Inconsistency with Bluetooth scanning / looking for a recommendation for a Bluetooth USB adapter for Linux.

2009-10-08 Thread Rafi Gordon
Hello, I bought a Dynamode bluetooth USB adapter in Ivory. It is Ultra Compact Dynamode bluetooth 2.0 adapter (it is the only one Ivory have). I inserted it into a Fedora 11 x86_64 machine. lsusb recognizes it as: ... (Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd

Re: [SUMMARY, 95% SUCCESS] Re: Attempt to buy a Linux-compatible Bluetooth dongle

2009-07-29 Thread Rami Rosen
flag? rgs, Rami Rosen On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Omer Zakw...@zak.co.il wrote: On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 14:19 +0300, Nitzan Brumer wrote: I bought the LVT-010 bluetooth dongle for my acer one. I use it with Ubuntu 8.10 and it works great out of the box. no problem there. http://www.bug.co.il

Re: [SUMMARY, 95% SUCCESS] Re: Attempt to buy a Linux-compatible Bluetooth dongle

2009-07-29 Thread Omer Zak
the PC bluetooth connection between hidden/visible? --- Omer -- We will only have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us. Golda Meir (Israeli Prime Minister between 1969-1974) My own blog

Attempt to buy a Linux-compatible Bluetooth dongle

2009-07-28 Thread Omer Zak
I visited a nearby computer shop, and asked which Bluetooth dongles do they have, and whether they are compatible with Linux. They have four models, which are mostly difficult to identify (typically made in China and with no clear model number): - BT-USB-P Dynamode - GPT USB04 - HK-890/USB04B

Re: Attempt to buy a Linux-compatible Bluetooth dongle

2009-07-28 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
, Jul 28, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Omer Zak w...@zak.co.il wrote: I visited a nearby computer shop, and asked which Bluetooth dongles do they have, and whether they are compatible with Linux. They have four models, which are mostly difficult to identify (typically made in China and with no clear model

Re: Attempt to buy a Linux-compatible Bluetooth dongle

2009-07-28 Thread Nitzan Brumer
I bought the LVT-010 bluetooth dongle for my acer one. I use it with Ubuntu 8.10 and it works great out of the box. no problem there. http://www.bug.co.il/prodtxt.asp?id=6233perur=1t=10 2009/7/28 Hetz Ben Hamo het...@gmail.com Hi Omer, I think all of them will work. I bought mine which

Re: Attempt to buy a Linux-compatible Bluetooth dongle

2009-07-28 Thread Geoffrey Mendelson
2009/7/28 Nitzan Brumer nitz...@gmail.com: I bought the LVT-010 bluetooth dongle for my acer one. I use it with Ubuntu 8.10 and it works great out of the box. no problem there. Note that Bluetooth and WiFi use the same frequencies and can interfere with each other. In order to use both on one

Re: Attempt to buy a Linux-compatible Bluetooth dongle

2009-07-28 Thread Nitzan Brumer
Acer one is a small netbook, yet I had no problems combining it with the wifi while it was plugged into the netbook itself. On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Geoffrey Mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/7/28 Nitzan Brumer nitz...@gmail.com: I bought the LVT-010 bluetooth dongle

Re: Attempt to buy a Linux-compatible Bluetooth dongle

2009-07-28 Thread Dan Shimshoni
Hi, Just a little question: is this Acer a 64 bit machine ? or 32 bit machine ? 2009/7/28 Nitzan Brumer nitz...@gmail.com: I bought the LVT-010 bluetooth dongle for my acer one. I use it with Ubuntu 8.10 and it works great out of the box. no problem there. http://www.bug.co.il/prodtxt.asp?id

Re: Attempt to buy a Linux-compatible Bluetooth dongle

2009-07-28 Thread Noam Rathaus
-compatible Bluetooth dongle I visited a nearby computer shop, and asked which Bluetooth dongles do they have, and whether they are compatible with Linux. They have four models, which are mostly difficult to identify (typically made in China and with no clear model number): - BT-USB-P Dynamode - GPT

