fedora3-BluetrekG2 log

This is something like a log of what I've done in order to give headset support to a Fedora Core 3 new fresh installation. It is specific to the Bluetrek G2 headset.

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0.- I installed Fedora Core 3, workstation installation set. Additionally, I selected gnome-bluetooth package. The installed kernel is 2.6.9-1.667, and the current bluez rpms are the following:

[root@castejon ~]# rpm -qa | grep bluez
bluez-hcidump-1.11-1
bluez-utils-2.10-2
bluez-pin-0.23-3
bluez-libs-2.10-2
bluez-bluefw-1.0-6

I didn't touch anything relevant for the system behaviour now.
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1.- I tried to look for Fedora rpm's updated versions of these packages but I didn't find them.
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2.- For headset support I went to http://bluetooth-alsa.sourceforge.net/ and try to follow the build process. Nevertheless I found myself in some newbie troubles:
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3.- I checked out the CVS repository

cvs -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/bluetooth-alsa co btsco
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4.- I tried to compile

./bootstrap
./configure
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5- I got the following error:

	...some info...
	./configure: line 3249: XIPH_PATH_AO: command not found
	...some info...

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6.- As Marcel indicated in http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=10127139, the problem solves by installing libao-devel package (I found it at rpmfind.net)
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7.- Now I went back to point 4 and try to compile again
./bootstrap
./configure
make
At this point make spat out lots of errors but all related to not finding bluetooth.h and other libs, and blah, blah, blah..
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8.- I downloaded and installed very successfully bluez-libs-2.12.tar.gz from http://www.bluez.org/download.html with ./configure, make, make install stuff,
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9.- I went back to point 7 and installed btsco without problems

make
make install
make maintainer-clean

cd kernel
make
make install
make clean
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10.- Now, as indicated by Marcel I run depmod -e (does depmod -a also works?) because I was having problems for the next point, trying to load the snd_bt_sco module so I did:

depmod -e
modprobe snd_bt_sco

I guess the system is now prepared to meet a headset...
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11.- From this point I'll log the steps I follow each time I wish to connect the headset,from a well known state (reboot), well, except that I already have to run manually "modprobe snd_bt_sco" because I haven't fix that "alias snd-card-0 snd_bt_sco" line in modules.conf (it seems that in this distribution the file is named modprobe.conf and has different format?) So, first of all I will stop the esound controller in case it's running

esdctl stop
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12.- I Set up local bluetooth device and daemon
hciconfig hci0 up
hcid
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13.- At this moment I powered on the headset and brougth it to scanning mode (so the led is flicking in red and fashion blue)
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14.- Run the btsco daemon with the headset's BT address

	[root@panzano ~]# btsco 00:06:C5:04:BB:54
	Device is 1:0

At this time, a notification window pops up claiming for the pin code. (Default is 0000). Entering the correct pin results in some interesting output from btsco:
Device is 1:0
Voice setting: 0x0060
RFCOMM channel 1 connected
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15.- btsco daemon was waiting for a confirmation so I should push the headset connect button. It suddenly shout a big bip (be careful, it hurts) and the connection is stablished (I can hear the channel noise) The output from btsc is now something like this

[root@panzano ~]# btsco 00:06:C5:04:BB:54
Device is 1:0
Voice setting: 0x0060
RFCOMM channel 1 connected
recieved AT+CKPD=200
opened hwdep
connected SCO channel
Setting sco fd
Done setting sco fd
recieved AT+VGS=09
Sending up speaker change 9
recieved AT+VGS=10
Sending up speaker change 10
recieved AT+CKPD=200
....
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16.- now I can send audio from the headset with something like
[root@panzano ~]# aplay -B 1000000 -D plughw:Headset sound.wav or
[root@panzano ~]# aplay -D plughw:Headset sound.wav

altough I have noticed that something like

	aplay -B 1000000 -D plughw:Headset /other/path/to/sound.wav

won't work
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17.- My purpose now is to be able to terminate VoIP calls at the headset. Maybe it could be done easily redirecting all sound stream to the snd-card-0 device, or maybe it's difficult enough to figure out? I don't know, is somebody doing this by now?

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thanks to all, your information and development is being great

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At least with Skype it can't be more simple. Once the btsco is running and the headset connection established, in Skype, in Options->Hand/Headsets->Audio devices, and select /dev/dsp1. Ok, it just works. I'm sure that all of you headset owners are doing it yet, but anyway, for me it has been a great happiness. Now that I know that it's possible I'm interested in an open source solution to learn from.

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