On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 12:45 AM, David McDow <dmcdow@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
I travel a lot and have purchased a G-Grip Bluetooth speaker ( http://www.target.com/p/g-project-g-grip-portable-speaker-black-g-50/-/A-142...) with the intent of listening to music after I get back to the hotel and process data (I'm a land surveyor). I can pair with my Galaxy Nexus and the computer (Dell D620) but there is no sound coming from the G-Grip..
I have followed the directions here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth and have not been able have the speaker play music. I get the following so I feel sure the devices are communicating.
$ hcitool scan Scanning ... 00:1D:DF:59:66:4E G-GRIP
The next step yields:
$ sudo bluez-simple-agent Agent registered
The next step yields:
$ sudo bluez-simple-agent hci0 00:1D:DF:59:66:4E Release New device (/org/bluez/1094/hci0/dev_00_1D_DF_59_66_4E)
I am not sure what this means, but it appears to be positive however there is no sound coming from the speaker. I use Audacious on my laptop to play music and have looked at the settings, to no avail. I have searched (like crazy) for a solution and have found nothing to solve this problem.
My hunch is that the speaker doesn't require a password.
What desktop environment are you using? KDE, Gnome, other windows managers? Are you using PuleAudio? I have a bluetooth headphone and it works quite well. I use KDE and PulseAudio. If you use PulseAudio, I advise you to use pavucontrol (PulseAudio Volume Control). It is very handy to know what the recognized sound cards (the speaker will appear as an independent sound card) and how the programs are using them. -- A: Because it obfuscates the reading. Q: Why is top posting so bad? For more information, please read: http://idallen.com/topposting.html ------------------------------------------- Denis A. Altoe Falqueto Linux user #524555 -------------------------------------------