bluez-alsa 4.48 fails with particular bluetooth dongle

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Binary package hint: bluez-alsa

Context:
1) Ubuntu 9.04 (fully updated)
2) bluez, bluez-alsa version 4.48
3) Bluetooth dongle : ID 0a5c:200a Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth dongle
4) Bluetooth device : Bluetooth headset
5) command issued : mplayer -ao alsa:device=bluetooth song.mp3

MPlayer SVN-r29473-4.3.3 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
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.

Playing song.mp3.
Audio only file format detected.
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 192.0 kbit/13.61% (ratio: 24000->176400)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
...
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_bluetooth.c:1566:(audioservice_recv) Too short (1 bytes) IPC packet from bluetoothd
[AO_ALSA] pcm prepare error: Invalid argument
[AO_ALSA] Write error: Transport endpoint is not connected
[AO_ALSA] Trying to reset soundcard.
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_bluetooth.c:1607:(audioservice_expect) BT_START_STREAM failed : Success(0)
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_bluetooth.c:1566:(audioservice_recv) Too short (1 bytes) IPC packet from bluetoothd
[AO_ALSA] pcm prepare error: Invalid argument
[AO_ALSA] Write error: Transport endpoint is not connected
[AO_ALSA] Trying to reset soundcard.
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_bluetooth.c:1607:(audioservice

MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: play_audio
) Too short (1 bytes) IPC packet from bluetoothd
[AO_ALSA] pcm prepare error: Invalid argument
A: 0.0 (00.0) of 216.0 (03:36.0) ??,?%
Exiting... (Quit)

Extra information:
1) If is use an a2dp bluetooth device, I manage to play the song without any error message.
2) If i use a newer bluetooth dongle (ID 0a5c:2101 Broadcom Corp. A-Link BlueUsbA2 Bluetooth), I manage to play the song.

[Konrad Zapałowicz (kzapalowicz)]

This is reported against an old version of Ubuntu and many things has changed since then. Because of that we won't fix this issue however if this behavior repeats on a modern version please fill a bug report against it and we will take it from there.