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I have lifebook lh531. it says bluetooth adapter not installed. how do i enable bluetooh on this machine. it has a sticker "bluetooth" I am using ubuntu 11.10 and do "hcitool dev" it gives nothing at the prompt. sudo commands starts and restarts the bluetooth. No indication on the panel

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If your lifebook is hardware compatable then: Ubuntu 11.04 Install via the command line

sudo apt-get install bluez python-gobject python-dbus

python-gobject and python-dbus are needed for the python scripts bluez-simple-agent and bluez-test-device to work.

Discover the hciX location of the dongle with:

hcitool dev

Devices:
        hci0    00:11:95:00:1A:CF

For additional information see this page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothSetup

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Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done bluez is already the newest version. python-dbus is already the newest version. python-gobject is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. – chandrasekar Feb 25 '12 at 6:04
I have tried the replies are as under Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done bluez is already the newest version. python-dbus is already the newest version. python-gobject is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. pro-hq@prohq-LIFEBOOK-LH531:~$ hcitool dev Devices: – chandrasekar Feb 25 '12 at 6:14

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