Nokia BH-103 headset pairing, but broken sound

[Ralf Hildebrandt]

I'm able to pair a Nokia BH-103 headset successfully, but the sound output is a horribly beeping thundering sound.
dmesg emits:

[196611.242005] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 50
[196611.251988] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 65501
[196611.261997] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 390
[196611.271991] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 179
[196611.272003] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 57136
[196611.272011] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 199
[196611.281997] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 189
[196611.282008] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 22018
[196611.282015] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 11266
[196611.291971] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 541
[196611.291979] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 59905
[196611.301966] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 151
[196611.301976] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 51457
[196611.301983] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 49665
[196611.301990] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 17409
[196611.301996] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 65281
[196611.302003] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 19969
[196611.302010] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 13313
[196611.311962] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 622
[196611.321977] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 593
[196611.321988] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 31746
[196628.643285] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 46
[196628.643296] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 46
[196628.643304] hci_scodata_packet: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 46

etc.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: bluez 4.91-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jul 10 21:53:39 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
InterestingModules: rfcomm sco bnep l2cap btusb bluetooth
MachineType: FUJITSU SIEMENS LIFEBOOK P8010
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic root=UUID=6c4bd339-7416-4e33-a0d8-398b4e53a52e ro cgroup_disable=memory enable_mtrr_cleanup mtrr_spare_reg_nr=1 mtrr_gran_size=8M mtrr_chunk_size=32M noquiet nosplash
SourcePackage: bluez
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/20/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: FUJITSU // Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
dmi.bios.version: Version 1.08
dmi.board.name: FJNB1E3
dmi.board.vendor: FUJITSU
dmi.board.version: CP365186-01
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS
dmi.chassis.version: P8010
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnFUJITSU//PhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvrVersion1.08:bd08/20/2008:svnFUJITSUSIEMENS:pnLIFEBOOKP8010:pvr:rvnFUJITSU:rnFJNB1E3:rvrCP365186-01:cvnFUJITSUSIEMENS:ct10:cvrP8010:
dmi.product.name: LIFEBOOK P8010
dmi.sys.vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS
hciconfig:
 hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB
  BD Address: 00:03:7A:76:AF:44 ACL MTU: 310:10 SCO MTU: 64:8
  UP RUNNING PSCAN
  RX bytes:536489 acl:70 sco:11974 events:196 errors:0
  TX bytes:523641 acl:83 sco:10221 commands:46 errors:1

[Ralf Hildebrandt (ralf-hildebrandt)]

With oneiric, it turns out that the headset does actually work:
by default it's using the mode "Telephony Duplex (HSP/HFP)" - which is not working.
If I change that mode to "High Fidelity Playback (A2DP)", then the sound comes out as expected.

[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.