On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:09:17 +1100 Daniel Dalton <d.dal...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm considdering buying a bluetooth headset... Does anyone know of any > reasonably cheap ones that are supported by debian? Is there a good My understanding is that any headset that uses the standard protocols should work with Debian. I've successfully used a Plantronics Voyager 510 (a terrific model) and a cheap Soyo Freestyler (BTWLHS02). > howto out there on how to configure? Once it is up and running, is it The documentation on this is pretty sketchy, and the configuration methods have apparently changed several times. I believe that this page is the most current and 'canonical' reference out there, and I currently have my headsets working following its instructions: http://wiki.bluez.org/wiki/HOWTO/AudioDevices > possible to have it connected at boot up if the headset is turned on and > is in range of my computer? Also, is it possible when the headset is Don't know. > connected to have every sound normally sent to my speakers redirect to > the headset? eg. mpd music, mplayer, screenreaders, error tones pidgin > alerts etc? I have the impression that this might be possible using pulse, but I've never used it. See the pulse discussion on the above bluez page. I've gone through considerable headaches getting this stuff working, so I HTH. Please post your experiences! Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
