Hi David,
Thanks for your tip about sliding switch.
The tool rfkill was also very usefull.
Now I can see the local and remote devices.
The challenge now is to connect to cell phone (Nokia E71):
Following https://wiki.debian.org/BluetoothUser I tried gnome-bluetooth
and blueman but I can't connect with them.
Any tip?
Many thanks for your attention,
Markos
Em 07-03-2016 14:35, David Wright escreveu:
On Sun 06 Mar 2016 at 18:45:05 (+0000), Markos wrote:
I'm using Jessie with a Dell laptop Latitude D430.
The system detect the hardware on boot:
dmesg | grep -i blue
[ 9.685735] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.19
[ 9.685759] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 9.685770] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 9.685773] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 9.685787] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 20.010114] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 20.010119] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 20.010135] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
But don't create a devide:
# hcitool dev
Devices:
As pointed out in the thread, bluetooth may be switched off.
If the blue light (above F10, immediately R of green wifi) is
unlit, check if the sliding switch on the side (R of <return>
key) is in its central position. Towards the screen is off,
central is on, towards you is a momentary position that AIUI
requires configuring for a proprietary effect[1].
If you use wifi, then it'll be on already.
You might also check on:
$ /usr/sbin/rfkill list
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
6: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
$
Cheers,
David.
[1] Quoting from the user guide page 53:
Dell Wi-Fi Catcherâ„¢ Network Locator
The wireless switch on your Dell computer uses the Dell Wi-Fi Catcher Network
Locator to scan
specifically for WiFi WLAN in your vicinity. For more information about the wireless
switch, see "Dell
Wi-Fi Catcherâ„¢ Network Locator" on page 53.