Re: Attempt to buy a Linux-compatible Bluetooth dongle

2009-07-28 Thread Nitzan Brumer
32 bit, Its an Atom cpu On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Dan Shimshoni danshi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Just a little question: is this Acer a 64 bit machine ? or 32 bit machine ? 2009/7/28 Nitzan Brumer nitz...@gmail.com: I bought the LVT-010 bluetooth dongle for my acer one. I use

Re: Attempt to buy a Linux-compatible Bluetooth dongle

2009-07-28 Thread Rami Rosen
Hi, You may find some info here about a problem with 64 bit linux machine and CSR based bluetooth adapter: (It talks about BT headset) http://technomosh.blogspot.com/2009/07/why-reboot-why.html Regards, Rami Rosen ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il

[SUMMARY, 95% SUCCESS] Re: Attempt to buy a Linux-compatible Bluetooth dongle

2009-07-28 Thread Omer Zak
On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 14:19 +0300, Nitzan Brumer wrote: I bought the LVT-010 bluetooth dongle for my acer one. I use it with Ubuntu 8.10 and it works great out of the box. no problem there. http://www.bug.co.il/prodtxt.asp?id=6233perur=1t=10 Thanks also to Geoffrey Mendelson, Noam Rathaus

Re: Connecting to the Internet via Bluetooth and Orange (Partner) Cellular Network

2009-05-29 Thread Ez-Aton
: http://i-nz.net/2008/09/18/nokia-e71-as-a-usb-or-bluetooth-3g-data-modem-on-linux/ On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Amichai Rotman amic...@iglu.org.il wrote: Sorry - no go... Only Mass Storage mode works. Nothing happens on other modes. I have a Nokia E71, which has a special USB mode

Connecting to the Internet via Bluetooth and Orange (Partner) Cellular Network

2009-05-25 Thread Amichai Rotman
Hello all, I have an Asus eeePC running Ubuntu Mobile Remix (9.04). I'd like to be able to surf the Internet using my Nokia 71's GSM modem over Bluetooth. I have the Mobile Broadband tab in the Network preferences, and I add Orange. What's the next step? Any of you got this to work? Thanks

Re: Connecting to the Internet via Bluetooth and Orange (Partner) Cellular Network

2009-05-25 Thread Shay Ohayon
If I remember correctly, that method only works with USB cable, not via Bluetooth. If you want to connect via bluetooth you will need to pair your cellphone via command line tools (hcitool scan, rfcomm) and use wvdial with your APN settings. If this works for you I can provide details once I get

Re: Connecting to the Internet via Bluetooth and Orange (Partner) Cellular Network

2009-05-25 Thread Nitzan Brumer
/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf create a new BT object: rfcomm0 { bind yes; device MAC_ADDRESS; channel CHANNEL; comment nokia ppp; } well, thats the first steps, than you should try to connect to your nokia, I think you should select pc Suite in order to connect

Re: Connecting to the Internet via Bluetooth and Orange (Partner) Cellular Network

2009-05-25 Thread Amichai Rotman
Thanks guys, for that. I agree it isn't a good idea to use the Bluetooth method... Can you tell me what do I have to do to make this work with the USB cable? Thanks! .::. Amichai Rotman UIN#: 6401746 Registered Linux User#: 201192 [http

Re: Connecting to the Internet via Bluetooth and Orange (Partner) Cellular Network

2009-05-25 Thread Nitzan Brumer
password: leave blank APN: I don't remember if its internetg or uinternet but its one of thous. On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Amichai Rotman amic...@iglu.org.il wrote: Thanks guys, for that. I agree it isn't a good idea to use the Bluetooth method... Can you tell me what do I have

Re: Connecting to the Internet via Bluetooth and Orange (Partner) Cellular Network

2009-05-25 Thread Amichai Rotman
the Bluetooth method... Can you tell me what do I have to do to make this work with the USB cable? Thanks! .::. Amichai Rotman UIN#: 6401746 Registered Linux User#: 201192 [http://counter.li.org/] Registered Ubuntu User #12851 [http

Re: Connecting to the Internet via Bluetooth and Orange (Partner) Cellular Network

2009-05-25 Thread Shay Ohayon
http://i-nz.net/2008/09/18/nokia-e71-as-a-usb-or-bluetooth-3g-data-modem-on-linux/ On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Amichai Rotman amic...@iglu.org.il wrote: Sorry - no go... Only Mass Storage mode works. Nothing happens on other modes. I have a Nokia E71, which has a special USB mode

