[ale] Motorola headset in Ubuntu 9.10

[Chris Fowler]

I've used the motorolla headset in XP with the Vakoss transceiver.  I
think it just might be a compatibility issue with the Vakoss and Linux.
I'm going to buy one of those tiny ones off eBay and try it.  I only
want to use this headset for a VoIP soft phone.

On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 23:14 -0500, Brian Pitts wrote:
> On 11/28/2009 10:33 PM, Chris Fowler wrote:
> > Since I go this netbook I thought that I would try to install a Motorola
> > H500 BT headset and a Vakoss bluetooth dongle.  
> > 
> > I've got the dongle "working" and I've paired the H500 with the system.
> > I can connect and disconnect to the device using the bluetooth menu. 
> > 
> > The problem I'm having is that I can't hear audio in Zoiper.  I've
> > selected "bluetooth" as the input and as the output but there is
> > nothing.  Ekiga does not even "see" the headset.
> 
> When you say you've selected bluetooth as the input and output, where
> have you selected it?
> 
> When my bluetooth headset is paired, it's listed as an option in the
> input and output tabs of gnome-volume-control. In the hardware tab, I
> can switch my headset between mono and stereo bluetooth profiles.
> 
> In the audio device settings for programs, I choose pulseaudio if it's
> an option and otherwise leave it as the default alsa device (which
> should really be pulseaudio, I think).
>