Re: fresh bluez-4.50 install probably my fault

On Monday 31 August 2009, Gene Heskett wrote:

Greetings all;

After not playing with these nearly broken adapters for a while, last time
I had bluez-4.34 installed.  Now I have bluez-4.50 built with this
configure script:

./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-alsa --enable-gstreamer  \
--enable-usb --enable-netlink --enable-tools --enable-bccmd \
--enable-pcmcia --enable-hid2hci --enable-dfutool --enable-hidd  \
--enable-pand  --enable-dund --enable-cups --enable-test \
--enable-udevrules --enable-configfiles --enable-debug

Followed of course by the usual make;make-install.

Putzing around, I found the pre-existing bluetooth starter script in
/etc/init.d needed  editing because bluetoothd was now in /usr/local/bin,
where 4.34 had apparently put it in /usr/bin.  No biggie and bluetoothd now
seems to be running.  BTW I ran a make uninstall in the /usr/src/bluez-4.34
directory.

Disconnecting and re-plugging the dongle gets me this report in the log:
[181526.093228] usb 2-5.1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and
address 8
[181526.196233] usb 2-5.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0e5e,
idProduct=6622
[181526.196236] usb 2-5.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0,
SerialNumber=0
[181526.196327] usb 2-5.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

A couple of months ago, this dongle was 'paired' with another one, an eb101
which is acting like an rs232 port on a 30 year old computer, and I could
start a shell running on that device, and using a device in the /dev
directory that I don't recall ATM, I could start a minicom session, log
into the old computer, and run it in text mode from here, including using
rzsz to move files back and forth.

None of the /usr/local/bin/blue* utils can find a device to display, so
obviously I'm still missing something.

Back then I wrote a script to exercise things that looks like this:
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#!/bin/bash
echo attempting to get bt link to the coco3
echo "rfcomm release 0"
rfcomm release 0
sleep 2
ls -l /dev/rfcomm*
sleep 2
rfcomm -i 11:11:11:11:11:11 show hci0
sleep 2
echo "resetting hci0"
hciconfig reset hsi0
sleep 2
ls -l /dev/rfcomm*
sleep 2
rfcomm -i 11:11:11:11:11:11 show hci0
sleep 2
ls -l /dev/rfcomm*
sleep 2
echo "hciconfig -a"
hciconfig -a
sleep 2
ls -l /dev/rfcomm*
sleep 2
echo "rfcomm bind 0 00:0c:84:00:86:F8"
rfcomm bind 0 00:0c:84:00:86:F8
sleep 2
ls -l /dev/rfcomm*
sleep 2
#echo "rfcomm connect 0 00:0c:84:00:86:F8 1"
#rfcomm connect 0 00:0c:84:00:86:F8 1
echo this should show the cocos address
rfcomm -i 11:11:11:11:11:11 show 0
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And when I run it, I get this, please note the lack of rfcomm
--------------------------------
[root@coyote bin]# ./connect2coco3
attempting to get bt link to the coco3
rfcomm release 0
Can't release device: No such device
ls: cannot access /dev/rfcomm*: No such file or directory
Get info failed: No such device
resetting hci0
hci0:   Type: USB
       BD Address: 11:11:11:11:11:11 ACL MTU: 672:3 SCO MTU: 48:1
       UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
       RX bytes:1035 acl:0 sco:0 events:35 errors:0
       TX bytes:397 acl:0 sco:0 commands:35 errors:0

ls: cannot access /dev/rfcomm*: No such file or directory
Get info failed: No such device
ls: cannot access /dev/rfcomm*: No such file or directory
hciconfig -a
hci0:   Type: USB
       BD Address: 11:11:11:11:11:11 ACL MTU: 672:3 SCO MTU: 48:1
       UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
       RX bytes:1035 acl:0 sco:0 events:35 errors:0
       TX bytes:397 acl:0 sco:0 commands:35 errors:0
       Features: 0xff 0x3e 0x85 0x38 0x18 0x18 0x00 0x00
       Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3
       Link policy: RSWITCH HOLD SNIFF PARK
       Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT
       Name: 'coyote.coyote.den-0'
       Class: 0x022104
       Service Classes: Networking
       Device Class: Computer, Desktop workstation
       HCI Ver: 2.0 (0x3) HCI Rev: 0x1f4 LMP Ver: 2.0 (0x3) LMP Subver:
0x1f4
       Manufacturer: CONWISE Technology Corporation Ltd (66)

ls: cannot access /dev/rfcomm*: No such file or directory
rfcomm bind 0 00:0c:84:00:86:F8
crw------- 1 root root 216, 0 2009-08-31 00:42 /dev/rfcomm0
this should show the cocos address
rfcomm0: 00:0C:84:00:86:F8 channel 1 clean
[root@coyote bin]#
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The last, from the rfcomm bind onward is correct.  That is indeed the
address of the eb101 being driven from the coco3.  So I have to think that
the devices are communicating.

However, minicom refused to connect to /dev/rfcomm0, claiming an invalid
argument.

blueman-assistant runs, but finds no devices after its scan.

Whats next folks?

Thanks.

Ping???

I just found that the module hci_uart was not loaded, but modprobing it in 
does nothing.

Is there a tutorial on getting this started from plugging in the usb dongle, 
if so where? 

-- 
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