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Re: Belkin F8T001 USB Dongle and BlueFW: msg#00187

Subject: Re: Belkin F8T001 USB Dongle and BlueFW
Thanks.

Max

At 05:43 AM 6/26/2003, Steve Dillon wrote:
>On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 09:20, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
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>> send me a patch for the README file of bluez-bluefw and I will apply it.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Marcel
>Here's a readme  for the bluefw package.  CC'ing the group in case somebody is
>searching through it.
>
>Steve
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>Before you start with this package you will want to have enabled bluetooth 
>support in the
>kernel and have installed at least the bluez-utils and bluez-libs packages.
>
>BUILDING:
>
>To build run the 'standard' build commands:
>>./configure
>>make
>>su
>>make-install
>
>Quick Installation Test: (Most devices that use this driver are 
>usb dongles.. so I'll refer to the bluetooth device as a dongle
>from now on).  Plug the dongle in the USB port and:
>>[root@rhat hotplug]# /sbin/hciconfig
>>hci0:   Type: USB
>>        BD Address: 00:03:C9:2B:9E:2E ACL MTU: 377:10  SCO MTU: 16:0
>>        UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
>>        RX bytes:93 acl:0 sco:0 events:12 errors:0
>>        TX bytes:296 acl:0 sco:0 commands:12 errors:0
>
>If you get this display (with a valid BD Address line),  You're all set, bluez 
>has found
>your device and is ready for you to configure what you want to use the device 
>for.
>
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>If you get this:
>>[root@rhat hotplug]# /sbin/hciconfig
>>hci0:   Type: USB
>>        BD Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 ACL MTU: 0:0  SCO MTU: 0:0
>>        DOWN
>>        RX bytes:0 acl:0 sco:0 events:0 errors:0
>>        TX bytes:0 acl:0 sco:0 commands:0 errors:0
>Note: No valid BD Address.  Then chances are that the hcid daemon is not 
>running.
>To check:
>> ps -aux | grep hcid
>To start on redhat:
>> /etc/init.d/bluetooth start
>
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>OTHER PROBLEMS:
>These usually stem from problems with the hotplug scripts package.  If you are 
>still having
>problems get the latest from http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/.  You can 
>check 
>your version via:
>>[root@rhat steved]# rpm -q hotplug
>>hotplug-2003_05_01-1
>
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>My RedHat 9.0 had an older hotplug rpm (2002_04_01-17) and I had problems with 
>rpm -U since 
>there is now two packages.  You probably want to backup your /etc/hotplug  
>directory before
>continuing. Here's what I did on RedHat, other distributions will vary.
>>[root@rhat steved]# rpm -e hotplug --nodeps
>>[root@rhat palm]# rpm -i hotplug-base-2003_05_01-1.noarch.rpm
>>warning: hotplug-base-2003_05_01-1.noarch.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key 
>>ID db2dfb29
>>[root@rhat palm]# rpm -i hotplug-2003_05_01-1.noarch.rpm
>>warning: hotplug-2003_05_01-1.noarch.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 
>>db2dfb29
>
>After you have upgraded your hotplug packages verify that:
>/etc/hotplug/usb/bluefw
>and
>/etc/hotplug/usb/bluefw.usermap
>are still intact (else..  make install of the bluefw package again).
>
>Unplug and replug the USB dongle now to test new hotplug.
>Successful /var/log/messages:
>>Jun 25 22:18:17 rhat kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:1f.4-1 
>>address 4
>>Jun 25 22:18:17 rhat devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted
>>Jun 25 22:18:26 rhat kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1f.4-1, assigned 
>>address 5
>>Jun 25 22:18:27 rhat kernel: usb.c: USB device 5 (vend/prod 0xa5c/0x2033) is 
>>not claimed by any active driver.
>>Jun 25 22:18:30 rhat bluefw[5772]: Loading firmware to usb device 0a5c:2033
>>Jun 25 22:18:32 rhat bluefw[5772]: FW loaded
>>Jun 25 22:18:32 rhat kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:1f.4-1 
>>address 5
>>Jun 25 22:18:33 rhat devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted
>>Jun 25 22:18:33 rhat kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1f.4-1, assigned 
>>address 6
>
>More problems?
>Verify that the /proc/bus/usb directory exists.  If not there, you need 
>re-compile kernel with
>USB Support-> Preliminary USB Filesystem (CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS)
>
>Final hotplug help:
>The hotplug script /etc/hotplug/usb.agent is called when a new USB device is 
>plugged in.
>It makes extensive use of functions in /etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions.  Both 
>of these scripts
>have an option to turn on debugging by editing the files.  They work by 
>looking through the
>loadable kernel modules looking for device id's that match the new USB device. 
> If no 
>kernel modules are foud, it searches through *.usermap files looking for 
>matching matching device 
>ID's.
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