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if you are using the other one on PCIe mini it might be canceling it out, or it is not plugged in all of the way, may need a pull it out then push it back in ( that's what she said) solution. lol
Yep, I took out all my PCIe cards (WLAN, WPAN and WWAN) but my Dell OCW725 is still listed as a USB device.
Code:
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:8126 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 355 Bluetooth
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Yep, I took out all my PCIe cards (WLAN, WPAN and WWAN) but my Dell OCW725 is still listed as a USB device.
Code:
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:8126 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 355 Bluetooth
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
specs on it
BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
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Quote:
Supports high-speed UART baud rate of up to 4 Mbps, USB 2.0
full-speed compliant interface, SDI, and eSPI HCI transports
specs on it
BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
mod:
My point is still valid, it is a USB device and the user needs to be in the plugdev group. (At least in my situation.) I unplugged it and all my bluetooth devices are no longer listed anywhere.
My point is still valid, it is a USB device and the user needs to be in the plugdev group. (At least in my situation.) I unplugged it and all my bluetooth devices are no longer listed anywhere.
MOD:
now it is
just after I posted that I added more to my user, I thought I added that entire list but the cd, and floppy, and printer, so I added the rest
Code:
userx@SlackDaddy & ~ >> $groups
wheel lp audio video plugdev power netdev users userx
which was video and lp, now my bluetooth icon is up in Notifaction Area, why I do not know. no logic to it at first glance. video and lp (printer) I don't even use a printer in this laptop, why add myself to a group when I am not going to use it, and what does video got to do with bluetooth?
the ole' add oneself to a group called bluetooth seems easier to me.
So what you're saying is that if you had listened to ponce in the first reply, this would have been solved a long time ago?
I didn't actually add all of them so, yes and no, and I am thinking of removing myself from all of them then add one at a time to see what actually needs to be added to find out exactly what needs to be added to get just Bluetooth.
I am thinking that these three are the only ones because they can be Bluetooth'ed to a device.
lp audio plugdev
I didn't actually add all of them so, yes and no, and I am thinking of removing myself from all of them then add one at a time to see what actually needs to be added to find out exactly what needs to be added to get just Bluetooth.
You missed my big reply that stated you NEEDED lp for bluetooth to function (I even included the file that selects this group). This is a BlueZ default, and Slackware just uses it. Why they used the printer group, I don't know, but Pat is keeping upstream defaults (as usual).
You missed my big reply that stated you NEEDED lp for bluetooth to function (I even included the file that selects this group). This is a BlueZ default, and Slackware just uses it. Why they used the printer group, I don't know, but Pat is keeping upstream defaults (as usual).
<edit>sorry, just saw it's already marked solved</edit> But next time you have a problem, just be cool about it, much better By the way, based on this;
the group that adduser suggests you by default in slackware 14.2 are
Code:
audio cdrom floppy plugdev video power netdev lp scanner
if you want to add your existing user to them you can use gpasswd, like
Code:
gpasswd -a youruser yourgroup
once your user will be in those groups and you have logged out and logged in again bluetooth should work fine: maybe plugdev and lp are enough, but I would add your user to all of them if you are using a desktop environment.
<edit>sorry, just saw it's already marked solved</edit> But next time you have a problem, just be cool about it, much better By the way, based on this;
everybody has their days .... whatever happen to empathy over control freaks
Cool, but they're not entirely equivalent. For example, if you've just added a user to a group but they've not logged out of their environment yet, then grepping /etc/group and what is returned from the groups command will be different;
Code:
## as user 'abc'
bash-4.3$ groups
users
bash-4.3$ su
root@slack /home/abc # usermod -a -G plugdev abc
root@slack /home/abc # exit
bash-4.3$ grep abc /etc/group
plugdev:x:83:abc
bash-4.3$ groups
users
Obviously after a logout it will be in sync. Not a huge deal, but it's worth checking groups with the groups command, since it will tell you what groups you are really in at that moment. Your bluetooth problem seems like a permissions issue, but who knows. Good luck.
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as far as your way in how to see what groups the user belongs to, and what I was doing, which where two separate things.
Orginal groups adding the user to a group called netdev then checking to see if the group was added, a just to be sure procedure.
in user to check which groups user belongs to using function groups it will not show up as having been added, BUT if done a different way then one can check their math and see if the user was added to the right group, and all that is left is logging out and back in again. thus avoiding having to do so ahead of time, or when the user/root dude is unable to at the moment.
here by just using the function call, groups, we see that I cannot actually check to see if the group I added actually was added, and if I actually added the right group, BUT...
that yes netdev had actually been added to the user, or visa a versa. without having to log out then back in again. it all works and it doesn't hurt the system by using that method to see the results of ones work.
thank you very much have a nice day please leave the pencils in the box on your way out.
everybody has their days .... whatever happen to empathy over control freaks
Eh? The only point I was trying to make was that it doesn't matter if you're right or wrong, it's just about basic respect. As in, if people offer help and you go "nope, next lol / look at the posting order hello.. / pointing out facts ... hello ... / I'll go back and run it tomorrow. k?" etc etc then you basically come across as rude. Maybe you can't see that, but the way people communicate does make a difference. The groups suggestion was intended to help you avoid problems with your computer later on, but that's up to you.
As for your page of stuff about /etc/group, I was trying to help you learn something (i.e. that groups are not applied until you log out, and the groups command shows that), but if you already understood the difference then no problem.
Last edited by drgibbon; 10-17-2016 at 07:44 AM.
Reason: typo
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lol
By the way, based on this;
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