On 2019.08.08 03:47, james wrote:
On 7/31/19 2:21 PM, Jack wrote:
> On 2019.07.31 12:25, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
>> On 2019-07-30 22:44, Dale wrote:
>>
>>> I wonder, if I bought a bluetooth USB thingy and put that on my
>>> puter, would that help any? Since I hooked up my wifi router and
it
>>> uses that, would that help? Or is the USB cable directly connected
>>> the best way?
>>
>> I have a USB to BT adaptor.? It's worse than paperweight: I could
>> never make it work on gentoo, or any other kind of Linux.? I think
it
>> might be like the infamous Winmodems of old, requiring a
proprietary
>> driver to do anything at all.
>
> I have one that works just fine.? It shows up with lsusb as:
>
> Bus 007 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd
Bluetooth
> Dongle (HCI mode)
>
> I ordered it online, for not much money, but I'd have to dig to see
if I
> still have any records of where I ordered it.? (eBay is likely)? I'd
> also have to do some digging to see if I needed to modify my kernel
> config to add anything for it.? So far, I have only used it for a
> headset, and I know I went through a number of trials and errors
before
> getting it to work consistently, but it does work fine.
>
> Jack
>
Hello Jack,
Not sure this device would work for you; but if your phone has a
type-C
port, it be interesting to try. For that matter, I'm not sure it will
work with linux (Gentoo, RHEL, *buntu....) But it sure looks
promising.
https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-3USB3-0-Multiport-MacBook-Samsung/dp/B07DHQ2X8Z
hth,
James
Thanks, but I have no need for anything like that (nor does my phone
[not a Samsung] have a USB-C port) but perhaps for Dale?
