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MetalheadGautham

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From: Bangalore, India

Registered: 2008-07-27

Posts: 143

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Bluetooth USB Dongle does not work

I have this generic looking USB dongle (forgot the brand) that I use with my eMachines e725 laptop. It worked fine with Linux Mint 9 KDE 64bit that I had to use for the past 1.5 years. The moment I plugged the dongle in, it was instantly detected and the bluetooth icon turned active in the system tray. However it does not work with my ArchLinux 64bit install with KDE4.6 (updated to latest packages). Due to issues with the new Kernel 2.6.39 series, I am using the LTS kernel.

lsusb:

Bus 003 Device 009: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)

tail -f /var/log/messages.log

Jul 10 17:56:26 localhost kernel: [11565.480026] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 9
Jul 10 17:56:26 localhost kernel: [11565.728190] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

I've installed bluez and bluedevil. In KDE System Settings, when I go to the bluetooth options, it says no bluetooth adapters have been found.

Last edited by MetalheadGautham (2011-07-10 13:28:51)

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Bluetooth USB Dongle does not work

Have you read the Bluetooth wiki page?

Seems to me you didn't run the relevant daemon.

Also, your thread title should include 'bluetooth' - 'USB dongle' on its own is too generic.

Last edited by tomk (2011-07-10 13:12:28)

MetalheadGautham

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From: Bangalore, India

Registered: 2008-07-27

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Re: Bluetooth USB Dongle does not work

Sorry fixed the title. And yeah I did read that wiki.

I managed to make stuff work now, but the moment I unplug the dongle, it seems the bluetooth daemon is killed. How do I ensure that when I plug it in again the bluetooth daemon is automatically restarted ?

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ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,804

Re: Bluetooth USB Dongle does not work

You probably need to create a udev rule.  In that article, you may want to follow the link Execute on USB Insert

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