Same problem here with a Samsung WEP180&185 headset and an asus usb dongle (USB ID 0b05:1715 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. 2045 Bluetooth 2.0 Device with trace filter).
>mplayer -ao alsa:device=headset /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.3.3 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual Core Processor BE-2350 (Family: 15, Model: 107, Stepping: 1) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 Compiled with runtime CPU detection. mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. Playing /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav. Audio file file format detected. ========================================================================== Forced audio codec: mad Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 1 ch, s16le, 768.0 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 96000->96000) Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM) ========================================================================== [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_bluetooth.c:1569:(audioservice_expect) BT_START_STREAM failed : Success(0) [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_bluetooth.c:1528:(audioservice_recv) Too short (1 bytes) IPC packet from bluetoothd [AO_ALSA] Unable to set hw-parameters: Invalid argument Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound. Audio: no sound Video: no video Before the BT start stream failed error appears, there is a long pause during which the headset beeps once directly before the error appears. The headset beeps again after the error message appears. -- Jabra BT125 headset crashes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351764 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs