[Bluez-users] internal bluetooth on laptop

[Bluez-users] internal bluetooth on laptop

[Szilágyi Szilveszter]

hi,
I have an ibm thinkpad laptop with an internal bluetooth
with my external usb-bluetooth key I can use my mobile phone
but I cannot use my internal bluetooth,
the hciconfig cannot find my internal bluetooth, so I cannot use
hciconfig hci0 up && hcitool scan && rfcomm connect 0 00:09:D9:26:70:46 2

because hciconfig gives error:
root:~# hciconfig hci0 up
Can't get device info: No such device

(with the external key
root:~# hciconfig hci0 up
root:~#
)



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Re: [Bluez-users] internal bluetooth on laptop

[Nils Faerber]

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Szilágyi Szilveszter wrote:
> hi,
Hi!

> I have an ibm thinkpad laptop with an internal bluetooth
> with my external usb-bluetooth key I can use my mobile phone
> but I cannot use my internal bluetooth,
> the hciconfig cannot find my internal bluetooth, so I cannot use
> hciconfig hci0 up && hcitool scan && rfcomm connect 0 00:09:D9:26:70:46 2
> 
> because hciconfig gives error:
> root:~# hciconfig hci0 up
> Can't get device info: No such device
> 
> (with the external key
> root:~# hciconfig hci0 up
> root:~#
> )

Umpf... did you enable the Bluetooth device in your Thinkpad?

The Thinkpads contain a USB Bluetooth device but it can be switched on
and off using the "embedded controller", i.e. usually a hot-key like
FN-F5, will turn it on and off. You will also see the Bluetooth LED
backlit Logo on the base of the LCD when the device is active.

If it is not active you will not see it anwhere under Linux - it is
similar as having pulled it off from the USB port.

CU
  nils faerber

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Re: [Bluez-users] internal bluetooth on laptop

[Szilágyi Szilveszter]

>Umpf... did you enable the Bluetooth device in your Thinkpad?
>  
>
no, that is the good question :)

>The Thinkpads contain a USB Bluetooth device but it can be switched on
>and off using the "embedded controller", 
>
what is this embedded controller

>i.e. usually a hot-key like
>FN-F5, will turn it on and off. You will also see the Bluetooth LED
>backlit Logo on the base of the LCD when the device is active.
>  
>
I understand, thanks Marcel Holtmann I am working on acpi
I installed tpb (and xosd as well, but these doesn't work
Is not fn+F5 just a hotkey, what runs a script?
If I knew the command, I would start it in a terminal.
So my corrected question is:
how to activate my bluetooth device?

thanks


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Re: [Bluez-users] internal bluetooth on laptop

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Szilagyi,

> I understand, thanks Marcel Holtmann I am working on acpi
> I installed tpb (and xosd as well, but these doesn't work
> Is not fn+F5 just a hotkey, what runs a script?
> If I knew the command, I would start it in a terminal.
> So my corrected question is:
> how to activate my bluetooth device?

I actually thought that I gave you the perfect hint with the ibm_acpi
module, but you need to follow it. Google is your friend.

	http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net/README

Regards

Marcel




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Re: [Bluez-users] internal bluetooth on laptop

[Szilágyi Szilveszter]

ok thanks I am on it (I followed the tpb but this does not work yet)

>Hi Szilagyi,
>
>  
>
>>I understand, thanks Marcel Holtmann I am working on acpi
>>I installed tpb (and xosd as well, but these doesn't work
>>Is not fn+F5 just a hotkey, what runs a script?
>>If I knew the command, I would start it in a terminal.
>>So my corrected question is:
>>how to activate my bluetooth device?
>>    
>>
>
>I actually thought that I gave you the perfect hint with the ibm_acpi
>module, but you need to follow it. Google is your friend.
>
>	http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net/README
>
>Regards
>
>Marcel
>
>
>
>
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Re: [Bluez-users] internal bluetooth on laptop

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Szilagyi,

> I have an ibm thinkpad laptop with an internal bluetooth
> with my external usb-bluetooth key I can use my mobile phone
> but I cannot use my internal bluetooth,
> the hciconfig cannot find my internal bluetooth, so I cannot use
> hciconfig hci0 up && hcitool scan && rfcomm connect 0 00:09:D9:26:70:46 2
> 
> because hciconfig gives error:
> root:~# hciconfig hci0 up
> Can't get device info: No such device

check /proc/bus/usb/devices if the internal Bluetooth module is attached
to the USB bus. For most notebooks you can switch it on and off. Either
with a hardware switch or a software switch through ACPI (ibm_acpi).

Regards

Marcel




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