[ale] using a Bluetooth dongle

[greg.freemyer at gmail.com (Greg Freemyer)]

On 7/27/07, Jim Philips <briarpatch.jim at gmail.com> wrote:
> I bought a cheap Bluetoot dongle at Fry's a couple of weks ago. So far, I
> have a hard time figuring out what you can do with it. I get a netofication
> in both Gnome and KDE when the dongle is plugged in to the USB drive. But
> other than that, I have no idea how to access it or do anything with it.
> Does anybody have eny experience here? The device is recognized by the
> kernel:
>
> rebus at rebus:~$ /usr/sbin/lsusb
> Bus 003 Device 004: ID 1131:1001 Integrated System Solution Corp. KY-BT100
> Bluetooth Adapter
>
> But beyond that, I see no way to do *anything* with it. Google searches
> weren't a lot of help. I'm running Kubuntu 7.04 with the 2.6.20 kernel.

I've never used Bluetooth with a computer, but I assume you need
another accessory to talk to.  ie. What are you expecting the
bluetooth transmitter to transmit too?

Greg
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