Public bug reported: Bluetooth devices do not show up in the sound device lists presented by ALSA applications, even when bluez-alsa is installed and working. This means that, unless a program happens to allow manually-specified ALSA device name strings and the user knows what magic string to enter and how to do so, bluez-alsa is effectively useless.
I have verified that this is not simply an application bug by writing my own libasound test application: All the other sound devices in my system are enumerated by ALSA API calls, but my bluetooth headset is notably absent. There is no entry for it in /proc/asound either, so it seems there is simply no way to discover a bluez-alsa device. What a shame. ** Affects: bluez (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189739 Title: bluez-alsa devices are invisible to the alsa api and /proc/asound To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1189739/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs