wilco1973 Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 I have 2 pieces of hardware on my USB port that won`t work. 1. USB bluetooth device 2. USB IrdA device (model MA-620) i can see them when i open: System ===> Configuration ===> Hardware ===> USB view (see attachment) system ABIT NF7S (rev 2.0) (Nforce 2 chipset) AMD 2500+ Mandrake 10.1 (all updates applied) Standard kernel (so far as i know) i only post an image form the IRDA because the Bluetooth is verylong (4 images) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 If they show they work :) What problems are you having with what applications? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilco1973 Posted January 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 If they show they work :) What problems are you having with what applications? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i can connect to anything... like it does`nt exist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 If they show they work :) What problems are you having with what applications? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That is not true! But I'm not going to go into why, lets get straight to helping you... Unfortunately I am not that familiar with IR, but for bluetooth, the first thing you need is a bluetooth stack for Linux: # urpmi bluez I'm not going to cover how to setup your bluetooth stack here, you can read up on it (use Google or somethin'). The next thing you need is an Obex server - there are good packages available for both KDE and Gnome that include utilities and obex servers. I don't use KDE, so: # urpmi gnome-bluetooth -- I haven't used Mandrake for ages, package might've changed names, search for it or try gnome-obex-server -- After that you can pair devices in gnome with the bluetooth admin app and surfing to bluetooth:/// in Nautilus will allow you to browse devices and use object pushing to copy files to them. Checkout multisync if you need to sync with evolution or what have you. Hope you get it right, keep posting if you don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilco1973 Posted February 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 i tried google but this is so far out of my league i am a newbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 i tried google but this is so far out of my league i am a newbie <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There are hundreds of tutorials around, but we need more details from you: Which part are you having problems with? Bluez? HCI Tools? What WM are you using? Gnome? KDE? What are you hoping to achieve with bluetooth/IR? We'll get it working! I use my Sony-Ericsson to control xmms, sync with evolution and even connect to the Internet with GPRS. It can all be done. You just need to be patient and talk to us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilco1973 Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 There are hundreds of tutorials around, but we need more details from you: Which part are you having problems with? Bluez? HCI Tools? What WM are you using? Gnome? KDE? What are you hoping to achieve with bluetooth/IR? We'll get it working! I use my Sony-Ericsson to control xmms, sync with evolution and even connect to the Internet with GPRS. It can all be done. You just need to be patient and talk to us i want to send my photos to my PC with bluetooth (IRDA is not neccesary but if bluetooth fails it`s a option) and i use Mandrake 10.1 (all updates installed) and GNOME is my WM well here my new progress. i searched and found this site: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/BlueTooth well i tried it but it won`t work USB service started /etc/modules.conf was empty i filled in the stuff according to the website bluez-pin runbs as process on my username hcid runs as process as root hdpd runs as process as root hciconfig: hci0: Type: USB BD Address: 00:02:73:C0:10:B2 ACL MTU: 377:10 SCO MTU: 16:0 UP RUNNING RX bytes:147 acl:0 sco:0 events:21 errors:0 TX bytes:597 acl:0 sco:0 commands:21 errors:0 hcitool scan: Scanning ... Inquiry failed: Connection timed out hcitool dev: Devices: hci0 00:02:73:C0:10:B2 when i check my hardware en select USBview itthe bluetooth device had a red color and when i klick on configure it says: Location of usbdevfs devices file /proc/bus/usb/devices the bold line can be changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilco1973 Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 my foon is ok, bluetooth is on and it is set to can be discovered (got it to work with windoze but i want it in Linux) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Try running: # hcitool hci0 up And then do: $ hcitool scan What does that show you? At least admit that you're having fun doing this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilco1973 Posted February 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Try running:# hcitool hci0 up And then do: $ hcitool scan What does that show you? At least admit that you're having fun doing this <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hcitool hci0 up goes well (no error no message nothing) hcitool scan Scanning ... Inquiry failed: Connection timed out well i have fun experimenting but i wan`t it to work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 I'm sorry if this is a stupid question: but you have bluetooth turned on on your phone right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilco1973 Posted February 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 I'm sorry if this is a stupid question: but you have bluetooth turned on on your phone right? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> yep 100% sure that is all ok i have a Nokia 6600 and bluetooth is on and set to can be discovered... if i switch to windoze it works fine, but i do not want to switch to windoze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 Have you tried running hcitool scan as root? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilco1973 Posted February 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 Have you tried running hcitool scan as root? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> yep, same result... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Hmmm.... I compile my own kernels in Gentoo and it was a case of getting all the right modules in there to make it work. Not sure what they've put into the Mandrake kernel. Might be worth trying to compile a vanilla kernel and seeing if that works, obviously keeping the mandrake kernel around so you can go back to it. Other ideas: go into the Mandrake Control Centre and see if it is starting bluetooth as a service at boot. It might be worth rebooting with your dongle plugged in to the usb port as Mandrake might only load the required kernel modules that way. So I would - plug in the dongle, reboot, run hcitool hci0 up and then hcitool scan, if it doesn't work investigate how Mandrake actually adresses bluetooth in the kernel, and then try a vanilla kernel if you can't figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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