FIXED Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-06-12 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:22:56 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > Is there a knack to getting my plasma desktop to operate happily with my new > Bluetooth speakers? I can get a connection using the Bluetooth control > panel, and the sound device appears in the Audio control panel, but

Re: [SOLVED]Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-19 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday, 18 May 2022 22:26:44 BST Wol wrote: > On 18/05/2022 15:22, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Somewhere around here I said I had too many USE flag staatements > > under/etc/ > > portage, so I removed package.use and just set whatever flags were needed > > to install all my packages. > > If

Re: [SOLVED]Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-18 Thread Wol
On 18/05/2022 15:22, Peter Humphrey wrote: Somewhere around here I said I had too many USE flag staatements under/etc/ portage, so I removed package.use and just set whatever flags were needed to install all my packages. If you make package.use a directory, you can do what I do, and try to

Re: [SOLVED]Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-18 Thread Michael
On Wednesday, 18 May 2022 15:22:07 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > Somewhere around here I said I had too many USE flag staatements under /etc/ > portage, so I removed package.use and just set whatever flags were needed > to install all my packages. That was fine, but it meant that USE=pulseaudio >

Re: [SOLVED]Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-18 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday, 18 May 2022 11:02:21 BST Michael wrote: > On Wednesday, 18 May 2022 09:51:57 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Saturday, 14 May 2022 17:34:58 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > On Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:22:56 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > Is there a knack to getting my plasma

Re: [SOLVED]Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-18 Thread Michael
On Wednesday, 18 May 2022 09:51:57 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday, 14 May 2022 17:34:58 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:22:56 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > Is there a knack to getting my plasma desktop to operate happily with my > > > new Bluetooth speakers? I

Re: [SOLVED]Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-18 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday, 14 May 2022 17:34:58 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:22:56 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Is there a knack to getting my plasma desktop to operate happily with my > > new Bluetooth speakers? I can get a connection using the Bluetooth > > control panel, and the

[SOLVED]Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-14 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:22:56 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > Is there a knack to getting my plasma desktop to operate happily with my new > Bluetooth speakers? I can get a connection using the Bluetooth control > panel, and the sound device appears in the Audio control panel, but testing > either

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-12 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday, 12 May 2022 14:49:07 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > Have you tried setting up a new user that doesn't use KDE? That would > help decide if kgremlins are at play. Good idea - thanks Neil. Don't hold your breath though... :) -- Regards, Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 12 May 2022 11:01:33 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > I'm leaning towards concluding that there's no way to have sound on > this machine any more. At every stage in setting up yet another new > user account, together with mail, browser etc., I log out and in again > to check that I still

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-12 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday, 10 May 2022 09:17:32 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > This seems like witchcraft now. Apologies for the duplicate message. I'm still wrestling with sound, and creating user directories and recovering email backups. I'm leaning towards concluding that there's no way to have sound on this

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-12 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday, 9 May 2022 15:38:30 BST Michael wrote: > On Monday, 9 May 2022 14:56:42 BST k...@aspodata.se wrote: > > Peter: > > ... > > > > > What would help is some idea of how the whole BT system works, > > > > ... > > > > There are two incompatible types of bluetooth: > > Bluetooth Low Energy

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-11 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday, 10 May 2022 13:00:13 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > So now I just have to find out what's wrong with my plasma sound system. Sound works just fine (wired connection) if I create a new user account and log in there, but by the time I've finished adjusting everything to my preferences,

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-10 Thread Michael
On Tuesday, 10 May 2022 13:00:13 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Tuesday, 10 May 2022 10:26:13 BST Michael wrote: > > On Tuesday, 10 May 2022 09:17:32 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > Indeed, and I've now replaced the speakers, the 3.5mm cable and the USB > > > dongle - every sound component is new.

