[Pkg-bluetooth-discuss] Bluez vs. CB2460 Creative Headset

[Borden Rhodes]

Good morning!

I am running Squeeze and I understand from 
http://wiki.bluez.org/wiki/HOWTO/AudioDevices that it is possible to pair with 
a Bluetooth headset, such as Creative's CB2460 and use it as a microphone and 
speaker.  I can't and I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong.

# sudo hcitool scan # successfully finds the headset's address and name when I 
put the headset into pairing mode.  # sudo hcitool info <address> # returns 
"Can't create connection: Input/output error" regardless of whether the 
headset is in pairing mode.  GNOME's Bluetooth wizard (run in KDE) does not 
find the device.  The headset needs a preset PIN to pair but I never get 
prompted for it.  I have tried to run # sudo bluetooth-agent <PIN> # before 
running the other commands to no success.

http://support.creative.com/kb/ShowArticle.aspx?sid=16191 indicates that 
pairing should work because the headset uses the A2DP service and Bluez 
(allegedly) supports that too.

What am I doing wrong?

With thanks,

Borden