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#1 2008-08-27 17:37:02

hungsonbk
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Can't start bluetooth in IBM T43 laptop[SOLVED]

In Windows Xp, I can turn on bluetooth by using the key Fn+F5, but in Linux, when I use this key I can't find the bluetooth interface. The hcitool command can't find the bluetooth device. The following is the information from the dmesg command:

Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.9
Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8
Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.2

in the /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth file, I see the following information:

#cat /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
status:         disabled
commands:       enable, disable

So How can I turn on bluetooth by using this key in my IBM T43 Laptop?

Cheers

Last edited by hungsonbk (2008-08-29 04:14:28)

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#2 2008-08-28 12:57:49

jordi
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Re: Can't start bluetooth in IBM T43 laptop[SOLVED]

You'll need ibm_acpi loaded (which you appearently have, since you got /proc/acpi/ibm/) and have to execute the following:

disable0xfff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey

In order to get FN + F5 working

Besides that, you could also enable bluetooth with:

echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth

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#3 2008-08-28 21:12:21

matiit
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Re: Can't start bluetooth in IBM T43 laptop[SOLVED]

Or

echo 1 > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth

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#4 2008-08-29 04:08:36

hungsonbk
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Re: Can't start bluetooth in IBM T43 laptop[SOLVED]

Thank jordi and matiit. I have my bluetooth working now:P:P:P:P

Cheers

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#5 2009-01-28 13:20:11

na12
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Re: Can't start bluetooth in IBM T43 laptop[SOLVED]

and how to enable built-in bluetooth in HP compaq 6715b

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