Debian Bluetooth headphones not working
- by cYrus
Hardware
Headphones
Bluetooth dongle
Maybe not exactly these models.
Setup
I tried to follow some guides, here's what I've done so far:
Install software:
sudo apt-get install bluez-utils bluez-alsa
Reboot (just to be sure):
$ dmesg | grep -i bluetooth
[ 20.268212] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.16
[ 20.268230] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 20.268233] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 20.268235] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 20.268239] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 20.284685] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 20.284692] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 20.284693] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[ 20.335375] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 20.335378] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
The deamon is running:
$ /etc/init.d/bluetooth status
[ ok ] bluetooth is running.
Plug the dongle:
$ dmesg | tail
[...]
[23108.352034] usb 5-2: new full-speed USB device number 2 using ohci_hcd
[23108.571131] usb 5-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0a12, idProduct=0001
[23108.571136] usb 5-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[23108.629042] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
Put the headphones in pairing mode, and try scanning:
$ hcitool scan
Scanning ...
Found nothing. What's next? What should I try? I'll update this answer as soon as you provide me hints.