getting bluetooth dongle, plantronics head-set to work?

[Tod Merley]

On 8/19/06, David Armour <d.f.armour at shaw.ca> wrote:
> hello list,
>
> Saturday, August 19, 2006,  7:44 am:
>
> interested in getting a micro star bluetooth dongle and a plantronics
> headset working, mostly as an experiment, with my desktop. i've read the
> bluetooth setup wiki, but i'm not sure what the following messages mean.
>
> pickle at slave_state:~$ hcitool dev
> Devices:  hci0    00:0C:76:47:81:CC
>
> pickle at slave_state:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/bluez-utils restart
>
>  * Restarting Bluetooth services...
> [ ok ]
>
> pickle at slave_state:~$ lsusb
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0db0:697a Micro Star International Bluetooth Dongle
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>
> pickle at slave_state:~$ sudo hidd --search
> Searching ...    No devices in range or visible
> * once i read the headset manual, and **turned it on(!)**,
> "Searching..." returned a system prompt.
>
> sudo gedit /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
> ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:819:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
> pickle at slave_state:~$ /etc/init.d/bluez-utils restart
>  * Restarting Bluetooth services...
> [ ok ]
> pickle at slave_state:~$ xhost +
> access control disabled, clients can connect from any host    ## ???!!!!
> pickle at slave_state:~$
>
> [... from wiki]:
> Pair the headset with PC (as above with the Mobile)
>       Headset needs to be in pairing-mode (often this is accomplished
> with holding the on buttons for a looong time).
>       Start kbluetoothd, click on it, in the opened konqueror window
> click on the headset (sometimes the MAC-Adress shows up).
>
> i have a kbluetoothd icon in the system tray, but...
>
>       A popup should request the PIN for the Headset from you (mostly
> "0000" or "1234").
>       (Plantronics Voyager 510 uses a PIN of 0000).
>
> ... i don't get a popup. right clicking produces a list with:
>     open recent
>     connection details
>     configuration    =>
>     help/quit
>                                =>   config services
>                                         paired devices
>                                         config notifications
>                                         x - always visible
>
> "paired devices" produces a blank listing.
>
> Under Applications/System Tools/Bluetooth Manager, a small 'Bluetooth
> devices' window opens that displays a pretty '320 Plantronics' icon, but
> no clicking (right/left) produces any observable activity. so close! so far!
>
> is there further info out there -- especially for those of use who are
> hardware-challenged? thanks in advance.
>
>
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Hi David!

You might get a hit here (your question is beyond me without an hour
or two of research I cannot justify in this direction).  However, you
might do better with your question on a Linux Bluetooth list:

http://www.bluez.org/lists.html

http://lists.usefulinc.com/mailman/listinfo/gnome-bluetooth

Good Hunting!

Tod