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 27B0B158090 for ; Thu, 5 May 2022 20:37:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 449AFE08C3; Thu, 5 May 2022 20:37:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw.thundermail.uk (mail-gw.thundermail.uk [149.255.60.77]) (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 8D9C8E0882 for ; Thu, 5 May 2022 20:37:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailgw01.thundermail.uk (mail-gw.thundermail.uk [149.255.60.66]) by mail-gw.thundermail.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 11EA26012577 for ; Thu, 5 May 2022 21:37:14 +0100 (BST) X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1651783034-0554135d93385a010001-LfjuLa Received: from cloud220.unlimitedwebhosting.co.uk (cloud220.unlimitedwebhosting.co.uk [149.255.60.183]) by mailgw01.thundermail.uk with ESMTP id tT5MJpfASiI2tfhi (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 05 May 2022 21:37:14 +0100 (BST) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: confabulate@kintzios.com X-Barracuda-Effective-Source-IP: cloud220.unlimitedwebhosting.co.uk[149.255.60.183] X-Barracuda-Apparent-Source-IP: 149.255.60.183 Received: from lenovo.localdomain (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by cloud220.unlimitedwebhosting.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 191E7CC4BA5 for ; Thu, 5 May 2022 21:37:13 +0100 (BST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kintzios.com; s=default; t=1651783033; bh=uCx3HCMV8V98ouUFbXy2CQG5uFh8YKN3mLqA3B7L0wQ=; h=From:To:Subject; b=EqvkfBWVfdk/t/1hx+VuW++GgneOylheYtFB/qOK7pucgNDnpw/nT7r7bdq8e+4AN 0PjE+PIuRUoYctP6qtxHZ/LkTmK4fVhKV7ibKdDAoOdbpKZWIVzK5NInxe53vUYGvU CKqdUgkSYKogzMCPLurAxYs4zK7h3NG1WmY7sL2E= From: Michael To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 21:37:12 +0100 X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers Message-ID: <4493202.CvnuH1ECHv@lenovo.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <35d60779-39d7-5747-9317-6a1279a64640@users.sourceforge.net> References: <5824946.lOV4Wx5bFT@wstn> <35d60779-39d7-5747-9317-6a1279a64640@users.sourceforge.net> 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 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1848169.eGJsNajkDb"; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-PPP-Message-ID: <20220505203713.2523964.38850@cloud220.unlimitedwebhosting.co.uk> X-PPP-Vhost: kintzios.com X-Barracuda-Connect: cloud220.unlimitedwebhosting.co.uk[149.255.60.183] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1651783034 X-Barracuda-Encrypted: ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 X-Barracuda-URL: https://149.255.60.66:443/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at thundermail.uk X-Barracuda-Scan-Msg-Size: 2008 X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=1.9 tests= X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.3.97812 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- X-Archives-Salt: 7ac8ebff-d23c-44d3-a839-0c7949cdabd7 X-Archives-Hash: da270ec8842eafd87315cbbf7f2c1388 --nextPart1848169.eGJsNajkDb Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; protected-headers="v1" From: Michael To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: confabulate@kintzios.com Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 21:37:12 +0100 Message-ID: <4493202.CvnuH1ECHv@lenovo.localdomain> On Thursday, 5 May 2022 17:21:46 BST Jack wrote: > 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.) I've never had speakers blowing the audio chips driving them. I would have thought they would be protected electrically from such events occurring. Anyway, more to the point, I had tried to configure a laptop to connect over bluetooth to an AVR, but I couldn't get it to work until I installed and used net-wireless/blueman. You may want to give it a spin. --nextPart1848169.eGJsNajkDb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. 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