On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:15:25 -0800 Mike Connors <mconno...@gmail.com> dijo:
>> During a recent voyage through various distros the only one which had >> issues was Debian Squeeze. >Hmm, you might be onto something here. I run Sidux, a >distro derived from Debian Sid. I usually upgrade >at least once a month and I tend to run run >"apt-get dist-upgrade" instead of just "apt-get upgrade". >Maybe due to that I'm pulling in "Squeeze" pkgs which >are the culprit. > >~# cat /etc/debian_version > >squeeze/sid > >> blueman, bluez, bluez-alsa (both 32- and 64-bit), bluez-cups, >> bluez-gnome, bluez-gnome-analyzer, bluez-gstreamer (both 32- and >> 64-bit), bluez-hcidump, bluez-libs, bluez-libs-devel (both 32- and >> 64-bit), gnome-bluetooth, gnome-bluetooth-libs (both 32- and 64-bit), >> gnome-bluetooth-libs-devel (both 32- and 64-bit), gnome-user-share, >> gnome-vfs2-obexftp, gvfs-obexftp, kde-bluetooth, libbctl (both 32- >> and 64-bit), obex-data-server, obexd, pulseaudio-module-bluetooth, >> rfkill. >I'm running KDE and I seem to have all the requisite Bluez and KDE >bluetooth pkgs installed. I actually uninstalled most of the peripheral >Bluex pkgs in case one of them was causing the problem. > >My troubleshooting procedure at this point is: > >1. See info about the internal Bluetooth device. > >2. Discover external Bluetooth device. > >3. Connect to external device. > >Right now, I'm stuck on Step 1. I assume you have tried a live CD. If not, try one of the bleeding edge ones like Karmic, Mint, or Fedora. I have used all of the above at one time or another, and they found the bluetooth device in my T61 and automatically configured it. If one of them finds it, then hopefully it will give you more clues. Oh, and here is a really dumb suggestion. On my T61 there is a radio slide switch on the front. Its function is to kill all radios by physically disconnecting them. I recall one time being unable to get the wireless working. Ubuntu couldn't even see it. After an hour of swearing in several languages I discovered the switch. OK, I said it was a dumb suggestion. And as long as I'm insulting you with suggestions that I'm sure you've already tried, there is the BIOS. I once had someone unable to get sound or USB to work and it turned out that a previously installed version of Windows had set his BIOS to Safe Boot Mode, disabling those things. OK, I'll shut up now. :) _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
