[Bug 37288] Re: Bluetooth not discovered on Dell Inspiron 9400

Ketil Malde ketil at ii.uib.no
Tue Aug 5 13:00:14 UTC 2008


** Description changed:

+     OVERVIEW
+ 
+ Dell provides a Bluetooth module for laptops that works with Linux only
+ when the laptop is shipped with XP.  Laptops shipped with Vista uses a
+ different firmware for th BT module, which isn't recognized by Linux.
+ 
+    DIAGNOSTICS
+ 
+ 'hcitool dev' gives no output, indicating no bluetooth adapters present. 'lsusb' only lists the ID, but provides no desciption:
+  
+   Bus 001 Device 005: ID 413c:8105 Dell Computer Corp.
+ 
+    WORKAROUNDS
+ 
+ 1.  Boot into windows, then reboot (without turning off power) into
+ Linux.
+ 
+ 2. Install Windows XP, and use Dell's DFU tool to install the XP-specific firmware, which is availabe from:
+ http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R117967&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=156024
+ 
+ After the firmware update, the 'lsusb' command should list (among other
+ things):
+ 
+    % lsusb
+        :
+    Bus 001 Device 010: ID 413c:8103 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 350 Bluetooth
+ 
+     % hcitool dev
+     Devices:
+             hci0    00:AA:BB:11:22:33
+ 
+ --------------------------------------------
+ Original bug regport:
+ 
  I'm running a fresh Dapper on a Dell Inspiron 9400. There is Bluetooth
  in the laptop, but the OS doesn't seem to see it, saying that no
  bluetooth hardware is found.
  
  Here's lspci output:
  
  0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
  0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 03)
  0000:00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
  0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
  0000:00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
  0000:00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
  0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 01)
  0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 01)
  0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 01)
  0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 01)
  0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
  0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
  0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
  0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controllers cc=IDE (rev 01)
  0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
  0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0098 (rev a1)
  0000:03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
  0000:03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd: Unknown device 0832
  0000:03:01.1 0805: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
  0000:03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd: Unknown device 0843 (rev 01)
  0000:03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
  0000:03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)
  0000:0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 4222 (rev 02)

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Bluetooth not discovered on Dell Inspiron 9400
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