Ashok Sinha wrote:

Dear experts,

I have a usb dongle for bluetooth i use with winXP. Is is possible to get a linux driver. Linpuslinux- Fedora(?) I plugged it in but the system showed no signs of recognizing it.

First of all, tell us the name on the dongle and as many technical details as possible ( make, model, name of company etc... ) on the device's packaging. Next, plugin the device and issue the following commands as ROOT:

lsusb -v

lsusb -n

Paste the output in your email. Also what version of Linpus / Fedora are you using? Can you tell us the kernel version that you're currently using? If you dont know your kernel version then on the command line, run:

uname -a

And include that info as well in your email.

I am not a SW guy so dont tell me to write it myself!

Hahahaha... :P

- Dinesh

On Tuesday 24 Mar 2009, Ashok Sinha wrote:

I plugged it in but the system showed no signs of recognizing it.

open up a terminal program (xterm will do) and read the output from the "lsusb -v | less" A bluetooth device should be listed in there. Whether it works with Linux depends upon the bluetooth chip manufacturer.