HOWTO: Toshiba Laptop (with Phoenix BIOS) and built-in Bluetooth support

[Nareto]

Hello, bluetooth was working fine till I built my own 2.6.30 kernel (needed some drivers). I recompiled the omnibook module (btw, had to apply this patch (attaching also the file in case the link goes down) to make it compile )
And now the module seams to load correctly, bluetooth turned on but i still get no devices from hcitool

omnibook$ cat dmi
BIOS Vendor:   TOSHIBA
BIOS Version:  V1.70
BIOS Release:  09/27/2007
System Vendor: TOSHIBA
Product Name:  Satellite A200
Version:       PSAE6E-05W032IT
Serial Number: X7386950K
Board Vendor:  TOSHIBA
Board Name:    1.00

$ cat bluetooth 
Bluetooth adapter is present and enabled.

$ sudo hcitool dev
Devices:

$ sudo hcitool scan
Device is not available: No such device

[Nareto]

I'm adding these outputs

$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b008 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0930:0508 Toshiba Corp. Integrated Bluetooth HCI
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

$ sudo lshw -C communication
  *-usb UNCLAIMED         
       description: Bluetooth wireless interface
       product: Integrated Bluetooth HCI
       vendor: Toshiba Corp.
       physical id: 2
       bus info: usb@3:2
       version: 19.15
       capabilities: bluetooth usb-2.00
       configuration: speed=12.0MB/s

could that UNCLAIMED be part of the problem?

[Nareto]

anyone?

[d11]

I think that my model is not supported help me please.

BIOS Vendor: TOSHIBA
BIOS Version: V1.20
BIOS Release: 03/06/2007
System Vendor: TOSHIBA
Product Name: Satellite A135
Version: PSAD0U-05400P
Serial Number: 37202473K
Board Vendor: TOSHIBA
Board Name: 1.00



omnibook: Driver version 2.20090707-trunk.
omnibook: Unknown model.

[Kilroy1218]

anyone used this with a p300? i've been trying to try the different ectypes but i dont know if im even doing that 100% correct as im new to linux in general.. been using jaunty for about a month now

[event.riga]

I'm adding these outputs

$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b008 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0930:0508 Toshiba Corp. Integrated Bluetooth HCI
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

$ sudo lshw -C communication
  *-usb UNCLAIMED         
       description: Bluetooth wireless interface
       product: Integrated Bluetooth HCI
       vendor: Toshiba Corp.
       physical id: 2
       bus info: usb@3:2
       version: 19.15
       capabilities: bluetooth usb-2.00
       configuration: speed=12.0MB/s

could that UNCLAIMED be part of the problem?

So this effectively means that you have your adapter up and running, but don't have a driver loaded, or have it loaded but not working. Bluetooth usb driver is called btusb. If you have it loaded (lsmod | grep bt) then try running bluetoothd with -nd flags which would show you some debugging info (don't forget to kill current bluetoothd before). May be you see some issue in bluez.
IF you see nothing try rmmod btusb and modprobe btusb and see kernel log.

[event.riga]

I think that my model is not supported help me please.

BIOS Vendor: TOSHIBA
BIOS Version: V1.20
BIOS Release: 03/06/2007
System Vendor: TOSHIBA
Product Name: Satellite A135
Version: PSAD0U-05400P
Serial Number: 37202473K
Board Vendor: TOSHIBA
Board Name: 1.00



omnibook: Driver version 2.20090707-trunk.
omnibook: Unknown model.

try loading it with different ectype: valid numbers are 1-16

modprobe omnibook ectype=<ectype value> bluetooth=1

[Nareto]

I think i had finally got it working precisely by loading btusb (now I moved to Archlinux) - sorry for not having posted back

[Nareto]

try loading it with different ectype: valid numbers are 1-16

modprobe omnibook ectype=<ectype value> bluetooth=1

right now - on Arch - I load it with

/etc/modprobe.d/omnibook.conf

options omnibook ectype=12 userset=1 lcd=0 display=0 blank=0 battery=0 ac=0 bluetooth=1

and it's working ok

[wafflemelon]

Is this still necessary for the Fan to work under Karmic Koala (9.10)?