Return-Path: Message-ID: <5f30e2610605290649i49e29d67lcd4ba3b1f9d0f4ea@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 08:49:54 -0500 From: "Jeff Wilson" To: "BlueZ users" In-Reply-To: <1148908825.31689.41.camel@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20060517221929.76231.qmail@web54604.mail.yahoo.com> <1148908825.31689.41.camel@localhost> Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] Linux control of bluetooth radio Reply-To: BlueZ users List-Id: BlueZ users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: bluez-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net On 5/29/06, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > Hi Peter, > > > I have a dual-boot (WinXP and Mandriva w/ 2.6.14) Dell > > M70 laptop with an internal Bluetooth daughter card. > > It would seem that I can use WinXP to disable the > > radio on the Bluetooth card. When I then boot into > > Linux, the BT card is detected and hci0 is initialised > > but Bluetooth doesn't work. > > > > Is there a way to turn the BT radio on and off under > > Linux ? (hciconfig up/down and reloading the kernel > > module doesn't seem to work and there's no /proc > > interface) > > check /proc/bus/usb/devices if the Bluetooth is present there. Otherwise > you need to find the switch to activate Bluetooth with a Dell laptop. I > don't have a Dell machine, so I don't know what's the magic trick. > > Regards > > Marcel > > On my Dell Latitude D810 (embedded CSR BlueCore4) the magic trick is Fn-F2 to toggle the radio for both the 802.11 wi-fi *and* the embedded Bluetooth. Sadly, because my workplace paid for the laptop, I do not yet have Linux on the 810 so I don't know if that keystroke is interpreted by software drivers or hardware. My 810 has a wi-fi LED and a Bluetooth LED that match the toggled state of the radio. There may also be something in the BIOS, I'll try to check that on the next reboot and post what I find. hth, jw _______________________________________________ Bluez-users mailing list Bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-users