@hooks [
        {
                func load
                files [
                        "/etc/alsa/bluetooth.conf"
                ]
                errors false
        }
]
pcm.btheadsetDmixed {
   type dmix
   ipc_key 1024
   ipc_key_add_uid false
   ipc_perm 0666
   slave {
       pcm "btheadset"
       period_time 0
       period_size 2048
       channels 4
    }
    bindings {
       0 0
       1 1
       2 2
       3 3
    }
}

4Strings · 01-10-2014, 05:22 PM

I can hear music by my Nokia a2dp bluetooth headset, quite "out of the box" in Slackware 14.1. It's really simple but it does the trick and I hope it helps!

1.
We need an .asoundrc in $HOME:

Code:

 pcm.!default {
   type bluetooth
   device XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX  		 
profile hifi}

The XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX device is retrieved from:

Code:

hcitool scan

2.
Turning on the bluetooth headset, "Blueman applet" asks for pairing: we've to insert the right pin number in order to associate the new device.

3.
...and then:

Code:

mplayer -ao alsa myfile.mp3

The alsa output will be routed to the Bluetooth haedset.

..alternatively we could create a virtual device; here's the .asoundrc:

Code:

pcm.bluetooth {
   type bluetooth
   device XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
profile hifi
}

...then mplayer routes the audio output to the new virtual device:

Code:

mplayer -ao alsa:device=bluetooth myfile.mp3