[ltp] Re: Debian, T61, and bluetooth

[Marcus Better]

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John Jason Jordan wrote:
> So far everything is working OK except bluetooth devices. I have a
> mouse, headphones, and cell phone. All worked in Ubuntu, but I can't
> get any of them paired in Debian. From the command line "hhcitool dev"
> finds the T61's bluetooth adapter, but finds no other devices,

It's not supposed to. Use "hcitool scan" for that.

> I have queried on the Debian forums and on the Debian user e-list, but
> after two days no responses. In desperation I ask here. Does anyone
> have bluetooth devices working on Debian testing?

Yes, also on a T61. Kernel is 2.6.31.4 (self-compiled x86_64), bluez 4.56-2, 
kdebluetooth 1:0.4~rc1-1.

What does "hciconfig" say? Mine says:

hci0:   Type: USB
        BD Address: 00:1E:4C:FC:73:B3 ACL MTU: 1017:8 SCO MTU: 64:8
        UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
        RX bytes:1583 acl:0 sco:0 events:52 errors:0
        TX bytes:388 acl:0 sco:0 commands:30 errors:0

I had problems previously with the "ISCAN" option not appearing until I set 
it manually ("hciconfig hci0 piscan"), it is needed fof making the device 
discoverable by other devices. It seems to be fixed now though.

Non-root users need to be in the "bluetooth" group to use bluetooth.

Cheers,

Marcus
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