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mengpo

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Registered: 2008-09-29

Posts: 2

[Bluetooth] on a Thinkpad X31 (solved)

Hi there,

I'm a total newbie on Arch but not on linux.
I was trying to install bluetooth on my brand new X31 and i don't know why, I can't. The Bluetooth led is on before reaching gnome's desktop and then on, the led turns off. The hotkeys FN+F5 aren't worknig properly I had to remap them. Normally, they should turn on or turn off the bluetooth. (Same thing with this command echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth)
I installed bluez and all its package but nothing happens. When I try hcitool dev, I haven't got any device.
What should I do ?
Hint : Bluetooth is working under windows xp and ubuntu...

Thanks in advance !

Last edited by mengpo (2008-09-30 08:23:30)

mengpo

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Registered: 2008-09-29

Posts: 2

Re: [Bluetooth] on a Thinkpad X31 (solved)

Ok I found what was wrong with arch. I followed every single command in this wiki :
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/IBM … 1#Rc.local
And here, it says to save energy you can remove the uhci_hcd module because it drains a lot of power. But the X31's bluetooth device needs this module to work and I though that it was plug on a mini-pci slot.

I've changed the wiki and I wrote that you cannot run this command if you have an integrated bluetooth

My bad ! Sorry bout that !

Last edited by mengpo (2008-09-30 08:25:13)