Bluetooth doesn't pick up devices
I have 64 bit 11.10 on an Asus UX31 (Zenbook). As I can't use the built in touchpad I decided to get a Bluetooth mouse to use instead of a wired one (only 2 usb ports).
The problem is that when I scan for the mouse (MS Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000) nothing is recognized. I have used both the Bluetooth manager and command line "hcitool scan". The Bluetooth adapter is built-in and shows up in the app "Blue-who" as hci0(Zen-0) address 74:2F:CC:1E:C2 but no mouse. It also failed to pick up a keyboard and a cellphone.
When I boot into Windows the mouse is detected and works.
I've tried to find an online answer without success. Any help would be appreciated.
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I wounder if it's like the winmodem it only works with windows. I haven't used windows in so long I just can't answer your question. I remember when only winmodems only worked in windows. If it's an ms bluetooth maybe it only works in windows. Have you tried additional drivers to see if it can find a driver?
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The mouse works on both Windows and OS-X.
No additional drivers show up as available to install.
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It seems to think it sees the device but, maybe since it's a BT4.0, it doesn't do anything...
dmesg
Code:
[ 2.578197] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.16
[ 2.578220] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 2.578222] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 2.578224] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 2.578266] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 2.581117] Bluetooth: Generic Bluetooth USB driver ver 0.6
[ 2.760484] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 2.760490] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 2.760492] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[ 2.762814] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 2.762817] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
lsusb -v
Code:
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 13d3:3375 IMC Networks
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 224 Wireless
bDeviceSubClass 1 Radio Frequency
bDeviceProtocol 1 Bluetooth
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x13d3 IMC Networks
idProduct 0x3375
bcdDevice 0.01
iManufacturer 1 Atheros Communications
iProduct 2 Bluetooth USB Host Controller
iSerial 3 Alaska Day 2006
bNumConfigurations 1
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My lsusb -v output looks like yours. Are you able to detect and pair BT devices on your Zbook?
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Originally Posted by
campbelt
My lsusb -v output looks like yours. Are you able to detect and pair BT devices on your Zbook?
Nope, I didn't try the console tools but the GUI just scans in vain...
Re: Bluetooth doesn't pick up devices
Subscribing to this thread, have the same problems with an Asus UX31.
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From BlueZ site, I understand that Bluetooth 4.0 isn't available yet :
http://www.bluez.org/profiles/
EDIT : Please forget this post, this is a misreading ...
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I believe I have a solution - I need the cooperation of a UX21/UX31 who still has Windows installed on their machine. See below for details.
This module may require loading a firmware first. There's a lengthy description posted to the linux-bluetooth list:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.bluez.kernel/18756
However, all firmwares I could have laid my hands on did not work. I need the following file from the Windows partition on a Zenbook:
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\AtherosBt.bin (should be 246,804 bytes).
This file should be copied to '/lib/firmware/ath3k-1.fw' (keep the original somewhere safe), then the steps described in this post should be followed:
http://www.phlerion.com/blog/2011/02...opc-in-ubuntu/
The only difference is the device id: Rather than using "13d3 3304", "13d3 3375" should be used.
If you have the file, please post it somewhere so.