Re: [Alsa-user] using a bluetooth headset

2012-02-21 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > No; it appears that Skype reads the list of devices from the configuration > file. OK, it's not a kernel driver, but anyway, skype uses both the kernel drivers (from /proc) and the alsa config file, and it seems abnormal that other programs,

Re: [Alsa-user] using a bluetooth headset

2012-02-21 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Tue, 21 Feb 2012, Clemens Ladisch wrote: >> I don't know how Skype works. > here are some informations I got from experience: >- if I link .asoundrc.asoundconf to .asoundrc.headset > my headset is available is the skype sound devices (and works) >- if remo

Re: [Alsa-user] using a bluetooth headset

2012-02-21 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > I don't know how Skype works. here are some informations I got from experience: - if I link .asoundrc.asoundconf to .asoundrc.headset my headset is available is the skype sound devices (and works) - if remove this link, the headset is

Re: [Alsa-user] using a bluetooth headset

2012-02-21 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > Why does Skype see this device (i.e. it is the the list of > available output devices), and alsamixer does not? I don't know how Skype works. The bluetooth audio device is not an ALSA kernel driver; it's created by an alsa-lib plugin that goes through the kernel's gen

Re: [Alsa-user] using a bluetooth headset

2012-02-21 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > This file defines a device named "bluetooth". > I'd guess that Skype has been configure to use that device (if present). > The other files probably redefine the "default" device. Sorry, but that doesn't answer my question: Why does Skype see th

Re: [Alsa-user] using a bluetooth headset

2012-02-21 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Pierre Frenkiel wrote: >if I do > ln -fs .asoundrc.asoundconf.headset .asoundrc.asoundconf >the sound is sent to my bluetooth headset only from skype. >For the other programs, it goes to the SB-live card. > > Here is the content of .asoundrc.headset >

[Alsa-user] using a bluetooth headset

2012-02-20 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
hi everybody, ( I already sent this question to the debian-users list, but got no explanation. I hope to get one with this more specialized list...) I'm trying to use a bluetooth headset, and curiously, it works only for Skype(at least for the speaker, not for the microphone), and not for any oth