Using a Generic USB Bluetooth

[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

[Douglas6]

Be sure to add your user to the 'bluetooth' group, e.g.:

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sudo usermod -G bluetooth pi

[johnb60]

many thaks for this I am now in the bluetooth group, but still nothing shows when scannning for devices

[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