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alcazoid

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From: Russia

Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 35

[Solved] ASUS F3Ka bluetooth doesn't work

Hi everybody!
Can anybody help me with getting bluetooth to work on ASUS F3Ka please?
Here is the dmesg output:

[n0ne@darkstar ~]$ dmesg | grep Blue 
Bluetooth: Core ver 2.11
Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.9
Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver 1.2

I've got bluetooth daemon in my DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf
BUT it still doesn't work:

[n0ne@darkstar ~]$ sudo -s
[root@darkstar ~]# hcitool inq
Inquiring ...
Inquiry failed.: No such device

Any ideas, please?

Last edited by alcazoid (2008-03-29 22:48:00)

ganja_guru

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Registered: 2005-02-14

Posts: 464

Re: [Solved] ASUS F3Ka bluetooth doesn't work

in some cases, you may need to run "sudo hid2hci" if your devices are running in hci mode..thats how it was on my macbook.

alcazoid

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From: Russia

Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 35

Re: [Solved] ASUS F3Ka bluetooth doesn't work

ganja_guru

[root@darkstar ~]# hid2hci
No devices in HCI mode found

alcazoid

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From: Russia

Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 35

Re: [Solved] ASUS F3Ka bluetooth doesn't work

anyone?

Mr Green

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Re: [Solved] ASUS F3Ka bluetooth doesn't work

try restarting bluetooth after log in... sudo /etc/rc.d/bluetooth restart then hcitool scan

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ganja_guru

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Registered: 2005-02-14

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Re: [Solved] ASUS F3Ka bluetooth doesn't work

some stuff ive noticed with laptops and bluetooth...

- bluetooth/wireless works in a lenovo i recently installed ubuntu in only after I suspend to ram. This is due to some weird Radio kill switch bug
- sometimes leaving bluetooth and wireless turned  on on wiindows has its effects in linux, because windows drivers sometimes do not release control of the hardware. So try a cold boot, and if that doesn't work, a reboot from windows...'
- try variants of leaving the bluetooth switch on/off during the boot process

none of these actually seem like logical solutions, but thats how bluetooth/wireless and linux sometimes is..good luck!

alcazoid

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From: Russia

Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 35

Re: [Solved] ASUS F3Ka bluetooth doesn't work

ganja_guru
Thanks a lot! Turning on bluetooth on Windows and doing the reboot gave me success!