Reco <recovery...@gmail.com> writes: > No, it does not. These messages mean that assorted bluetooth modules > are loaded. > > > > Another old Dell optiplex running wheezy also produces > > exactly the same messages when running dmesg. > > > > Is there any utility I can run to see if they are alive > > and useful? > > But if /bin/hciconfig shows you at least one hci device - that means > that your kernel actually sees Bluethooth transceiver. > > For instance, on this PC it looks like this: > > $ hciconfig > hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB > BD Address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ACL MTU: 384:8 SCO MTU: 64:8 > UP RUNNING PSCAN > RX bytes:506 acl:0 sco:0 events:23 errors:0 > TX bytes:343 acl:0 sco:0 commands:23 errors:0
When I try that, I get: $/bin/hciconfig bash: /bin/hciconfig: No such file or directory That settles it. Neither system has one. I feel better now. Thank you. That is a good command to know. Martin