flyguy97
October 24th, 2009, 12:14 AM
All,
Currently the biggest problem facing bluetooth users is to get linux to recognize your device. I had major issues trying to get my Sony MBS-100 speakers working with Ubuntu. Here is a breakdown of how I was able to conquer the beast.
1. You will need to add some repositories for Blueman pulseaudio updates. Issue the following commands from a command line:
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 951DC1E2
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/themuso/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys B88A1AA8
2. Update and install package updates through apt-get by issuing the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
3. Install some needed packages to get everything working.
sudo apt-get install blueman pulseaudio-module-bluetooth pavucontrol flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound
4. Restart your computer
5. Now you will have to pair your device and connect to its audio sink service, all that is fairly intuitive to do through blueman so I will not cover the finer points. (Blueman is the bluetooth icon in your system tray, Blueman has replaced the Gnome default bluetooth manager, bluez-gnome)
6. Select your device in the Blueman main screen and go to the device menu and select Connect: Audio Sink, everything should be working now.
7. If everything worked all right you will be able to activate your bluetooth speaker/headset from now on by right-clicking the bluetooth icon on your system tray and selecting Recent Connections.
Cheers,
Jason
Currently the biggest problem facing bluetooth users is to get linux to recognize your device. I had major issues trying to get my Sony MBS-100 speakers working with Ubuntu. Here is a breakdown of how I was able to conquer the beast.
1. You will need to add some repositories for Blueman pulseaudio updates. Issue the following commands from a command line:
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 951DC1E2
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/themuso/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys B88A1AA8
2. Update and install package updates through apt-get by issuing the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
3. Install some needed packages to get everything working.
sudo apt-get install blueman pulseaudio-module-bluetooth pavucontrol flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound
4. Restart your computer
5. Now you will have to pair your device and connect to its audio sink service, all that is fairly intuitive to do through blueman so I will not cover the finer points. (Blueman is the bluetooth icon in your system tray, Blueman has replaced the Gnome default bluetooth manager, bluez-gnome)
6. Select your device in the Blueman main screen and go to the device menu and select Connect: Audio Sink, everything should be working now.
7. If everything worked all right you will be able to activate your bluetooth speaker/headset from now on by right-clicking the bluetooth icon on your system tray and selecting Recent Connections.
Cheers,
Jason