[ltp] Re: Debian, T61, and bluetooth

[John Jason Jordan]

On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:30:46 +0100
Marcus Better <marcus@better.se> dijo:

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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 can't find hciconfig:

jjj@Devil8:~$ hciconfig
bash: hciconfig: command not found
jjj@Devil8:~$ sudo apt-get install hciconfig
[sudo] password for jjj: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package hciconfig

Did you mean "hcitool config"?

jjj@Devil8:~$ hcitool config
Connections:
	> ACL 00:0F:F6:6C:6C:DB handle 11 state 1 lm MASTER 

> 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.

I just checked and I am in the bluetooth group, although root was not.
I added root, just in case I ever log in as root.

I did manage to get the bluetooth mouse working, but in the process
broke gnome-panel, metacity, and probably a couple other things
(detailed in another thread here). I am currently functional by running
gnome-panel and metacity from a terminal window. Later today I will
spend some time trying to figure out why they suddenly stopped getting
loaded at login and how to restore that funtionality.