Not possibile to search for devices in Blueman-mangaer, bluetoothd is running
Hello,
i am using Slackware 13.37 64 bit with 32 bit comaptibility. I have a laptop which specifications read that i have a bluetooth device - http://www.asus.com/Notebooks/Multim...specifications I started the deamon as root: Code:
bluetoothd Code:
blueman-manager Code:
Could you please advise what could be the problem - I am mistaken that my laptop supports bluetooth or some extra configurations need to be done? Thank you! |
Hi!
Having a BT problem I first open a Terminal / Konsole and run as root: Code:
hcitool scan Sometimes it is necessary to disable BT by hardware, enable it again. If you can start BT: the adapter must be "always visible". alfredo Edit: BT is a big problem on many Linux distributions (and Windows!) To find out if an adapter is present: Code:
hcitool dev Code:
hcitool scan Code:
hidd connect --00:12:5A:6B:18:46 Code:
The program 'hidd' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: |
Hi alfredo10,
i tried: Code:
~# hcitool dev Then i decided to search if there could be some hardware switch to enable it. Then i turned on the one that i thought was responsible for wireless. Then all of a sudden i got: Code:
~# hcitool dev After that i was able to pair my laptop with a smart phone. I was even able to transfer one file between those devices. I wonder how it could be if i get a BT headphones. Do you have experience with BT headphones and Linix? Probably i should open another thread? The problem was that BT was not turned on from the hardware switch. After that all went OK. Thus i can mark the thread as solved. Thank you, alfredo10! |
Hi!
Glad to hear that it works. (Sometimes there only is one hardware switch for WLAN and BT.) As I wrote: BT is a big problem and I must say, I don't understand that (some years ago I had less problems). E.g. in CentOS I could connect my mouse within 2 - 3 seconds, in other distris it took half an hour or I had no success. I could connect my BT headphones with Mint Isadora - I had no time to test it on other distris - maybe on the weekend I will try it. The second problem seems to be that only a few people use BT ?? And third: if you have a BT problem you don't find a person who is able to help (on many forums). I can test the BT headphones on Mint and openSuse. (If you could wait 2 -3 days.) |
Hi again,
in my case it was exactly one hardware switch for WLAN and BT. To be honest, i still have not decided whether to buy BT headphones or not. The truth is that i need to be sure that they will work with Linux before i buy them. Probably i should search for linux compatible BT headphones and only then buy them. Of course i could wait. Probably i should open a new thread to ask the people what experience they have with BT headphones and if there are any they could recommend me. All the best! |
Hi!
Your original problem is solved and (I'm only a normal user) of course you can open a new thread. I hope I have time tomorrow - to test my BT headphones. (Again: In an older Mint version my Sennheiser MM 400 worked.) alfredo |
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I am trying the same thing but hcitool scan returns nothing
As said by you
hcitool dev returns the address of the system i am using But hcitool scan returns nothing I only have blueman installed on my system. any help would be greatly appreciated @alfredo10 |
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Please start a new thread with your issue versus resurrecting a 5 year old one.
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