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Bluetooth audio dongle? - paul1149 - 10-15-2017
I'm trying to outfit a friend's laptop running LL 3.6, with bluetooth audio. It will require a dongle, as BT is not built in.
I don't see any BT audio in the LL database. At Amazon, only 2 BT audio dongles show up, and the reviews are not encouraging.
Do most BT dongles work with Linux, even if it's not advertised as such?
Thanks.
Re: Bluetooth audio dongle? - paul1149 - 10-15-2017
From what I've been reading, almost all the dongles use the same chip, and all should work, though perhaps not very well.
Re: Bluetooth audio dongle? - rokytnji - 10-15-2017
4x Kernel used makes my external usb bluetooth work. I got one of those chinese cheapo dongles off of ebay .
My thread is over here
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/network/skullcandy-soundmine-bluetooth-external-speaker/
Yep. Takes a little elbow grease to get things working. Still working fine today.
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/network/skullcandy-soundmine-bluetooth-external-speaker/
Re: Bluetooth audio dongle? - paul1149 - 10-15-2017
Thanks [member=494]rokytnji[/member]. That thread looks like a good resource. I hope I don't have a lot of trouble, as I'm not great with the CLI.
Re: Bluetooth audio dongle? - paul1149 - 10-31-2017
Great news. I tried my existing BT dongle, but without success. It may have been me doing something wrong. Then today the new dongle came in (both are BT 4.0). I paired the headphones to it without any problem whatsoever, which is very nice.
BW