There's NO GUI - I had trouble satisfying dependencies for the "blueman" front end. But it's not really necessary, just a couple of manual commands are all you need to pair your bluetooth devices. Then at each bootup all you need to do is start the bluetooth daemon, via a neat tray applet, kindly provided by forum member rcrsn51.
INSTRUCTIONS
Install this dotpet -
http://www.smokey01.com/tempestuous/blu ... eaming.pet
When the installation is complete you will see a bluetooth icon in the desktop tray, which is black in colour.
Plug your bluetooth USB dongle into your Puppy computer. Puppy already contains the necessary drivers, which will automatically load. Before going any further, it's a good idea to check that Puppy recognises your bluetooth device, with this command -
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rfkill list
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1: hci0: bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-74 ... ml#7499484
Now get the bluetooth daemon running by simply clicking once on the bluetooth icon. You will see it turn blue to confirm the bluetooth daemon is now running.
Next put your external bluetooth device into "discoverable" bluetooth mode. You may need to check the device's user manual. Bluetooth receivers which are built in to certain hifi systems may achieve this by pressing a particular button-sequence on their remote control unit.
Once the external device is in discoverable mode, run this command in Puppy to find its bluetooth MAC address -
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hcitool scan
Now go ahead and pair your external device to Puppy with this command -
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bluez-simple-agent hci0 00:17:E3:4B:68:A3
Your headset might require you to authorise the pairing. If so, type your PIN (0000 or 1234, etc)
UPDATE:
Some bluetooth receivers are properly paired at this point, although it might be necessary to reboot Puppy before audio streaming will work properly
... but some bluetooth receivers may indicate that they have failed to pair, even though your Puppy computer shows a successful connection. Thanks to Philh, here are some extra steps you may require - first run these 2 commands:
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hciconfig hci0 piscan
bluetooth-agent 0000
Once the pairing is successful, it should happen automatically in the future - whenever you activate Puppy's bluetooth daemon.
These instructions are common for all forms of bluetooth communication. Now we will move on to audio streaming.