Getting bluetooth working and connecting...

[blackhat1]

I am trying to get my Bluetooth working with BT5 R1 on an DELL D620 laptop. After an initial issues with firmware/bios/vista etc etc. I have it almost working...

# lsmod | grep blue
bluetooth 78085 1 btusb
rfkill 14987 3 cfg80211,bluetooth,dell_laptop

# lsusb | grep -i Blue
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 413C:8103 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 350 Bluetoth

# dmesg | grep -i Blue
[ 10.620057 ] Bluetooth: Core 2.16
[ 10.620131 ] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 10.620134 ] Bluetooth: HCI SOCKET layer initialized
[ 10.824910 ] Bluetooth: Generic Bluetooth USB driver ver 0.6

Up it!
# hciconfig -a hic0 up

# hciconfig dev
Devices:
hci0 00:1a:6b:1d:cc:02

#hciconfig -a
hci0: DB Address 00:1a:6b:1d:cc:02 acl MTU xxx
Up running
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If I use the the ubuntu bluetooth setup as a guide.
I don't have /etc/init.d/bluetooth or /etc/bluetooth/hci.conf or any tools like bluez yet they are installed

I've tried updating but it say I already have installed already.

What am I missing in connecting up to my phone via bluetooth?

ref:-
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothSetup
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9466

[bluesatbridge]

i have same problem have you found any answer yet ...
regards

[Kikks]

Hello, this is my first post on this forum. I have the same problem. I have goggled for the last week AT LEAST 2 hours a day trying to find some more information about how to make bluetooth work. I am a Linux newbie and a BT HYPERNEWBIE. any help at all would be appreciated sorry for my english.

[6426793]

Have you found your answer? I also need help. I have tried posting on the forum, but the moderators never posted it... *shrugs shoulders emoticon*

[jvictor207]

Hello all, I've also used BT 4 and now I'm trying to add a Bluetooth device with BT 5. I know the mac address and other info about the device. I really need to know how to get BT5 to recognize the Bluetooth adapter so I can try some pen-testing with that.

Some info on my system it's an older pc that I have Dell Dimension 3000 and the Bluetooth device is made by Trident model TBW-105UB.
Thanks in advance for any info that might help.

Jvictor207

[tonyITa]

I was reading and seems they use the kernel way to start bluetooth by "udev". Still I'm more used with the init way personally, I don't like change !