On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:05:48 -0700
Bill Barry <[email protected]> wrote:
> So, with this encouragement, I stuck my bluetooth dongle into the usb
> port on my desktop. KDE popped up a nice bluetooth icon in the system
> tray which allowed me to pair the headset with dongle. But still no
> sounds in my ear when I play an mp3 file. When I do an aplay -L to
> see which devices alsa recognizes, my headset is not there. If being
> dumb is an advantage this would have worked long ago. What am I
> missing? Do I have to restart alsa, reload the modules? It may just be
> muted, but my alsamixer doesn't show a bluetooth/usb device so?
>
This is just a guess, since I've never used a Bluetooth anything, but
are you running PulseAudio? If so, what does the PulseAudio Volume
Control say? PA may be muting your Bluetooth audio output.
--Dale
--
A sad spectacle. If they be inhabited, what a scope for misery and folly.
If they be not inhabited, what a waste of space.
-- Thomas Carlyle, looking at the stars
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