Enable Bluetooth via dellWirelessCtl

[Michael E Brown]

On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 06:06:35PM +0200, patrick.steiner at a1.net wrote:
> 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.

This is odd. All of the output below looks correct. I developed and tested on a
D620, so that would be the only difference that I can see.

Can you try toggling it to see if that helps?

# dellWirelessCtl --boot --bt 0
# dellWirelessCtl --boot --bt 1

You could also try disabling wireless kill switch for bluetooth only, then toggling it:

# dellWirelessCtl --boot --sw_bt 0
# dellWirelessCtl --boot --bt 0
# dellWirelessCtl --boot --bt 1

> 
> 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

This says that the wireless kill switch is in the 'radio enabled' position.
This is good.

>         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

This says that BIOS has enabled the bluetooth module. This is good.

>         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

This says that the wireless kill switch will control bluetooth. This is fine.

>         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?

That is what dellWirelessCtl is *supposed* to do. :)
--
Michael