Re: 3G connection, Bluetooth, Fedora 8

2008-04-30 Thread Shay Ohayon
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Hetz Ben Hamo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, After spending few hours with tons of docs, I found the following info: 1. 3G connection is different from WAP connection, as it requires different APN (Access Point Number). For WAP/GPRS, it's internet while

3G connection, Bluetooth, Fedora 8

2008-04-29 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi, After spending few hours with tons of docs, I found the following info: 1. 3G connection is different from WAP connection, as it requires different APN (Access Point Number). For WAP/GPRS, it's internet while for 3G/UMTS it's uinternet (with Orange, I don't know about Cellcom). 2. Those who

3G connection through Bluetooth

2008-04-27 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi, Does anyone knows a good way to connect using bluetooth and Nokia 3G phone to the net? I have a Nokia E61 and bluetooth dongle. I can connect using GPRS but I'm looking for using UTMS connection (Orange). Anyone? Thanks, Hetz -- Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. my blog

Re: 3G connection through Bluetooth

2008-04-27 Thread Shlomo Solomon
in adapting this to browse from my Palm, but that's OT). Hi, Does anyone knows a good way to connect using bluetooth and Nokia 3G phone to the net? I have a Nokia E61 and bluetooth dongle. I can connect using GPRS but I'm looking for using UTMS connection (Orange). Anyone? Thanks, Hetz

Re: 3G connection through Bluetooth

2008-04-27 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Are you sure there is a difference? As far as I understand, connection is exactly the same as far as the computer is concerned, and the details are handled by the modem/phone. Interesting. I'll check this. Thanks, Hetz -- Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. my blog (hebrew):

Bluetooth support under linux.

2008-04-06 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
I have a cheap bluetooth USB dongle. It was made by ISSC and is called an ISSCBTM. Under Windows I get a nice bluetooth icon in my system tray, and a GUI to use it to discover nearby devices. Under Linux, I can't see a thing. Unfortunately the only actual bluetooth peripheral I have at the moment

Re: Bluetooth support under linux.

2008-04-06 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi Geoff, There are few howto's for installing and using bluetooth devices under Linux. There is some GUI support both in KDE and in gnome. I don't know about GNOME gui parts, but in KDE there's KDE Blue tooth (http://bluetooth.kmobiletools.org/), so it really depends if your distribution has

Re: Bluetooth support under linux.

2008-04-06 Thread Micha
On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 09:57:12 +0300 Hetz Ben Hamo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Geoff, There are few howto's for installing and using bluetooth devices under Linux. There is some GUI support both in KDE and in gnome. I don't know about GNOME gui parts, but in KDE there's KDE Blue tooth (http

Re: Bluetooth support under linux.

2008-04-06 Thread Gilboa Davara
On Sun, 2008-04-06 at 09:43 +0300, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: I have a cheap bluetooth USB dongle. It was made by ISSC and is called an ISSCBTM. Under Windows I get a nice bluetooth icon in my system tray, and a GUI to use it to discover nearby devices. Under Linux, I can't see a thing

SMS via bluetooth?

2008-03-31 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
an SMS challenged enviornment. :-) To me the best choice is via a Bluetooth phone. Then you send your message directly over your cellular phone network which reduces the number of hands in the process and your SP is legally bound to some confidentiality. My wife has a Nokia cell phone with a bluetooth

Re: SMS via bluetooth?

2008-03-31 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 03:53:04PM +0300, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: To me the best choice is via a Bluetooth phone. Then you send your message directly over your cellular phone network which reduces the number of hands in the process and your SP is legally bound to some confidentiality

Re: SMS via bluetooth?

2008-03-31 Thread Meir Kriheli
use it either, I come from an SMS challenged enviornment. :-) To me the best choice is via a Bluetooth phone. Then you send your message directly over your cellular phone network which reduces the number of hands in the process and your SP is legally bound to some confidentiality. My wife has

Re: SMS via bluetooth?

