[Mageia-dev] Bluetooth USB dongle - not showing up

Robert Fox list at foxconsult.net
Sun Mar 11 20:48:57 CET 2012


On Sun, 2012-03-11 at 19:43 +0000, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> 'Twas brillig, and Robert Fox at 11/03/12 19:34 did gyre and gimble:
> > On Sun, 2012-03-11 at 19:27 +0000, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> >> 'Twas brillig, and Robert Fox at 11/03/12 18:20 did gyre and gimble:
> >>> I have 3 different bluetooth usb devices and can't get anyone to work on
> >>> my cauldron based box. When I insert the dongle - nothing happens, but
> >>> when I pull is out I get:
> >>>
> >>> Mar 11 19:16:14 foxbase systemd[1]: Service bluetooth.target is not
> >>> needed anymore. Stopping.
> >>>
> >>> lsusb shows:
> >>> Bus 004 Device 005: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth
> >>> Dongle (HCI mode)
> >>>
> >>> harddrake2 doesn't show anything either - although:
> >>>
> >>> [root at foxbase rfox]# lsmod | grep blue
> >>> bluetooth             275663  1 btusb
> >>> crc16                  12675  1 bluetooth
> >>> rfkill                 21915  2 bluetooth,cfg80211
> >>>
> >>> What can I do to get it to work?
> >>
> >> What does systemctl status bluetoothd.service say?
> >>
> > 
> > [root at foxbase rfox]# systemctl status bluetoothd.service
> > bluetoothd.service
> >           Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory)
> >           Active: inactive (dead)
> > 
> > 
> >> If it's disabled, then enable and start it. This should happen
> >> automatically on update or initial install.
> >>
> > Doesn't look good . . . what now?
> 
> Sorry, spelling error on my part...
> 
> systemctl status bluetooth.service
> 
> 

That was the ticket - it works now!  Thanks!

Funny that - I checked drakxservices and bluetooth is not on the list -
what is the relationship now with systemctl and drakxservices now (if
any) ??

Thanks,
R.Fox



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