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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

Then i tried to start the bluetooth manager which is in KDE by typing as regular user:

Code:

blueman-manager

This was the output:

Code:



bash-4.1$ blueman-manager

Loading configuration plugins

_________

<module> (/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/blueman/main/Config.py:20)

Skipping plugin Gconf

No module named gconf 

Using file config backend

_________

Load (/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/blueman/main/PluginManager.py:68)

['PulseAudioProfile', 'Services'] 

_________

Load (/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/blueman/main/PluginManager.py:68)

Unable to load plugin module PulseAudioProfile

PulseAudio applet plugin not loaded, nothing to do here 

_________

__load_plugin (/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/blueman/main/PluginManager.py:142)

loading <class 'blueman.plugins.manager.Services.Services'> 

blueman-manager version 1.22 starting

_________

on_bluez_name_owner_changed (/usr/bin/blueman-manager:110)

org.bluez owner changed to  :1.26 

Using file config backend

_________

SetAdapter (/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/blueman/gui/DeviceList.py:301)

None 

_________

SetAdapter (/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/blueman/gui/DeviceList.py:301)

No such adapter 

_________

on_adapter_changed (/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/blueman/gui/manager/ManagerToolbar.py:89)

toolbar adapter None

Actually the GUI loaded but all the options are disabled. I cannot search or pair devices.

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

If BT device is recognized, you see a hex code and the name of the device.
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

Devices:

        hci0        90:4C:E5:F4:EE:13

AND

Code:

hcitool scan

Scanning ...

        00:12:5A:6B:18:46        Bluetooth Notebook Mouse xyz

To connect:

Code:

hidd connect --00:12:5A:6B:18:46

Maybe you get:

Code:

The program 'hidd' is currently not installed.  You can install it by typing:

apt-get install bluez-compat

Hi alfredo10,

i tried:

Code:

~# hcitool dev

Devices:

no devices were shown.

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

Devices:

        hci0        00:22:43:A5:05:46

Bluemanager was enabled immediately. I could start BT easily from it.

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

Hi!
Just opened a new thread:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...26#post4745826
alfredo

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pranay6687 (Post 5783977)

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
Pranay Saraiwala

@alfredo10

Please start a new thread with your issue versus resurrecting a 5 year old one.