2008-03-31 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To me the best choice is via a Bluetooth phone. Then you send your message directly over your cellular phone network which reduces the number of hands in the process and your SP is legally bound to some

Re: linux as bluetooth keyboard

2008-02-10 Thread Erez D
On Feb 10, 2008 12:33 AM, Matan Ziv-Av [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 9 Feb 2008, Erez D wrote: i want to make my linux laptop act as a bluetooth keyboard i tryed googling for it, but only found how to connect a bluetooth keyboard to linux. anybody knows how (or where to look

Re: linux as bluetooth keyboard

2008-02-09 Thread Noam Rathaus
Hi, I don't think you will find something unless you look for a hack, you would need something to connect to the bluetooth library and send signals that bluetooth keyboards send. That is usually not possible - as like in USB - they each have a different MAC or identifier, which you would need

Re: linux as bluetooth keyboard

2008-02-09 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 09/02/2008, Erez D [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi i want to make my linux laptop act as a bluetooth keyboard i tryed googling for it, but only found how to connect a bluetooth keyboard to linux. anybody knows how (or where to look) ? 10x, erez. I'd ask on the bluez list. Dotan

Re: BlueTooth dongle

2006-04-14 Thread Amos Shapira
On 4/14/06, Ira Abramov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: guess. I tested it to work excellently up to 17-20 metres with walls, talking on Skype with my Logitech BT earpiece (which is probably the real range limiter here) while walking around my front and back yards outside the house. fun! Ooohhh!

BlueTooth dongle

2006-04-10 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
Hi, Can anyone recommend a device to add BlueTooth support to my PC (via a USB dongle, I guess -- are there any other popular options?) that's sold in Israel? Naturally, decent Linux support is what's most important to me. Even if the device you use is nothing special, as long as it works

Re: BlueTooth dongle

2006-04-10 Thread Oded Arbel
On Monday, 10 בApril 2006 13:03, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: Can anyone recommend a device to add BlueTooth support to my PC (via a USB dongle, I guess -- are there any other popular options?) that's sold in Israel? I use a motorolla thingy. Its blue, slightly smaller then a USB thumb drive

Re: BlueTooth dongle

2006-04-10 Thread Gilad Ben-Yossef
Ilya Konstantinov wrote: Hi, Can anyone recommend a device to add BlueTooth support to my PC (via a USB dongle, I guess -- are there any other popular options?) that's sold in Israel? Naturally, decent Linux support is what's most important to me. Even if the device you use is nothing

Re: BlueTooth dongle

2006-04-10 Thread Oded Arbel
On Tuesday, 11 בApril 2006 00:26, Shlomo Solomon wrote: BTW - a cute trick I learned recently - I downloaded a Telnet client (ptelnet) for the Palm and can now start a session over Bluetooth. It's handy when X occaisionally refuses to respond to the keyboard. I just run killall startkde from

OT - Palm GPRS Bluetooth connection

2006-03-26 Thread Shlomo Solomon
I apologize for this completely off-topic post, but after GOOGLEing for over 2 hours for what I thought would be a trivial thing, I've given up. And I hope some one on the list can help me. I have a Palm Zire 72 and plan to buy a Bluetooth enabled GPRS phone (most probably Motorola E1

a happy end (was Re: Bluetooth)

2005-08-05 Thread Shlomo Solomon
As I write this, my Palm ZIRE 72 is happily hotsyncing to my LINUX box over Bluetooth. After reading all the replies on the list and gathering info on the Internet, I can now say this is do-able. It wasn't completely without problems, but it's now working perfectly. I can surf the Internet

Re: Bluetooth

2005-07-18 Thread Oded Arbel
(Nokia 6600) in Linux though I haven't got Linux to dial up using the phone (which I had no problem doing with windows). Also installation was zero-effort: install bluez and kdebluetooth, start the services, plug in the dongle and up goes the bluetooth icon on the systray. I don't have a BT palm

Bluetooth

2005-07-17 Thread Shlomo Solomon
Sorry to be a NUDNIK, but I received no replies and I find it hard to believe that nobody on the list has used a bluetooth dongle. I know that any standards compliant dongle should work, but before I buy, I really would prefer some first hand info, especially concerning models available

