<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 10:42 AM Bill Stanley <<a href="mailto:bstanle@wowway.com">bstanle@wowway.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I got an answer. I ran on the console "hciconfig -a" and there was <br>
no response from the console so the Bluetooth hardware is not on my <br>
computer. It wasn't what I hoped but at least I know that I can stop <br>
trying.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div> I ALMOST never use Bluetooth but now that it's in the GUI I see that it's active. I ran your </div><div><br></div><div>hciconfig -a<br></div><div><br></div><div>command, and it gave me lots of information about the interface. </div><div><br></div><div>Then I turned OFF Bluetooth (using the widget on the screen) and ran the command and... </div><div><br></div><div>nothing -- no response</div><div><br></div><div>SO you MIGHT still have Bluetooth but it might be turned off?</div><div><br></div><div>There's probably a "better" way to confirm whether you do or don't HAVE Bluetooth, but you might try</div><div><br></div><div>sudo lshw | grep Bluetooth</div><div><br></div><div>If you get a "hit" then one of your built-in devices offers it. Mine shows up on the usb bus.</div></div></div>