[ale] using a Bluetooth dongle

[Geoffrey]

Greg Freemyer 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?

I've not played with it in a long while, but I have successfully used 
bluetooth to talk to my old cell phone.  I'll see if I can find some of 
the links to the docs I used.


-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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