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=6233&perur=1&t=10
2009/7/28 Hetz Ben Hamo <het...@gmail.com> > Hi Omer, > I think all of them will work. I bought mine which includes a mini disc > with the drivers (no Linux drivers). I inserted the plug, and my Fedora > machine recognized it without any issues. > > So I think you can buy any of them. If I'm not mistaken, they all use the > same chip. > > Hetz > > > On Tue, 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 number): >> - BT-USB-P Dynamode >> - GPT USB04 >> - HK-890/USB04B (Min. of Communications approval No. 5113614) >> - One more model without anything which looks like a model number >> >> The boxes list compatibility with various MS-Windows operating systems, >> emphasizing Vista-ready. One of them claims also compatiblity with Mac >> OS X. None of them mentioned Linux compatibility. >> >> Of course, to find the USB ID of the dongles (the surefire way to check >> Linux compatibility), one has to open the packages and insert the >> dongles into a PC, one by one. Not exactly the idea which endears one >> to the computer shop personnel. >> >> I then looked for the above putative model names in >> http://www.bluetooth.org/tpg/listings.cfm and none of the above was >> found. >> >> So I am asking the group for recent experiences in buying Bluetooth >> dongles and trying to use them in Debian Lenny (or other distributions >> using version 3.36-3 of bluez) - how safe is it nowadays to buy a >> no-name brand of a Bluetooth dongle for use in a Linux system? >> >> Thanks, >> --- Omer >> >> >> -- >> One does not make peace with enemies. One makes peace with former >> enemies. >> My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ >> >> My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. >> They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which >> I may be affiliated in any way. >> WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-il mailing list >> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> > > > > -- > Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. > my blog (hebrew): http://benhamo.org > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > -- Nitzan Brumer Http://n2b.org
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