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USB Bluetooth Dongle for Linux

Greetings to All,

firstly, i am new to this forum and in Linux World.

please assist me to locate a USB Dongle that is support the Linux Operating system or drivers. i am using Fedora 10

Planza
Jun 18 '09 #1
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gits
5,390 Expert Mod 4TB
just to make it a bit more clear ... you mean such a hardware-lock related dongle? not just wifi or any other USB stick? i just ask to confirm that ... since dongle is often used with different meanings while the original meaning would be to have a harware-lock for some software to work with or similar.

kind regards
Jun 18 '09 #2
hi,

i need a usb bluetooth dongle. i need to use my cell as a modem and i was looking for a usb bluetooth dongle for cnnecting to internet
Jun 18 '09 #3
gits
5,390 Expert Mod 4TB
i've got a MSI PC2PC Bluetooth USB-Adapter to work with ubuntu ... but the most linux distros have a hardware-compatibility page where you might have a look at ... something like this one for ubuntu

kind regards
Jun 19 '09 #4
Nepomuk
3,112 Expert 2GB
There are two things I can think of right now, that may help you find your bluetooth dongle:
  1. Right after you've connected it, run
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    1. dmesg | tail
    If it found the dongle, there should be a message like
    Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers
    1. usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
    2. usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
    3. Bluetooth: HCI USB driver ver 2.9
    4. usbcore: registered new interface driver hci_usb
    If it shows something like that, you just have to install the proper packages to control it.
  2. Run
    Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers
    1. lsusb
    to see the USB devices connected. With my device, the entry looks something like this:
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    1. 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
Jun 30 '09 #5
Hello Friend,

I got a USB Bluetooth Dongle for using with windows. when I checked it with Linux, it worked perfectly... so I hope usually all dongles will work with Linux.
Aug 1 '09 #6
gits
5,390 Expert Mod 4TB
hope is good :) ... but not enough i guess ... at the moment you cannot know for sure that any devices that are supported by windows will work on a linux-system. you might have a look at the specs of the device ... like chipsets etc. and when there is a success-message somewhere on a website that states that a device with the same chipset is working then you might have a very good chance that your 'similar' device will work too ... last week i noticed that my old DVBT-stick is now somhow supported ... and it definitly was not before 3 months ago as i last tried that :) ... so device-support will getting better quite fast :) but is not 'windows'-like ... so that not all 'windows'-devices will work with linux

kind regards
Aug 1 '09 #7

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