Re: Bluetooth

2005-07-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 09:54:27AM +0300, Shlomo Solomon wrote: Sorry to be a NUDNIK, but I received no replies and I find it hard to believe that nobody on the list has used a bluetooth dongle. I know that any standards compliant dongle should work, but before I buy, I really would prefer

Re: Bluetooth

2005-07-17 Thread Shlomo Solomon
On Sunday 17 July 2005 10:31, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: No. There are three bands that bluetooth uses. The first is for local communication such as between your headset and a phone on your belt. Range is about one meter. This band is legal in Israel. The next two bands, designed

Re: Bluetooth

2005-07-17 Thread Ez-Aton
the 100M gets to be shorter than that. Ez. Shlomo Solomon wrote: On Sunday 17 July 2005 10:31, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: No. There are three "bands" that bluetooth uses. The first is for "local" communication such as between your headset and a phone on your

Re: Bluetooth

2005-07-17 Thread Shlomo Solomon
On Sunday 17 July 2005 13:27, Ez-Aton wrote: The problem was not with the distance, but with the frequencies. BT used frequencies previously used by IDF, so it was illegal (and distance). Now these freqs are open for BT devices, which, in turn, can reach 100M. I don't want to start a war, but

Re: Bluetooth

2005-07-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
or use a long feedline that looses some of the signal. Yet I have never seen any ads that mentioned this when they sell gain antennas or any notes included with WiFi cards or hubs, except from 3COM that mention the channel limitation. Bluetooth and WiFi are different from the others in someways

Re: Bluetooth

2005-07-17 Thread Ez-Aton
Every BT USB dongle I've touched (so far two. of which one is the one Cellcom sells) worked flawlessly under Linux. never had problems using BT. My tip - get the cheepest one. They're all the same. Ez. Shlomo Solomon wrote: On Sunday 17 July 2005 13:27, Ez-Aton wrote: The

Re: Bluetooth

2005-07-17 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi, 1 - Is it worth trying? No. And thats because ... ? 2 - Does anyone have hands-on experience? No. There are three bands that bluetooth uses. The first is for local communication such as between your headset and a phone on your belt. Range is about one meter. This band

Re: Bluetooth

2005-07-17 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
, in turn, can reach 100M. I don't want to start a war, but who's right, you or Geoffrey S. Mendelson who wrote that it's illegal? People, IT WAS ILLEGAL, up until few device importers showed Omri Sharon some bluetooth devices, he got excited, talked to his father (Ariel Sharon), which gave the army 3

Re: Bluetooth

2005-07-17 Thread Shlomo Solomon
On Sunday 17 July 2005 13:42, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: Sure, but wouldn't a USB cable be a better bet? A lot cheaper, no radiation, no signal to jam (2.4gHz cordless phones are notorious for this), no network to hack, etc. I agree, but if you followed my previous thread, you'll know that

Re: Bluetooth

2005-07-17 Thread Ez-Aton
the channel limitation. Bluetooth and WiFi are different from the others in someways. The frequencies that are in the forbidden channels are used heavily by the IDF. 100mW signal will probably not interfere with their much more powerfull equipment but if it does expect a not very friendly visit from

Re: Bluetooth

2005-07-17 Thread Yair Hakak
the following is from the questions and answer page at the ministry of communications: http://www.moc.gov.il/moc/doa_iis.dll/Serve/item/English/1.1.98.10.html class 2 and 3 bluetooth is approved, 100 milliwatt is awaiting approval. -yair On 7/17/05, Hetz Ben Hamo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

Re: Bluetooth

2005-07-17 Thread Haggai Eran
I've used a bluetooth dongle from conceptronics (called CBT100U). It works fine on linux, and I was able to transfer files to my phone, and to my friend's thinkpad. There are problems with synchronization with my phone, but that's the phone's old software's fault (it's a nokia 7650). Good luck

Palm-Linux-Bluetooth (was Re: my new Palm Zire 72)

2005-07-15 Thread Shlomo Solomon
As I already wrote, I'm now able to Hotsync. However, I'm still interested in answers to the following Bluetooth questions. BTW - as I understand it, Bluetooth would also be useful for Internet connection and e-mail. On Saturday 09 July 2005 21:31, Shlomo Solomon wrote: Bluetooth might