On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 20:59:06 +0100 Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 7:14 PM Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > I would like to buy a cheap Bluetooth receiver/transmitter for my > > > desktop computer running Fedora 32. I have searched eBay for that, but > > > meanwhile learned that most of them do not work on Linux. So, could > > > you please advise me on that? > > > > Where did you see that most don't work? I think it's the opposite. As > > far as I know, they all work. It's USB wifi devices that you're more > > likely to have trouble with (at least 5GHz ones). I recently needed a > > bluetooth dongle for BLE and picked one of the cheaper ones I could find > > and it just worked. > > Thanks, Samuel and George. I found issues of compatibility with Linux at: > > https://www.thetechlounge.com/best-bluetooth-adapter/ > > Meanwhile, I bought the following Bluetooth dongle, which was very > cheap and therefore the risk is low: > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/143581114516 > > Paul Belkin F8T017 2020-07-18T10:57:50+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usb 2-5.1.3: new full-speed USB device number 19 using ehci-pci 2020-07-18T10:57:50+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usb 2-5.1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0a5c, idProduct=4500 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usb 2-5.1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usb 2-5.1.3: Product: BCM2046B1 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usb 2-5.1.3: Manufacturer: Broadcom 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: hub 2-5.1.3:1.0: USB hub found 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: hub 2-5.1.3:1.0: 3 ports detected 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usb 2-5.1.3.1: new full-speed USB device number 20 using ehci-pci 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usb 2-5.1.3.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0a5c, idProduct=4502 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usb 2-5.1.3.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: input: HID 0a5c:4502 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-5/2-5.1/2-5.1.3/2-5.1.3.1/2-5.1.3.1:1.0/0003:0A5C:4502.0005/input/input16 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: hid-generic 0003:0A5C:4502.0005: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [HID 0a5c:4502] on usb-0000:00:1d.7-5.1.3.1/input0 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usb 2-5.1.3.2: new full-speed USB device number 21 using ehci-pci 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usb 2-5.1.3.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0a5c, idProduct=4503 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usb 2-5.1.3.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: input: HID 0a5c:4503 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-5/2-5.1/2-5.1.3/2-5.1.3.2/2-5.1.3.2:1.0/0003:0A5C:4503.0006/input/input17 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: hid-generic 0003:0A5C:4503.0006: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [HID 0a5c:4503] on usb-0000:00:1d.7-5.1.3.2/input0 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usb 2-5.1.3.3: new full-speed USB device number 22 using ehci-pci 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usb 2-5.1.3.3: New USB device found, idVendor=050d, idProduct=0017 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usb 2-5.1.3.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usb 2-5.1.3.3: Product: BLUETOOTH USB +EDR ADAPTER Class 1 v2.1 UHE 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usb 2-5.1.3.3: Manufacturer: Broadcom Corp 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usb 2-5.1.3.3: SerialNumber: 000A3A88235E 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan mtp-probe[16977]: checking bus 2, device 21: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-5/2-5.1/2-5.1.3/2-5.1.3.2" 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan mtp-probe[16978]: checking bus 2, device 20: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-5/2-5.1/2-5.1.3/2-5.1.3.1" 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan mtp-probe[16977]: bus: 2, device: 21 was not an MTP device 2020-07-18T10:57:51+0200 smicro.local.lan mtp-probe[16978]: bus: 2, device: 20 was not an MTP device 2020-07-18T10:57:52+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb 2020-07-18T10:57:52+0200 smicro.local.lan systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status... 2020-07-18T10:57:52+0200 smicro.local.lan kernel: usb 2-5.1.3.1: input irq status -75 received 2020-07-18T10:57:52+0200 smicro.local.lan systemd[1]: Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status. 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