[ale] using a Bluetooth dongle

[Jim Philips]

It would be great if it could talk to either my cellphone or my Bluetooth
headset. Skype with the headset would be ideal.

On 7/27/07, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/27/07, Jim Philips <briarpatch.jim at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I bought a cheap Bluetoot dongle at Fry's a couple of weks ago. So far,
> I
> > have a hard time figuring out what you can do with it. I get a
> netofication
> > in both Gnome and KDE when the dongle is plugged in to the USB drive.
> But
> > other than that, I have no idea how to access it or do anything with it.
> > Does anybody have eny experience here? The device is recognized by the
> > kernel:
> >
> > rebus at rebus:~$ /usr/sbin/lsusb
> > Bus 003 Device 004: ID 1131:1001 Integrated System Solution Corp.
> KY-BT100
> > Bluetooth Adapter
> >
> > But beyond that, I see no way to do *anything* with it. Google searches
> > weren't a lot of help. I'm running Kubuntu 7.04 with the 2.6.20 kernel.
>
> I've never used Bluetooth with a computer, but I assume you need
> another accessory to talk to.  ie. What are you expecting the
> bluetooth transmitter to transmit too?
>
> Greg
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