Yes, I’m still using Maverick, sue me. I have tailored my maverick install to my utmost liking, a little hack here and there, that I couldn’t (or wouldn’t want to try to) replicate on my 12.04 install.
So I’ve noticed that recently (I used to be able) I’ve been unable to pair a bluetooth headset to my 10.10. The same headset works fine on my 12.04, on the same notebook. So this is not hardware problem. I can also connect my Razer Orochi mouse to the 10.10. This happen to all 3 of my “headset” bluetooth devices (a Jabra Clipper, Plantronic Backbeat 903+, and a Logitech Miniboombox). Selecting “Set up new device” from the bluetooth applet, and following the steps always ends up failing.
I solved this by pairing (well, not exactly pairing) the headsets using Blueman, an alternative bluetooth applet for Ubuntu. You can install Blueman by doing:
ikhsan@Mach5-NX:~$ sudo apt-get install blueman
When I tried to pair the headset via Blueman, it gave the “Authentication canceled” error. After some googling I deduced that this has to do with the “Secure Simple Pairing” (SSP) not working as it should be
But oddly, you can do this
- Search for the headset using the search button. Don’t forget to set the headset to pairing-mode
search for the unpairable headset
- When the headset is listed on Blueman screen, highlight the headset by clicking it, and press the “+” button to “add” it
Pai.. uh.. add the headset - Press the star button to set the headset as trusted
set the headset as trusted device - Right click on the headset, and select “Headset service” to connect to the headset protocol, and “Audio sink” for A2DP stereo output
connect to the headset service - Done!
The next time you need to connect to the headset, just use the default bluetooth applet, by clicking the bluetooth icon on the menu-bar, and select the corresponding function
