Enable Bluetooth via dellWirelessCtl

[patrick.steiner at a1.net]

hi,

i got a new dell d420 but i am not able do switch on bluetooth via linux.

i have to boot into windows vista search for a bluetooth device, after
that if i reboot into linux bt works out of the box. but after a shutdown
all is lost again. now i tried:

dellWirelessCtl --boot --bt 1

but this doestn help.

any ideas how i can fix this? i have got installed fedora core 6

here is a output of

dellWirelessCtl -i
Libsmbios version      : 0.13.4
dellWirelessCtl version: 0.3.0
Wireless Info:
        Hardware switch supported
        Hardware switch is On
        WiFi Locator supported
        Wireless Keyboard not supported
        NVRAM Size: 256 bytes
        NVRAM format version: 1

Radio Status for WLAN:
        WLAN supported
        WLAN installed
        WLAN enabled
        Status Code: 0

Radio Status for Bluetooth:
        Bluetooth supported
        Bluetooth installed
        Bluetooth enabled
        Status Code: 0

Radio Status for WWAN:
        WWAN supported
        WWAN not installed
        WWAN enabled
        Status Code: 2

Wireless Switch Configuration
        WLAN switch control on
        Bluetooth switch control on
        WWAN switch control on
        switch config not locked
        WiFi locator enabled
        WiFi Locator config not locked

BIOS Boot-time settings (new interface):
        Wireless_Switch_Cellular_Control_Enable: 1
        Wireless_Switch_Cellular_Control_Disable: 0
        Wireless_Switch_Bluetooth_Control_Enable: 1
        Wireless_Switch_Bluetooth_Control_Disable: 0
        Wireless_Switch_Wireless_LAN_Control_Enable: 1
        Wireless_Switch_Wireless_LAN_Control_Disable: 0
        WiFi_Locator_Enable: 1
        WiFi_Locator_Disable: 0
        Cellular_Radio_Enable: 1
        Cellular_Radio_Disable: 0
        Bluetooth_Devices_Enable: 1
        Bluetooth_Devices_Disable: 0
        Wireless_LAN_Enable: 1
        Wireless_LAN_Disable: 0

BIOS Boot-time settings (old interface):
        Radio_Transmission_Enable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
        Radio_Transmission_Disable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
        Wireless_Device_Disable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
        Wireless_Device_App_Control: (NOT SUPPORTED)
        Wireless_Device_App_Or_Hotkey_Control: (NOT SUPPORTED)



lsusb:
# lsusb
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 0b97:7761 O2 Micro, Inc.
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 413c:a005 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 413c:8105 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 005 Device 006: ID 0b97:7762 O2 Micro, Inc. Oz776 SmartCard Reader
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c01b Logitech, Inc. MX310 Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

if i reboot from windows i also have got this device:

Bus 005 Device 009: ID 413c:8103 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 350 Bluetooth

is it also possible to activate / deactivate bt or wlan on runtime?

regards,
 patrick

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