There are two things I can think of right now, that may help you find your bluetooth dongle:
- Right after you've connected it, run
If it found the dongle, there should be a message like
- usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
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usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
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Bluetooth: HCI USB driver ver 2.9
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usbcore: registered new interface driver hci_usb
If it shows something like that, you just have to install the proper packages to control it. - Run
to see the USB devices connected. With my device, the entry looks something like this:
- Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Of course, the compatiblity lists gits was talking about can be very helpful, but they may be incomplete. The dongle I use is a "level one MDU-0005USB" but it is listed as a "Cambridge Silicon Radio" device - which is probably the chipset used inside. So often devices that are not listed can still work.
Based on the output of those commands, we can find out, which tools you need. Also,
this and
this may help.
Mind you, I renamed this thread, so that it is a bit more clear, what this is all about.
Greetings,
Nepomuk