[sclug] linux Bluetooth problem

[matt johnston]

Hi Bob,
Run pavucontrol on the commandline, not sure it installs by default
with pulse (but should).
Good luck!
Matt
On Thu, 2020-04-23 at 21:45 +0000, Bob Redknap via Sclug wrote:
> Just a follow up.  
> The good news …
> I used the Software Manager on Peppermint 3 to install PulseAudio
> (again), along with various pulse addons and plugins from a long list
> of options, if the name suggested a link to Bluetooth.
>  
> After rebooting, I opened up the Bluetooth Manager shortcut from the
> desktop. It already saw the BT speaker from previous pairings, and
> when I selected a music track from an audio CD it did play
>  it through the BT speaker ! Amazing.
> But it was too loud and the default desktop volume control moved up
> and down, and did nothing. A pop-up said to use a volume control on a
> pulseaudio mixer, but I can’t see the mixer anywhere. Maybe
>  it’s a command line thing.
>  
> The bad news …
> I turned off the BT speaker, turned it back on … and it won’t play.
>  
> At least I did hear something. Getting closer …
>  
> Bob.
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> From: Steven De Souza-Wilson <steven at desouza-wilson.com>
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> Sent: 23 April 2020 13:43
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> To: Bob Redknap <r.s.redknap at reading.ac.uk>
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> Cc: sclug at sclug.org.uk
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> Subject: Re: [sclug] linux Bluetooth problem
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> Hi Bob 
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> First thing i would do is confirm thst the speaker is workong, by
> pairing to a phone. I have actually had this start a similar speaker
> start working with other devices in tbe
>  past 
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> Steven 
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> ---- On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 13:11:50 +0100 sclug at sclug.org.uk
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> > Hello Sclug,
> >  
> > From a long-time not-so-active member on this list, I would be
> > grateful for any suggestions on how I might fix a
> >  Bluetooth problem.
> >  
> > I  have Peppermint 3 (on a couple of old tower boxes with different
> > m/b’s: one is a Dell Dimension 2400 and the other
> >  a hybrid) and an unused Bluetooth speaker. 
> > Sound from an audio CD comes out of the headphone socket and
> > ‘Bluetooth Manager’  does pair and talk to the BT speaker
> >  saying ‘success’ when prompted, and it shows bytes have passed up
> > and down the link.  
> > But no sound ever reaches the BT speaker.
> > I can activate sound on the command line using e.g. aplay test.wav
> > and this comes out of the headphone socket OK.
> >  
> > I think maybe it needs an extra plugin/addon/widget but I don’t
> > know which one.
> >  
> > Peppermint 3 doesn’t seem to have a Sound settings in in its Prefs
> > menu either, which might have been useful to tell
> >  it to use a BT output device.
> > I tried installing a Pulseaudio PAV volume control thing but it
> > didn’t help. In fact, I had to delete pulseaudio
> >  altogether on one of the tower boxes to get any sound out of the
> > headphone socket.
> >  
> > I would like to stay with Peppermint 3 and ‘Bluetooth Manager’ if
> > possible, but I do have a variety of live Linux
> >  discs with any number of distros, and I would be happy to try one
> > if I knew which one might work with a BT speaker, without a lot of
> > extra fiddling around.
> >  
> > I did try installing parts of bluez, or all of it, but it got a bit
> > confusing, and I didn’t see any GUI control,
> >  or how to make it work. 
> > I have tried googling around but no good result so far.
> >  
> > I’m hoping there might be a diagnostic audio utility to run.
> > 
> > I have tried VLC, and a few other audio apps but they don’t seem to
> > find the BT device I guess.
> >  
> > Thanks very much for any reply,
> >  
> > Bob
> > In Reading, Berks
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