Hello, It's me again, I try new ways to use my bluetooth headset Philips SHB9000 on Linux but it failed. My bluetooth headset is Philips SHB9000 : $ hcitool scan Scanning ... 00:1E:7C:01:0A:5E Philips SHB9000 I use bluez 4.94. I found 4 tools (hcitool, rfcomm, a2dpd and sdptool) to use my bluetooth headset but each tool failed. When I try to bind with hcitool my computer with my headset, it failed : $ hcitool dev Devices: hci0 00:22:43:B7:BB:F0 $ sudo hcitool cc 00:1E:7C:01:0A:5E $ hcitool con Connections: As you can see, there is no connections... When I try to bind with rfcomm my computer with my headset, it failed : $ rfcomm rfcomm0: 00:1E:7C:01:0A:5E channel 0 clean $ sudo rfcomm release hci0 $ rfcomm $ sudo rfcomm -A -E bind 00:22:43:B7:BB:F0 00:1E:7C:01:0A:5E $ rfcomm rfcomm0: 00:1E:7C:01:0A:5E channel 1 clean $ sudo rfcomm -A -E connect 00:22:43:B7:BB:F0 00:1E:7C:01:0A:5E Can't connect RFCOMM socket: Operation now in progress When I try to bind with a2dpd my computer with my headset, it failed : $ sudo a2dpd A2DPD[14:19:26.370]: init_ipc: Selected IPC: unix, addr=127.0.0.1, bcst=127.0.0.255, port=21453 A2DPD[14:19:26.370]: main: a2dpd [Jun 13 2011 13:46:06] starting ... A2DPD[14:19:26.371]: main: (errno=9:Bad file descriptor)a2dpd addr=00:1E:7C:01:0A:5E timer=0 us [Jun 13 2011 13:46:06] A2DPD[14:19:26.371]: a2dpd_signal_init: Getting on DBUS A2DPD[14:19:26.373]: a2dpd_signal_init: Installing watch A2DPD[14:19:26.373]: add_dbus_watch: Added watch 0 0x8d67858 disabled A2DPD[14:19:26.373]: add_dbus_watch: Added watch 1 0x8d67880 enabled A2DPD[14:19:26.373]: a2dpd_signal_init: Registering object path: /com/access/a2dpd A2DPD[14:19:26.374]: a2dpd_signal_init: Acquiring service: com.access.a2dpd A2DPD[14:19:26.375]: a2dpd_signal_init: OK A2DPD[14:19:26.375]: a2dpd_signal_init: OK A2DPD[14:19:26.375]: a2dpd_register_sdp: Start A2DPD[14:19:26.375]: add_avrtg: A2DPD[14:19:26.375]: add_a2source: A2DPD[14:19:26.376]: a2dpd_register_sdp: OK A2DPD[14:19:26.376]: main_loop: A2DPD[14:19:26.376]: make_server_socket: A2DPD[14:19:26.376]: a2dpd_signal_state: Started 00:1E:7C:01:0A:5E A2DPD[14:19:26.376]: bta2dpdevicenew: A2DPD[14:19:26.377]: a2dpd_signal_address_changed: 00:1E:7C:01:0A:5E A2DPD[14:19:26.377]: a2dpd_signal_set_socket: Signal socket set to 7 A2DPD[14:19:26.379]: a2dpd_signal_state: Disconnected A2DPD[14:19:26.379]: a2dp_alloc: A2DPD[14:19:26.379]: a2dp_alloc: (a2dp = 0x8d6b2e0) A2DPD[14:19:26.379]: a2dp_new: 00:1E:7C:01:0A:5E, 44100 A2DPD[14:19:26.379]: a2dp_new: State AVDTP_STATE_DISCONNECTED A2DPD[14:19:26.380]: alsa_new: A2DPD[14:19:26.380]: alsa_new: device=plughw:0,0, framerate=44100 A2DPD[14:19:26.380]: alsa_new: State ALSA_STATE_DISCONNECTED A2DPD[14:19:26.380]: alsa_new: returning 0x8d6d478 A2DPD[14:19:26.380]: sco_new: A2DPD[14:19:26.380]: sco_new: State SCO_STATE_DISCONNECTED A2DPD[14:19:26.380]: sco_state_disconnect: Filtering state : already disconnected A2DPD[14:19:26.380]: main_loop: Bluetooth Device Settings [44100 hz, 2 channels, 16 bits] A2DPD[14:19:26.381]: avrcp_new: Listening for AVRCP on socket 9 A2DPD[14:19:26.382]: avrcp_new: 0x8d6d588 I have no error but it doesn't work. When I try to bind with sdptool my computer with my headset, it failed : $ sdptool browse 00:1E:7C:01:0A:5E Browsing 00:1E:7C:01:0A:5E ... But if I give an other address, there is an error, so the headset is found : $ sdptool browse 00:1E:7C:01:0A:5F Failed to connect to SDP server on 00:1E:7C:01:0A:5F: Host is down I read documentation[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] but I can't find a way to use my headset on Linux. Can you help me with my bluetooth headset on linux, please? Thank you. [1]http://bluetooth-alsa.sourceforge.net/build.html [2]http://www.linux.ie/articles/bluetoothheadset.php [3]http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=694010 [4]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothAudio [5]http://gablog.eu/online/node/80 [6]http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=12497 [7]http://penguincopter.blogspot.com/2009/07/linux-bluetooth-komorka-internet.html [8]http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/multimedia/446585-bluetooth-audio-alsa-phonon-kde.html [9]http://blog.bulix.org/index.php/blog/1008 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html