> On Tue, 06 Mar 2007, Don Gould wrote: >> Yes. >> >> But the question is how to set it up. > > Speculatively ( ie I don't have one of the toys ) :- > http://www.holtmann.org/linux/bluetooth/ > has 'hundreds' of links, of which these appear to be useful:-
Hundreds is not an understatement. One shouldn't have to go through that many documents looking for one that actually gives an overview. > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/bluetooth-guide.xml As usual the gentoo docs shine. > http://www.tuxmobil.org/bluetooth_linux.html > Translating the gentoo docs to be more generic, it looks like: 1. Ensure the kernel modules are present on your system (as the distros we have been discussing seem to be acknowledged as BT enabled, we'll assume that they are available, but if later steps fail, remember to revisit this) 2. check out what the usb tools tell you about your bluetooth device. 3. Make sure bluez-libs and bluez-utils are installed. 4. Make sure the BT service is started /etc/init.d/bluetooth, or a similar name. 5. use hciconfig and see what it reports. I suggest Don does this and reports back.