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-10 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday, 10 May 2022 10:26:13 BST Michael wrote: > On Tuesday, 10 May 2022 09:17:32 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Indeed, and I've now replaced the speakers, the 3.5mm cable and the USB > > dongle - every sound component is new. When I tested it yesterday in the > > plasma control panel, I

Re: 3.5mm jacks (was Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers)

2022-05-10 Thread Michael
On Tuesday, 10 May 2022 11:29:51 BST k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Michael: > ... > > > Jacks have a TS, or TRS, TRRS, or TRRRS contacts arrangement, depending on > > the connectivity they are meant to offer - mono, stereo, stereo+mic and > > whether this is balanced or unbalanced. > > ... > > I

3.5mm jacks (was Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers)

2022-05-10 Thread karl
Michael: ... > Jacks have a TS, or TRS, TRRS, or TRRRS contacts arrangement, depending on > the > connectivity they are meant to offer - mono, stereo, stereo+mic and whether > this is balanced or unbalanced. ... I have an old laptop (Thinkpad T61p [1]) with a stereo and microphone jack, both

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-10 Thread Michael
On Tuesday, 10 May 2022 09:17:32 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > Indeed, and I've now replaced the speakers, the 3.5mm cable and the USB > dongle - every sound component is new. When I tested it yesterday in the > plasma control panel, I heard one "front left", very loud, and then nothing. > I

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-10 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday, 9 May 2022 15:38:30 BST Michael wrote: > On Monday, 9 May 2022 14:56:42 BST k...@aspodata.se wrote: > > Peter: > > ... > > > > > What would help is some idea of how the whole BT system works, > > > > ... > > > > There are two incompatible types of bluetooth: > > Bluetooth Low Energy

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-09 Thread Michael
On Monday, 9 May 2022 14:56:42 BST k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Peter: > ... > > > What would help is some idea of how the whole BT system works, > > ... > > There are two incompatible types of bluetooth: > Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) > Bluetooth Classic > see: >

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-09 Thread karl
Peter: ... > What would help is some idea of how the whole BT system works, ... There are two incompatible types of bluetooth: Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Bluetooth Classic see: https://www.bluetooth.com/learn-about-bluetooth/tech-overview/ You must check which generation of bluetooth your

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-08 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday, 7 May 2022 20:32:19 BST Jack wrote: > Not a direct help, but maybe it will trigger some ideas - the only time > I've seen any message about bluetooth profiles has been with a pair of > noise-canceling headphones. They work fine for either "High Fidelity > PLAYBACK (A2DP Sink)" or

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-07 Thread Jack
On 2022.05.07 13:02, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Friday, 6 May 2022 08:59:33 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday, 5 May 2022 21:37:12 BST Michael wrote: I've never had speakers blowing the audio chips driving them. I would have thought they would be protected electrically from such events

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-07 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday, 6 May 2022 08:59:33 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday, 5 May 2022 21:37:12 BST Michael wrote: > > I've never had speakers blowing the audio chips driving them. I would > > have > > thought they would be protected electrically from such events occurring. > > The sound chips have

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-06 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday, 5 May 2022 21:37:12 BST Michael wrote: > I've never had speakers blowing the audio chips driving them. I would have > thought they would be protected electrically from such events occurring. The sound chips have failed on both my workstations' motherboards over the last five years

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-05 Thread Michael
On Thursday, 5 May 2022 17:21:46 BST Jack wrote: > I have a photive BT speaker that I've used successfully with plasma on > my Artix laptop. I can test later with my Gentoo desktop to confirm. I > don't remember if you use pulseaudio or not, but if so, I'd check > pavucontrol to see if it also

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-05 Thread Jack
I have a photive BT speaker that I've used successfully with plasma on my Artix laptop.  I can test later with my Gentoo desktop to confirm.  I don't remember if you use pulseaudio or not, but if so, I'd check pavucontrol to see if it also thinks that device is active and being used by

[gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-05 Thread Peter Humphrey
Hello list, Is there a knack to getting my plasma desktop to operate happily with my new Bluetooth speakers? I can get a connection using the Bluetooth control panel, and the sound device appears in the Audio control panel, but testing either speaker produces no sound. The Gentoo wiki was