[ale] Bluetooth Headset

[Jim Philips]

On Sunday 06 January 2008 09:12:26 am Keith Hopkins wrote:
> On 01/06/2008 12:31 AM, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > I've got my adapter working in Xubuntu and have been able to ping the
> > Motorolla H500 headset.  The only problem I can not figure out is how to
> > configure the sound portion.
> >
> > I did a parallel install in Windows and it works fine there.  I wanted
> > to verify the adapter and headset were compatible.  The one thing I do
> > remember is that Windows prompted me for a pin for the H500 but Linux
> > did not.  That might be the issue.
> >
> > Anyone use a headset under Linux?
>
> I have a bluetooth stereo headset, which I had working under Linux (just
> for the heck of it) about a year ago using the A2DP driver.
>
> This helped me the most: http://bluetooth-alsa.sourceforge.net/build.html
>
> Unbound in Beijing,
> --Keith

My big hope in setting up Bluetooth on Linux was to use my headset for 
chatting on Skype or other voice chat programs. That always ended in failure. 
I didn't try this program, but it doesn't look like it would get me there 
either.