If you have Bluetooth hardware support on the machine, then bluez and pulseaudio-module-bluetooth (for audio) are the packages to load. Blueman is also useful as the /official/ GUI for controlling bluetooth device pairing.
There is a forum post for Mint that seems to have helped some people: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=171054 There is a HowTo for Mint 17 here: http://blog.gadr.me/quick-tip-bluetooth-a2dp-on-linux-mint-17-qiana-mate/ If you get stuck, a quick search on the Linux Mint forums for Bluetooth or Bluez turns up a large array of posts that may be helpful. Be aware that Bluetooth audio (A2DP, in particular) support can be a bit spotty depending on desktop environment, distro, and software versions. It's a lot like HDMI audio in that it should work and should be simple, but is, unfortunately, far less consistent than older approaches. On 08/28/2014 03:26 PM, [email protected] wrote: > How can I use bluetooth wireless devices with Linux (Mint) desktop? > > Synaptic shows several (apparently) bluetooth items installed including: > bluedevil, bluez, bluez-alsa, pulseaudio, KDE Bluetooth stack ... and a > bunch more items available. But I have not found any info on how to use > any of these items. > > I have a bluetooth (earprint) device and a small hdmx wireless speaker > that I use with my android phone. Is there a way to use either with my > Linux (Mint) desktop? If so, how? > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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