[Pkg-bluetooth-maintainers] Bug#711144: Bug#711144: bluez: Bluetooth dongle does not work

[Nobuhiro Iwamatsu]

Hi,

Please check whether the hci device has started.
$ sudo hciconfig  hci0
hci0:	Type: BR/EDR  Bus: USB
	BD Address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  ACL MTU: 1021:5  SCO MTU: 64:1
	DOWN
	RX bytes:473 acl:0 sco:0 events:19 errors:0
	TX bytes:80 acl:0 sco:0 commands:19 errors:0

if device was down, please start up.
$ sudo hciconfig hci0 up

And please tell me the output of "hciconfig -a hci0" .
$ hciconfig -a hci0
hci0:	Type: BR/EDR  Bus: USB
	BD Address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  ACL MTU: 1021:5  SCO MTU: 64:1
	UP RUNNING
	RX bytes:940 acl:0 sco:0 events:37 errors:0
	TX bytes:157 acl:0 sco:0 commands:37 errors:0
	Features: 0xff 0xff 0x8f 0xfe 0x9b 0xff 0x79 0x83
	Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3
	Link policy: RSWITCH HOLD SNIFF PARK
	Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT
	Name: 'Bluetooth USB Host Controller'
	Class: 0x000000
	Service Classes: Unspecified
	Device Class: Miscellaneous,
	HCI Version: 2.1 (0x4)  Revision: 0x18c
	LMP Version: 2.1 (0x4)  Subversion: 0x21ba
	Manufacturer: Broadcom Corporation (15)

Best regards,
  Nobuhiro


2013/6/5 Pierre Rudloff <contact at rudloff.pro>:
> Package: bluez
> Version: 4.99-2
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> I am trying to use a Blutooth Dongle on my computer:
> Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle
> (HCI mode)
>
> But it does not seem to be able to find any device (while my other computer
> does find my phone):
> pierre at Rudloff:~$ hcitool inq
> Inquiring ...
> pierre at Rudloff:~$
>
> Likewise, my phone can not find my computer.
>
> Is there some command I can use to get more information about the issue ?
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 7.0
>   APT prefers stable-updates
>   APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> Foreign Architectures: i386
>
> Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages bluez depends on:
> ii  dbus          1.6.8-1
> ii  kmod          9-3
> ii  libc6         2.13-38
> ii  libcap-ng0    0.6.6-2
> ii  libdbus-1-3   1.6.8-1
> ii  libglib2.0-0  2.33.12+really2.32.4-5
> ii  libreadline6  6.2+dfsg-0.1
> ii  libudev0      175-7.2
> ii  libusb-0.1-4  2:0.1.12-20+nmu1
> ii  lsb-base      4.1+Debian8
> ii  python-dbus   1.1.1-1
> ii  python-gi     3.2.2-2
> ii  udev          175-7.2
>
> bluez recommends no packages.
>
> bluez suggests no packages.
>
> -- no debconf information
>
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Nobuhiro Iwamatsu
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