If I delete the MBR-100, set it to pair (red-green light alternating) and then enter the commands I get this:

sudo modprobe snd-bt-sco
sudo btsco -v 00:16:20:FF:7B:E6
btsco v0.42
Device is 1:0
Voice setting: 0×0060

[At this point the dialogue box appears and lets me enter the passcode (0000), then:]

Can’t connect RFCOMM channel: Connection refused

BUT – it has paired ok, even though it says “Connection refused”. So now I can set amarok to bluetooth, and when I play it does actually work.

If you don’t ever see the dialogue box, and can’t ever pair, then I suspect something has broken with bluetooth since Hardy for your particular dongle. What is the output of lsusb when your dongle is plugged in?

Cheers, Jonathan

catfish@threeofnine:~$ dpkg –get-selections | grep blue
blueman deinstall
bluetooth install
bluez install
bluez-alsa install
bluez-audio deinstall
bluez-btsco install
bluez-cups install
bluez-gnome install
bluez-gstreamer install
bluez-hcidump install
bluez-input install
bluez-network deinstall
bluez-utils install
bluez3-audio deinstall
bluez3-utils deinstall
gnome-bluetooth install
libbluetooth2 deinstall
libbluetooth3 install
mplayer-skin-blue install

these are my pakages, but i don’t understand why the deinstalled ones are also listed…

not sure if this is any help, but it shows the packages I have installed on my machine relating to bluetooth in intrepid:

:~$ dpkg --get-selections | grep blue
bluetooth install
bluez install
bluez-alsa install
bluez-btsco install
bluez-cups install
bluez-gnome install
bluez-gstreamer install
bluez-utils install
gnome-bluetooth install
libbluetooth3 install
libmultisync-plugin-irmc-bluetooth install

I can pair it with my motorazr.

When I try to pair manually, I also can enter the pin, but the connection dies after few seconds. when I try to pair it with the gnome-applet, it doesn’t ask for the pin, it just says that it cannot connect.

It seems that my internal BT doesn’t support the MBR-100, will see if an external dongle will work….

thx.
ingo

I have a dell D420 and im using the build in BT. But will try ano

can you pair with anything? Until Intrepid I used an MSI bluetooth dongle, but with the changes in Intrepid it stopped working (it still works in Hardy). In the end I bought a new dongle. I get the same output you did when I tried to pair with the stick the first time, but it still let me enter the passcode.

thanks for your quick responds.

My problem is, that I can’t pair with the stick.

I just tried it with blueman (which pulls in newer bt-libs) but that also dosen’t help.

will keep trying…

pcm.bluetooth {
type bluetooth
device AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF
profile “auto”
}

Then restart alsa (and possibly bluetooth) and you should be able to select bluetooth in amarok and just play.

If you use Rhythmbox you need to change the playback setting in gconf to tell it to use bluetooth:

gconftool -t string -s /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/musicaudiosink “alsasink device=bluetooth”

to change back:

gconftool -t string -s /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/musicaudiosink “autoaudiosink”

It’s a drag I know. I’ll update the post soon to add these Intrepid glitches.

catfish@threeofnine:~$ sudo btsco -v 00:16:20:FF:C0:EE
btsco v0.42
Device is 1:0
Voice setting: 0×0060
Can’t connect RFCOMM channel: Connection refused