On Thu, 16 Dec 2021, Christian Britz wrote:
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> On 2021-12-16 20:01 UTC+0100, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > Jude DaShiell wrote:
> >> bnep 20480 0
> >> bluetooth 483328 1 bnep
> >> ecdh_generic 16384 1 bluetooth
> >> ecc 40960 1 ecdh_generic
> >>
> >> That's relevant output from lsmod.
> >> If I run inxi -E
> >> that returns no bluetooth data available.
> >> This is supposed to be linux-compatible.
> >> Unfortunately using bluetoothd and bluetoothctl or blueman in G.U.I. after
> >> starting bluetooth adapters gets me nowhere.
> >> Has anyone got one of these cards from WalMart going and can give me some
> >> ideas for getting this up and working or find out if it can't work so I
> >> can trash it and buy a different card from WalMart?
> >
> > Anything interesting in lsusb?
> >
> > -dsr-
> >
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> Or in the syslog?
> (If it is really a "card", Jude should issue lspci.)
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I ran lspci and no mention of bluetooth happened. dmesg.log output
returned:
[ 402.931062] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[ 402.931086] NET: Registered PF_BLUETOOTH protocol family
[ 402.931088] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 402.931092] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 402.931094] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 402.931098] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 402.942727] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 402.942733] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 402.942741] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
So in reality this may actually not be a card
The disk that came with this claimed it was an realtek-0179 device if
memory serves.
The Linux instructions were in an .mp4 file that was inaudible on my
system.
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