Hello Denis, Thank you for your response. >What desktop environment are you using? KDE, Gnome, other >windows managers? I am using Fluxbox 1.3.5. >Are you using PuleAudio? No. >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). I will look into installing PulseAudio on Fluxbox >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. I believe the answer is installing PulseAudio after searching this keyword (I've never heard of PulseAudio, but after reading a little, I understand it's the sound server for ALSA). I appreciate your (and Gaetan's) help/insight. I am inspired. Thank you again, David On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 5:12 AM, Denis A. Altoé Falqueto < denisfalqueto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 12:45 AM, David McDow <dmcdow@xxxxxxxxx> 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-14269891 > ) > > 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 > ------------------------------------------- >
