Re: [Bluez-users] Can't seem to find my bluetooth

[Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>]

Hi Daniel,

> I'm trying to get Bluetooth working on my Znote 6015WD laptop and I 
> don't really know where to start. I'm running Fedora Rawhide (x86_64). 
> I don't even know what bt chip the computer has (or how to find out). 
> Hcitool just says I haven't got any bluetooth device. Neither lspci nor 
> lsusb shows anything that seems relevant. From lshal all I get is the 
> following:
> 
> udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_bluetooth'
>   info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_bluetooth'  
> (string)
>   linux.subsystem = 'platform'  (string)
>   linux.hotplug_type = 1  (0x1)  (int)
>   info.product = 'Platform Device (bluetooth)'  (string)
>   platform.id = 'bluetooth'  (string)
>   info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer'  (string)
>   info.bus = 'platform'  (string)
>   linux.sysfs_path_device = '/sys/devices/platform/bluetooth'  
> (string)
>   linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/platform/bluetooth'  (string)
> 
> ...which doesn't say me much. There is a led on the front of the 
> computer which is blue, which according to the manual means that 
> bluetooth is inactive, but I've got no idea of how to activate it. 
> Where do I start?

these are generic information that are always present. You need to find
the hardware switch to enable your Bluetooth module and then it will
show up in lsusb.

Regards

Marcel



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