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Re: Bluetooth: hardware detected but no device

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.
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