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fazo96

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Registered: 2013-09-22

Posts: 26

Can't see bluetooth device (Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230)

Hello. I have searched for a while and people seem to have issues with their card, but at least they can see the device.
My Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 works perfect over Wi-Fi, but I can't get the bluetooth to work.

Pacman -Qs bluetooth:

local/bluez 5.11-1
    Daemons for the bluetooth protocol stack
local/bluez-libs 5.11-1
    Deprecated libraries for the bluetooth protocol stack
local/bluez-utils 5.11-1
    Development and debugging utilities for the bluetooth protocol stack
local/gnome-bluetooth 3.10.0-1
    The GNOME Bluetooth Subsystem
local/sbc 1.1-1
    Bluetooth Subband Codec (SBC) library

rfkill list:

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 (rev c4)

I plan to use gnome and its toolkit to use bluetooth funcionality. However I'm unable to test it because I can't see the device. I remember it working perfectly under windows, so it shouldn't be an hardware issue.
Thanks in advance

qinohe

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2012-06-20

Posts: 1,498

Re: Can't see bluetooth device (Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230)

The only thing I can think of is that your bluetooth is blocked by the BIOS.

That would be a way to not see the device when you issue 'lspci' , or physically remove. (maybe there are more possibilities here, if so then I don't know them.)

Otherwise it would be either 'soft blocked' or 'hard blocked'.

fazo96

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Registered: 2013-09-22

Posts: 26

Re: Can't see bluetooth device (Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230)

The only thing I can think of is that your bluetooth is blocked by the BIOS.

That would be a way to not see the device when you issue 'lspci' , or physically remove. (maybe there are more possibilities here, if so then I don't know them.)

Otherwise it would be either 'soft blocked' or 'hard blocked'.

This morning I realized it probably is the BIOS because I manually changed my wifi card (the previous one didn't have bluetooth) but how come it works on windows then? o_o

qinohe

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2012-06-20

Posts: 1,498

Re: Can't see bluetooth device (Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230)

This morning I realized it probably is the BIOS because I manually changed my wifi card

probably

(the previous one didn't have bluetooth) but how come it works on windows then? o_o

because of that..

nenjordi

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Registered: 2014-04-04

Posts: 3

Re: Can't see bluetooth device (Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230)

lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 (rev c4)

I plan to use gnome and its toolkit to use bluetooth funcionality. However I'm unable to test it because I can't see the device. I remember it working perfectly under windows, so it shouldn't be an hardware issue.
Thanks in advance

I think you have to look for it with lsusb -v
In my case it appears as

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 8087:07da Intel Corp. 
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass          224 Wireless
  bDeviceSubClass         1 Radio Frequency
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Bluetooth
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x8087 Intel Corp.
  idProduct          0x07da 
  bcdDevice           78.69
  iManufacturer           0 
  iProduct                0 
  iSerial                 0 
  bNumConfigurations      1