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[Joel Dimbernat <joel.dimbernat@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:39 AM, <bugs.launchpad.net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On 17.05.2010 23:25 Joel Dimbernat wrote:
> > Thank you, I now have been able to update my bios to v212!
>
> Glad it works for you.
>
> > But I still don't see bluetooth... which makes me think that maybe my
> model
> > is not equiped with bluetooth... it seem to be tied to the 3G adaptor
> which
> > I don't have :-)
> > Stupid me.
> >
> > Anyway, I now have an up to date bios :-) I can now buy one of these
> cheap
> > usb bluetooth adaptors...
> >
> > My model is UL30A-QX105V
> > If anyone can confirm bluetooth presence or absence.
>
> I can on my UL30A (BIOS v211) system (QX130V fitting). I have a
> BCM2046B1 bluetooth chipset. I'm not perfectly sure but I think all
> UL30A have this chip.
>
> When I run this command I get to see a line containing the word
> 'bluetooth' (there are other bluetooth kernel modules whose names start
> with 'blue'), indicating that the hardware driver is loaded:
>  lsmod|grep ^blue
> This is the result:
> bluetooth              58621  9 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
>
> asus-acpi indicates I have a bluetooth device:
> # cat /sys/devices/platform/asus_laptop/bluetooth
> 1
>
> And the bluetooth modules tell me about the chipset:
> # cat /sys/class/bluetooth/hci0/name
> BCM2046B1 Bluetooth Device
>
> I have the bluetooth user space utilities installed:
> > $ dpkg -l bluetooth\* bluez\*| grep ^ii
> > ii  bluetooth                                       4.60-0ubuntu8
>                           Bluetooth support
> > ii  bluez                                           4.60-0ubuntu8
>                           Bluetooth tools and daemons
> > ii  bluez-alsa                                      4.60-0ubuntu8
>                           Bluetooth audio support
> > ii  bluez-cups                                      4.60-0ubuntu8
>                           Bluetooth printer driver for CUPS
> > ii  bluez-gstreamer                                 4.60-0ubuntu8
>                           Bluetooth GStreamer support
> > ii  bluez-utils                                     4.60-0ubuntu8
>                           Transitional package
>
> 'sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth status' reports:
>  * bluetooth is running
>
> And the following command nicely lists my bluetooth host controller
> interface including its MAC address:
>  hcitool dev
>
> So I have it, and I bet you have it, too.
>
> Moritz
>


Sadly, using all the commands that you shown, I'm now fairly sure that the
QX105V comes without bluetooth... (I understand better the price difference
now...)

Thanks for taking time to help!