Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] internal bluetooth on laptop
From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
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Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 20:33:09 +0200

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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