[Mageia-dev] Bluetooth USB dongle - not showing up

Sun Mar 11 20:48:57 CET 2012

On Sun, 2012-03-11 at 19:43 +0000, Colin Guthrie wrote:
+> 'Twas brillig, and Robert Fox at 11/03/12 19:34 did gyre and gimble:
+> > On Sun, 2012-03-11 at 19:27 +0000, Colin Guthrie wrote:
+> >> 'Twas brillig, and Robert Fox at 11/03/12 18:20 did gyre and gimble:
+> >>> I have 3 different bluetooth usb devices and can't get anyone to work on
+> >>> my cauldron based box. When I insert the dongle - nothing happens, but
+> >>> when I pull is out I get:
+> >>>
+> >>> Mar 11 19:16:14 foxbase systemd[1]: Service bluetooth.target is not
+> >>> needed anymore. Stopping.
+> >>>
+> >>> lsusb shows:
+> >>> Bus 004 Device 005: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth
+> >>> Dongle (HCI mode)
+> >>>
+> >>> harddrake2 doesn't show anything either - although:
+> >>>
+> >>> [root at foxbase rfox]# lsmod | grep blue
+> >>> bluetooth             275663  1 btusb
+> >>> crc16                  12675  1 bluetooth
+> >>> rfkill                 21915  2 bluetooth,cfg80211
+> >>>
+> >>> What can I do to get it to work?
+> >>
+> >> What does systemctl status bluetoothd.service say?
+> >>
+> > 
+> > [root at foxbase rfox]# systemctl status bluetoothd.service
+> > bluetoothd.service
+> >           Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory)
+> >           Active: inactive (dead)
+> > 
+> > 
+> >> If it's disabled, then enable and start it. This should happen
+> >> automatically on update or initial install.
+> >>
+> > Doesn't look good . . . what now?
+> 
+> Sorry, spelling error on my part...
+> 
+> systemctl status bluetooth.service
+> 
+> 
+
+That was the ticket - it works now!  Thanks!
+
+Funny that - I checked drakxservices and bluetooth is not on the list -
+what is the relationship now with systemctl and drakxservices now (if
+any) ??
+
+Thanks,
+R.Fox
+
+