From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GfRuB-0005Nv-G8 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:02:07 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kA21wt5e010587; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 01:58:55 GMT Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.169]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kA21unIN003149 for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 01:56:49 GMT Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id z38so19660ugc for ; Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:56:49 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=AFjIGxCsRjoVH+OAi+/3mh0p2xb/MXYoe+plnq6VXq72GZehImqD7T1CKjrYx/E+XJWBPuunJwpB2RK+lPFMzHfbG2f5QumrfS07q9ZUiEZyxPWCSqvrzhxJbJkT8xPqK2hC4/sXs1+eUPyM9gN1PNUYl2JFQr+xu6pS+aWWs6Q= Received: by 10.78.123.5 with SMTP id v5mr685696huc; Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:56:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.128.3 with HTTP; Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:56:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49bf44f10611011756g641d89fuf011b33e5dc748b5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:56:48 -0800 From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth compatibility In-Reply-To: <200611021211.24088.dystopianray@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10611011727h6a2eb22an23ddd367d921ed19@mail.gmail.com> <200611021211.24088.dystopianray@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 82a5de4b-eb23-4962-8cb3-4277b1c94dd3 X-Archives-Hash: d03eb7d99c0f1595da26e246cd1ecfa8 > > I need a wireless headset to use with my softphone. My laptop doesn't > > have bluetooth built-in so I need a USB bluetooth adapter and > > bluetooth headset. Has anyone used bluetooth with Gentoo? Should I > > be researching both devices' Linux compatibility, or just the adapter? > > > > - Grant > > Most USB bluetooth devices are pretty generic and will work with the USB HCI > bluetooth driver in the kernel. I don't know about the headset, but you > should not have any issues with the adapter itself. I'm reading now that bluetooth uses the 2.4Ghz band which is just about tapped out around here. My wireless keyboard and wireless network use it, and since I'm in an apartment there's no telling how many other people are doing the same, along with their microwaves and phones. Has anyone used a bluetooth headset in an environment with other devices utilizing the 2.4Ghz band? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list