Comment 1 for bug 198494

I am getting the same under Hardy.

The headset used to work with Gutsy, and after the update to Hardy it doesn't work anymore.

I have Samsung WEP300.

Making the story short: Unlike the previous reporter, I get a request for the pin, if I remove the pairing. But the headset simply doesn't work anymore.

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Used to work with Skype on Gutsy by doing:
~ # modprobe snd-bt-sco
~ # /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart
~ # /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart
~ # hcitool cc 00:1D:25:B7:C2:C8
~ # btsco -v -s 00:1D:25:B7:C2:C8

And with ASoundrc I would get only audio (but audio would work):
~ % cat .asoundrc
pcm.bluetooth {
  type bluetooth
     device 00:1D:25:B7:C2:C8
     profile "headset"
}

Now in Hardy, if I use the first method (btsco) Skype will hang!

And with .asoundrc (as above) I get:
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Mar 6 22:43:40 duo audio[6086]: Accepted new client connection on unix socket (fd=9)
Mar 6 22:43:40 duo audio[6086]: Audio API: received BT_GETCAPABILITIES_REQ
Mar 6 22:43:40 duo audio[6086]: Audio API: sending BT_GETCAPABILITIES_RSP
Mar 6 22:43:40 duo audio[6086]: Audio API: received BT_SETCONFIGURATION_REQ
Mar 6 22:43:40 duo audio[6086]: config sco - device = 00:1D:25:B7:C2:C8 access_mode = 2
Mar 6 22:43:40 duo audio[6086]: State changed /org/bluez/audio/device1: HEADSET_STATE_DISCONNECTED -> HEADSET_STATE_CONNECT_IN_PROGRESS
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testing with mplayer
 ~ % mplayer -ao alsa:device=bluetooth /usr/share/skype/sounds/ContactAuthRequest.wav
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.3 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2300 @ 1.66GHz (Family: 6, Model: 14, Stepping: 8)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

When I hit Cntrl-C on the mplayer command. I hear a beep and get this in the daemon.log:

Mar 6 22:43:40 duo audio[6086]: /org/bluez/audio/device1: Connecting to 00:1D:25:B7:C2:C8 channel 2
Mar 6 22:43:58 duo audio[6086]: Unix client disconnected (fd=9)
Mar 6 22:43:58 duo audio[6086]: State changed /org/bluez/audio/device1: HEADSET_STATE_CONNECT_IN_PROGRESS -> HEADSET_STATE_DISCONNECTED