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bassplayer69 06-24-2008 01:57 PM

USB Bluetooth Adapter
 
I'm running Mandriva 2008.1 (Spring)


I picked up a Kensington Bluetooth USB Adapter 2.0 and I installed the following packages:


Code:

bluez-hcidump-1.41-1mdv2008.1
bluez-utils-3.28-1mdv2008.1
kdebluetooth-1.0-0.beta8.8mdv2008.1
libkdebluetooth0-1.0-0.beta8.8mdv2008.1
bluez-firmware-1.2-3mdv2008.0
obex-data-server-0.3-1mdv2008.1
libopenobex1-1.3-5mdv2008.1

The kbluetoothd icon is now in the system tray. I did reboot the system after the packages installed (shouldn't have to in theory). I then plugged in the USB bluetooth adapter. The icon is still grey and the menu items when I right click are grey'd out.

When I hover over the bluetooth icon I get the following:

Adapter: localhost-0
Address: [mac address here]
Mode: connectable
(Not connected)

Results from lsusb:

Code:

[root@localhost bassplayer]# lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 047d:105e Kensington
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 045e:0040 Microsoft Corp. Wheel Mouse Optical
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
[root@localhost bassplayer]#

Bus 003 Device 004: is the USB->Bluetooth adapter

Why is it not detecting my adapter?

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} 06-24-2008 07:42 PM

It has detected your adapter. The icon stays greyed out when there's no device permanently connected to it.

bassplayer69 06-24-2008 10:36 PM

OK, so then I try to "Discover" a bluetooth device (e.g. LG VX8550 phone) by using the Configuration | Input Devices menu item, the bluetooth icon sometimes flashes and other times stays solid red when its "searching". Nothing happens and it does not find my device. I did put my phone in Discovery mode before I clicked "Add New Devices".


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