no bluetooth on d610 with ubuntu

[Michele Puccio]

Ok I'm now sure that the problem is related to the window software
utility. As I wrote in my previous mail a colleague has the same pc
(dell d610) with dual boot (xp and ubuntu): I switched off the bt with
the software utility on xp and rebooting on ubuntu the bt didn't; I
switched on the bt with the software utility and rebooting on ubuntu the
bt works perfectly!
Any suggestions for my laptop that doesn't have dual boot different from
re-installing xp?
thanks
michele

Michele Puccio wrote:
> Hi all
> I use ubuntu (now the 7.10) on my dell d610; all works perfectly except
> the bluetooth. the adapter is recognized:
> lsusb
> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a Optical Wheel Mouse
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 002 Device 005: ID 413c:8103 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 350 Bluetooth
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> 
> hciconfig -a
> hci0:   Type: USB
>         BD Address: 00:16:41:1B:97:A3 ACL MTU: 384:8 SCO MTU: 64:8
>         UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
>         RX bytes:8512 acl:0 sco:0 events:865 errors:0
>         TX bytes:351 acl:0 sco:0 commands:24 errors:0
>         Features: 0xff 0xff 0x9f 0xfe 0x9b 0xf9 0x00 0x80
>         Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3
>         Link policy: RSWITCH HOLD SNIFF PARK
>         Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT
>         Name: 'michele-p-0'
>         Class: 0x08010c
>         Service Classes: Capturing
>         Device Class: Computer, Laptop
>         HCI Ver: 1.2 (0x2) HCI Rev: 0x679 LMP Ver: 1.2 (0x2) LMP Subver:
> 0x679
>         Manufacturer: Cambridge Silicon Radio (10)
> 
> but the hcitool scan exit without any result!
> I read some thread about vista and specific firmware but on my laptop
> only ubuntu is installed.
> A colleague has the same laptop (with dual boot: win xp and ubuntu 7.10)
> and  the bluetooth works fine! I think that the problem is related to
> the fact that when I run win xp the last time the bluetooth was turned
> off by the software utility.
> I also tried dellWirelessCtl but it seems to be not supported on this model:
> sudo dellWirelessCtl --info
> Libsmbios version      : 0.13.6
> dellWirelessCtl version: 0.3.0
> Wireless Info not supported on this system.
> 
> Wireless Switch Configuration not available on this system.
> 
> BIOS Boot-time settings (new interface):
>         Wireless_Switch_Cellular_Control_Enable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
>         Wireless_Switch_Cellular_Control_Disable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
>         Wireless_Switch_Bluetooth_Control_Enable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
>         Wireless_Switch_Bluetooth_Control_Disable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
>         Wireless_Switch_Wireless_LAN_Control_Enable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
>         Wireless_Switch_Wireless_LAN_Control_Disable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
>         WiFi_Locator_Enable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
>         WiFi_Locator_Disable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
>         Cellular_Radio_Enable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
>         Cellular_Radio_Disable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
>         Bluetooth_Devices_Enable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
>         Bluetooth_Devices_Disable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
>         Wireless_LAN_Enable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
>         Wireless_LAN_Disable: (NOT SUPPORTED)
> 
> BIOS Boot-time settings (old interface):
>         Radio_Transmission_Enable: 1
>         Radio_Transmission_Disable: 0
>         Wireless_Device_Disable: 0
>         Wireless_Device_App_Control: 0
>         Wireless_Device_App_Or_Hotkey_Control: 1
> 
> I apologize for the long mail...any suggestions are verwelcome.
> Thanks
> 
> michele
> 
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