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Bluetooth headsets and speakers are now more popular than ever before, but getting them to work under Linux isn't always very clear. With all that is going on in the Linux sound systems world, it is easy to get lost and even give up. Most of the time, the problem with these devices is that your system can see them, but for some reason it can't establish a connection. Here is a quick and simple guide on how to get through this problem. I have tested the following on Arch, but it should work on every other distribution as well.
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Bluetooth A2DP seems to work out-of-the-box for me on Ubuntu 16.04 and Fedora 24. It only does audio though.. Perhaps an article on how to setup a linux system to be a headset so I can talk on the phone using my PC headset?
Theoretically then: could Linux handle surround sound over Bluetooth?
after installing the package "pulseaudio-module-bluetooth" works like a charm. Thaks a lot
Thanks for this fine article. It has helped me a lot. Bluetooth works fine now.
It always connects with the speakers/headphones but only appears in pulseaudio like OUTPUT, but never as an INPUT device. So basically all bluetooth headphones with microphones are useless and cant be used to talk over VOIP. Is there any solution to that, cuz it works like a charm on Windows/Android.
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Works! Thank you!
good article, thanks. i have debian stretch, the device connect good, the problem is that the sound dont work, there are not sound ... i try to many ways , =( i think that the bluetooth system is not too good enought
Many thanks for this. After installing, my BT headphones worked fine.
When was this written or updated? I can't seem to find a date anywhere, even in the comments...
Thanks a lot. good work. I wonder whether you know how to connect a bluetooth sink through qjack
Here is the way I did it under Linux Mint:
Adding the ability to connect a bluetooth audio output device (headset, AD-BT02 adapter, ...)My configuration: Linux Mint 20.3 Cinnamon- In a terminal, launch "bluetoothctl".- Ensure that the device you want to connect to is advertising.- Scan available devices "scan".- From the list of scanned devices, retireve the MAC address of the one you want to connect to.- Pair the device "pair <MAC address>".- Check success by listing all paired devices "paired-devices".- Connect to the device "connect <MAC address>".- Optionally, allow automatic re-connection to the device "trust <MAC address>".
It works perfectly for me. No module to add.
I have hearing aids that will receive Bluetooth. I stream music from my phone regularly, I would like to be able to stream from my Linux Laptop as well. I followed the above seqences and my laptop will stream to a bluetooth speaker but although bluetooth finds and connects to my hearing aids they do not show up on the sounds options as headsets like the speaker does. The hearing aids show as type "unknown" whereas the speaker shows as Type "Headset" Have you any suggestions please?