HELP : BLUEZ on RedHat9.0

I've downloaded all the rpm to install BLUEZ
on my RedHat 9.0, to use a NORTEK USB-BlueTooth dongle,
all seemed to be OK, but my iPaq and my linux don't
find each other. I've installed also the
Bluetooth File Sharing by Edd Dumbill : it starts, but
if I try to connect Linux from iPaq, nothing happens.
What could have gone wrong ? Does someone knows if
it is indeed possible to run bluetooth on RedHat 9.0
without compiling the kernel (which I don't want to do ) ?
dm

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dm wrote:

>
> I've downloaded all the rpm to install BLUEZ
> on my RedHat 9.0, to use a NORTEK USB-BlueTooth dongle,
> all seemed to be OK, but my iPaq and my linux don't
> find each other. I've installed also the
> Bluetooth File Sharing by Edd Dumbill : it starts, but
> if I try to connect Linux from iPaq, nothing happens.
> What could have gone wrong ? Does someone knows if
> it is indeed possible to run bluetooth on RedHat 9.0
> without compiling the kernel (which I don't want to do ) ?

I'm no bluez guru, but I would suggest:

(1) What does "hciconfig -a" say on your computer?
If you get no response then bluez is not working.

(2) Assuming bluez is not working,
what does "service bluetooth restart" say?

(3) If bluez is working,
what does "hcitool scan" say?

You don't say what kernel you are running.
There have been a huge number of changes in bluez
in recent (2.6) kernels.
I doubt if it is worth going to a lot of trouble
with an earlier kernel.

I'm not running RH-9 now,
but I ran bluez with a USB dongle under RH-9,
and it worked fine.
However, I always compiled my own kernel.

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Thank you for your quick response, please find
attached as comments all the info missing from my previous
posting :

> I'm no bluez guru, but I would suggest:
>
> (1) What does "hciconfig -a" say on your computer?
> If you get no response then bluez is not working.

$ /sbin/hciconfig -a
hci0: Type: USB
BD Address: 00:03:C9:56:14:32 ACL MTU: 377:10 SCO MTU: 16:0
UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN AUTH ENCRYPT
RX bytes:87 acl:0 sco:0 events:11 errors:0
TX bytes:292 acl:0 sco:0 commands:11 errors:0
Features: 0xff 0xff 0x0d 0x38 0x08 0x08 0x00 0x00
Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3
Link policy: HOLD SNIFF PARK
Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT
Name: 'ivge-gw-0'
Class: 0x120104
Service Classes: Networking, Object Transfer
Device Class: Computer, Desktop workstation
HCI Ver: 1.1 (0x1) HCI Rev: 0x69 LMP Ver: 1.1 (0x1) LMP Subver:
0x2700
Manufacturer: Broadcom Corporation (15)

>
> (2) Assuming bluez is not working,
> what does "service bluetooth restart" say?
>
> (3) If bluez is working,
> what does "hcitool scan" say?

$ /sbin/hciconfig scan
hci0: Type: USB
BD Address: 00:03:C9:56:14:32 ACL MTU: 377:10 SCO MTU: 16:0
UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN AUTH ENCRYPT
RX bytes:364 acl:0 sco:0 events:14 errors:0
TX bytes:301 acl:0 sco:0 commands:14 errors:0


>
> You don't say what kernel you are running.

$ uname -a
Linux ivge-gw 2.4.20-18.9 #1 Thu May 29 06:54:41 EDT 2003 i686 athlon i386
GNU/Linux

> There have been a huge number of changes in bluez
> in recent (2.6) kernels.
> I doubt if it is worth going to a lot of trouble
> with an earlier kernel.
>
> I'm not running RH-9 now,
> but I ran bluez with a USB dongle under RH-9,
> and it worked fine.
> However, I always compiled my own kernel.
>

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