From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 51ED4158090 for ; Thu, 5 May 2022 16:23:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2AC86E0825; Thu, 5 May 2022 16:23:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qt1-f176.google.com (mail-qt1-f176.google.com [209.85.160.176]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9D619E079E for ; Thu, 5 May 2022 16:23:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qt1-f176.google.com with SMTP id o11so3515637qtp.13 for ; Thu, 05 May 2022 09:23:41 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject :content-language:to:references:reply-to:from:in-reply-to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=IPXL7OPKQ5t5HFpOV0cnzJZnzw0G4mGQy7P3XohYOZM=; b=RPPD1G0yRXOx/iEb/yZIz9C+GU5PTKtV7GPlnlQRlYaLk7QFFHT5y9Ud7ZOpvZGQ3o NKJsBEGNdRUwtkunKiLz3uSRFr4Ut34Ji097J4KER5fJpt27sg/4GkKh35QeD+xW4kl3 nO9/AavZbhhY52aZhI0UbC5e6+sPMwI8dkGKgXuD7tQeU1wWnsTg0dgd8PvHBsyBTSUm 6QF8U+lHAEDpJLsWRZgvmWvBZjOo1imHJf8wus18b+uUQkBCcj1esUoA/RHrlgnnDN0A qdY13UGSpf5oX2bWzG4fwZ77mwAM/6T1H501+Un5MyqNEHIEc9iU+K6mezR6w39p6sVK cphg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5313mCrAGojtPh8wRyMHfUUpvrYsTl65SAL33GVcMBxgjGdN5KXI 26wviyAy+cyO8l5cVJRE/mb5qsUEz0TUyg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJw8vZgGw1So0Qw/yKo4Qzm7wxL7ubLtAjtSprVcHG01rNXomwbAzcuHbCMnE/WrkuDxICSZ/Q== X-Received: by 2002:a05:622a:10c:b0:2f3:528e:25d6 with SMTP id u12-20020a05622a010c00b002f3528e25d6mr24869355qtw.209.1651767820712; Thu, 05 May 2022 09:23:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.18] (c-76-23-130-96.hsd1.ct.comcast.net. [76.23.130.96]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w22-20020a05620a129600b0069fc13ce20fsm966378qki.64.2022.05.05.09.23.39 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 05 May 2022 09:23:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <35d60779-39d7-5747-9317-6a1279a64640@users.sourceforge.net> Date: Thu, 5 May 2022 12:21:46 -0400 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.8.1 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers Content-Language: en-US-large To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <5824946.lOV4Wx5bFT@wstn> From: Jack In-Reply-To: <5824946.lOV4Wx5bFT@wstn> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: faf9ec15-f6c8-4a50-b81c-8821066df4f9 X-Archives-Hash: dbbf28687885408dbb6ad8f95438100d I have a photive BT speaker that I've used successfully with plasma on my Artix laptop.  I can test later with my Gentoo desktop to confirm.  I don't remember if you use pulseaudio or not, but if so, I'd check pavucontrol to see if it also thinks that device is active and being used by whatever app is producing the sound, and also that the volume meter is showing any output. Probably not relevant to you, but I've recently solved a long-standing problem with audio (not just BT, also wired, but mostly with the mic) where my system monitor (gkrellm, and specifically its gkrellmss plugin) had grabbed the audio device, so although pavucontrol saw that the device existed, it couldn't actually do anything with it, and the volume meter didn't even show up.  Solved in the short term by just disabling that plugin. Jack On 5/5/22 11:22, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > Is there a knack to getting my plasma desktop to operate happily with my new > Bluetooth speakers? I can get a connection using the Bluetooth control panel, > and the sound device appears in the Audio control panel, but testing either > speaker produces no sound. > > The Gentoo wiki was helpful in getting everything I need (well, I thought I > had), but still I seem to be missing one link in the chain. > > (I still have the old M-Audio speakers with their line-in, but so far I've > lost two motherboard sound chips and two USB dongles while using them, so I > wanted to try something else.) >