'cannot open libasound_module_pcm_bluetooth.so': a solution

	When I try to play a file on my headset via bluetooth I get
that message.  I don't have libasound_module_pcm_bluetooth.so.  I run
Slackware 10.2 with kernel 2.6.23.1; I had all the bluez-* packages
(3.22: Slackware's most recent version) installed.  I uninstalled all
the bluez-* packages, downloaded the latest source from www.bluez.org,
built it, had the same result.  I found some likely source for
libasound_module_pcm_bluetooth.so in bluez-utils-3.24, ran:

	configure --enable-alsa --enable-usb --enable-avctrl --enable-audio

(I don't know that I needed all of those, perhaps just the
'--enable-alsa') rebuilt, and still had the same problem.  I figured
out my sound apps were looking only in /usr/lib/alsa while the build
had put the libraries in /usr/local/lib/alsa.  I linked the contents
of /usr/local/lib/alsa to /usr/lib/alsa and my apps were happy
(perhaps rebuilding the apps, or other libraries they use, would have
solved the problem too) - at least they didn't complain about not
finding the library, only about not finding a target: I still haven't
figured out how to make a permanent connection to my headset.

russell bell


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