On 9/27/05, Paul LeoNerd Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk> wrote:

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:18:09 +1000
valen willie <valen.willie@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just bought myself a USB Bluetooth Adapter.
> I'm very new to Bluetooth and intend to learn more about it.
> I'm using Slackware 10.1.
> I have bluez module loaded automatically when I plug in my bluetooh
> adapter into my USB port.
> But then, what should I do, what application should I start or install
> now to utilize my bluetooth adapter?

Well, it'll depend on your distro. One tool you might find useful
initially is "hcitool"; it does some initial diagnostics...

$ hcitool devices
Devices:
        hci0    00:07:61:19:7A:BA

$ hcitool scan
Scanning ...
        00:02:EE:C6:41:B2       LeoPhone

hcitool --help  for a full list.

I run debian, and this program is provided by the bluez-utils package;
but other distros may vary.

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