Bluetooth headset setup
by dgrames from LinuxQuestions.org on (#58CHZ)
I am running Slackware64 current with ktown.
I've been using a bluetooth headset for a while to not disturb the people around me. Sometime in mid July
they quit working. At first I thought they failed, and then the bluetooth adapter. At a point I realized there was nothing wrong with the hardware, but when the I turned the bluetooth headset on and it connected I had to unconnect it then reconnect and it would work, but the sound was like from tin speakers. For some reason I started looking at bluez, but I am not sure if it is related to the issue. On bluez's web site they say it won't all work properly with a kernel less than 5.7. I upgraded to 5.8.10, then I found a wiki on bluetooth headsets. I am at the point I can get good sound only in the 5.8 kernel, but after a reboot I have to do the following.
Turn on headphones and let them connect
su to root
Run /etc/rc.d/rc.bluetooth restart
This will disconnect the headphones
exit
run bluetoothctl
#menu gatt
#register-service E8:D0:3C:83:5F:08
#exit
connect headphones and the sound is great
I was hoping there was a simpler way, and if anybody knew how
Don
I've been using a bluetooth headset for a while to not disturb the people around me. Sometime in mid July
they quit working. At first I thought they failed, and then the bluetooth adapter. At a point I realized there was nothing wrong with the hardware, but when the I turned the bluetooth headset on and it connected I had to unconnect it then reconnect and it would work, but the sound was like from tin speakers. For some reason I started looking at bluez, but I am not sure if it is related to the issue. On bluez's web site they say it won't all work properly with a kernel less than 5.7. I upgraded to 5.8.10, then I found a wiki on bluetooth headsets. I am at the point I can get good sound only in the 5.8 kernel, but after a reboot I have to do the following.
Turn on headphones and let them connect
su to root
Run /etc/rc.d/rc.bluetooth restart
This will disconnect the headphones
exit
run bluetoothctl
#menu gatt
#register-service E8:D0:3C:83:5F:08
#exit
connect headphones and the sound is great
I was hoping there was a simpler way, and if anybody knew how
Don