On 10/26/2015 01:33 PM, Greg Woods wrote:
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: Then why do my BT devices (mouse, headphones, an external speaker system) show up under the BT settings dialogue? Maybe those devices can work with or without the dongle? Or maybe these devices are somehow different than the devices I have experience with, that used Bluetooth to communicate with the dongle, but didn't require any Bluetooth software on the system, they showed up as USB devices.
Those sorts of devices often have full-up driver stuff built into the dongle, so the dongle itself does all the wireless stuff required without bothering the system. Then, yes, they appear as USB devices because that's all the dongle presents to the USB port. They're not general-purpose BT dongles. My Logitech wireless keyboard/mouse does precisely that. The wireless mouse shows up in "lsusb" as a USB-PS2 wireless mouse, but NOT as a BT mouse (because it isn't BT). I have a Broadcom USB BT dongle. The BT dongle shows up in an "lsusb" as a BT dongle. Remember, Bluetooth means it uses RF in the correct frequency bands and adheres to the Bluetooth protocols and that's all it means. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
