Is there some site which shows which usb bluetooth adapters work with linux? I have a 2.6.11 kernel. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Myrow" <amyrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 6:53 PM Subject: Re: Is there a pc suite for linux? > Here is a link to a tutorial on getting a Nokia 3650 to work with Linux > over Bluetooth. I suspect that most of the steps would be similar with > other series 60 phones. I managed to get it working enough to send files > from the phone, but for some reason, I couldn't get it working the other > way. I don't know about infrared compatibility, but I bought a USB > bluetooth adapter, and, at least in Windows, it works well. As I said, I > had it partially working under Linux, but I then upgraded Slackware from > 10.0 to 10.1, and deleted it all. Maybe, I'll give it another shot in the > near future and see if perhaps, I did something wrong, but I think it > should be possible. Bluetooth is nice, because, once set up, you can put > the phone wherever you like, and it can be pointing in any direction and > still work. Of course, I strongly suggest that when you are done, you > disable the Bluetooth support on the phone, since there are a few viruses > which have been known to spread via that protocol. I wouldn't be > surprised to see a Norton Antivirus for cell phones in the near future > since Symantec seems to be willing to make a little money off anything. > > As I recall in my previous experiments, the biggest problem I had was with > UDEV in the 2.6 kernel failing to create devices until I had echoed > something to them. I don't know if this is still an issue, but this > thread has made me want to give it another shot. Anyway, the URL of the > tutorial I used for my previous attempts is below. > http://www.saunalahti.fi/~laakkon1/linux/3650_blue.php > Hope it is at least a little helpful. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
