Return-Path: MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <6AC5A55546F64545AE996F8200E3AC4E0323A730D7@NL0105EXC01V01.eur.slb.com> References: <6AC5A55546F64545AE996F8200E3AC4E0323A72E4D@NL0105EXC01V01.eur.slb.com> <2d5a2c101002072354u74cd7b77jc933d7cb61666b90@mail.gmail.com> <6AC5A55546F64545AE996F8200E3AC4E0323A730D7@NL0105EXC01V01.eur.slb.com> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:02:04 +0200 Message-ID: <2d5a2c101002080102o71229a41ob75676b48a502919@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: bluez and a2dp sennheiser pcx310 headphones From: Luiz Augusto von Dentz To: John Frankish Cc: "linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-bluetooth-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:57 AM, John Frankish wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-bluetooth-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-bluetooth-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Luiz Augusto von Dentz > Sent: Monday, 08 February, 2010 11:55 > To: John Frankish > Cc: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: bluez and a2dp sennheiser pcx310 headphones > > Hi John, > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 8:19 AM, John Frankish wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Using the .asoundrc below with bluez-4.53, I've been able to play music to a pair of sennheiser pcx310 headphones without problems, but although the remote volume control on the headphones works, the track skip/fastforward/repeat does not. >> >> According to the headphones manual, the remote controls rely on an avrcp profile - is this something supported by bluez or is it something that should be supported by the audio source (or both)? > > You probably need to load uinput module to make this to work, also you > should probably try pulse audio which has a better integration with > bluetooth headsets so you don't need to manually configure alsa it > will do all this automatically for you. > > Thanks - I'm stuck with alsa for the moment, what is the uinput module and where do I find it? uinput kernel module, you can load it manually by doing: sudo modprobe uinput (if you don't have then you need to enable it and recompile your kernel) PS: Before come back with such questions you better do a search/google for it so you don't flood the mailing list with inconvenient questions. -- Luiz Augusto von Dentz Computer Engineer