Return-Path: From: Marcel Holtmann To: BlueZ users In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:24:26 +0100 Message-Id: <1196839466.12292.154.camel@violet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] Dell D830 laptop BT card doesn't start 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 Hi Franck, > I've been trying to make my embedded bluetooth card work, but it seems > i have a big problem... > Before explaining it, here is my hardware specification: > Dell D830 laptop, and my bluetooth card (running lsusb): > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 413c:8140 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 360 > Bluetooth show me /proc/bus/usb/devices for your card. > I have installed bluez-utils, bluez-libs, bluetooth, everything that > is seem to be needed. > > Here is what hciconfig give me: > hci0: Type: USB > BD Address: 00:1A:6B:8A:xx:xx ACL MTU: 310:10 SCO MTU: 64:8 > UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN > RX bytes:4134 acl:0 sco:0 events:136 errors:0 > TX bytes:2047 acl:0 sco:0 commands:133 errors:0 > > So my BT card seems to work ... but when I run a scan or an inq (with > hcitool), nothing is found. Also, the bluetooth led of my laptop is > off ... > > After doing many test, i was wondering if it was not a hardware > problem, so i have boot to windows to see if my card words. Everything > worked fine, the led was on, the scan showed my phone. Then i reboot > on linux, and here is the thing weird, my bluetooth card was still > working (the led was on). > > So i start bluetooth daemon (hcid, sdpd), i run a scan, and my phone > is found !!! > > The problem seems to be the bluetooth card doesn't "start"/"stop" on > linux (the led story confirms that). So, is there a way to solve this > thing ? Have I done something wrong ? The card might need a special init sequence to make it work. You can try to load hci_usb with reset=1 module option. That might be enough. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Bluez-users mailing list Bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-users