Setting up bluetooth headset under Linux

I figured out how to use my new Jabra BT-150 headset with Linux. Here's the deal.

• Install bluetooth-alsa and libsbc packages (feisty backports not there yet)
  
  
• Put the headset in pairing mode
• bdaddr=$(hcitool scan | awk '/BT150/ {print $1}')
  
  
• sudo hcitool info $bdaddr
• cat /usr/share/doc/bluetooth-alsa/sample.asoundrc >> ~/.asoundrc
• Change the default BDADDR in .asoundrc
  
  
• headsetd

That's it. Test using 'mplayer -ao alsa:device=headset'. Now I need to find out how to dynamically switch output based on whether bluetooth headset is there or not.

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