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=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 > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
