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| {{{ Draft }}} = Bluetooth on Ubuntu = == Introduction == Bluetooth is finally emerging as a robust and widely supported local area communications technology, for short-distance wireless data transfer. Bluetooth is being used for communications with cellphones, cameras, headsets and microphones, PDA's and storage devices. == Devices == Most of the newer laptops come with bluetooth support built right in. If in case you are using a desktop, or donot have bluetooth support built in, you can use usb bluetooth dongles to get bluetooth support. A list of bluetooth devices supported under linux is listed [http://www.holtmann.org/linux/bluetooth/features.html here]. If your device has a hci-version listed, it should work under linux. == Installation and Configuration == Open up a terminal window, and install the requisite packages and their dependencies. {{{ sudo apt-get install bluez-utils }}} Then, connect your bluetooth device if you are using one. Then restart the bluetooth services by doing {{{ sudo /etc/init.d/bluez-utils restart }}} Verify that your bluetooth device has been detected, and the appropriate modules loaded by viewing the lsusb (in case of usb device) output. lsusb output: {{{ Device 005: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) }}} Also, view the output of the command '''hcitool dev''' which will give you a listing of bluetooth devices on your computer. hcitool output: {{{ Devices: hci0 00:11:95:00:1A:CF }}} Your bluetooth device will have a different id. If you get all zeros, then try restarting the bluez-utils service and try again. |
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