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Using a Generic USB Bluetooth

Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 2:02 pm
by JonnyAlpha
Hi;

I bought a couple of USB Bluetooth Adaptors / Dongles from Poundland in the interest of seeing if I could get them to work.

I have followed the guide here at Think Penguin https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/ ... spberry-pi to install the device drivers.
Now I get a Bluetooth icon in the task bar in the LXE Desktop but cannot open any Bluetooth windows to pair devices.

I just want to test it with a Jam Bluetooth Speaker and maybe later a Bluetooth Keyboard / Mouse

I am using a Raspberry Pi 2 with Raspbian Wheezy.

Thanks

Re: Using a Generic USB Bluetooth

Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 2:26 pm
by Douglas6
Be sure to add your user to the 'bluetooth' group, e.g.:

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sudo usermod -G bluetooth pi

Re: Using a Generic USB Bluetooth

Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 3:31 pm
by johnb60
many thaks for this I am now in the bluetooth group, but still nothing shows when scannning for devices

Re: Using a Generic USB Bluetooth

Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 6:06 pm
by Douglas6
First make sure the device(s) are 'discoverable' when trying to scan for them. See the manual for the device. Then, make sure the adapter is recognized and up, the results of

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hciconfig -a
should include 'UP RUNNING'. If not, post the response from

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lsusb