From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) - Firefox useragent switcher ! Description of problem: 3Com Bluethooth PCMCIA Card Doesn't work in FC2 or FC3. In FC1, Steps to install were from distribution cd rpm -ivh bluez* cp BT3CPCC.bin /etc/bluetooth/firmware /etc/init.d/bluetooth start ...& then gnome-bluetooth-manager worked ! Have followed the same steps & in FC2 & now just installed FC3 but no joy. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): bluez-hcidump-1.11-1 bluez-utils-2.10-2 gnome-bluetooth-0.5.1-5bluez-libs-2.10-2 bluez-pin-0.23-3 bluez-bluefw-1.0-6 kernel-2.6.9-1.667 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Clean Install FC3 (Hardware = HP Omnibook 6100) 2. rpm -ivh bluez* 3. get BT3CPCC.bin from http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/result.jsp?selected=all&sort=effdt&order=desc&sku=3CRWB6096 4. do unzip -p btp1_1en.exe Drivers.W2k/BT3CPCC.bin > BT3CPCC.bin 5. cp BT3CPCC.bin /etc/bluetooth/firmware 6. /etc/init.d/bluetooth start 7. gnome-bluetooth-manger Actual Results: gnome-bluetooth-manager reports "could not find bluetooth devices on system" Expected Results: gnome-bluetooth-manager to start & me to "scan" for local devices ;-)
#################################### # Stuff I thought might be usefull ################################### #PCMCIA INFO ! ############### $ sudo cardctl status Socket 0: 5V 16-bit PC Card function 0: [ready], [wp] Socket 1: no card $ sudo cardctl info PRODID_1="3COM" PRODID_2="3CRWB60-A" PRODID_3="Bluetooth PC Card" PRODID_4="" MANFID=0101,0040 FUNCID=2 PRODID_1="" PRODID_2="" PRODID_3="" PRODID_4="" MANFID=0000,0000 FUNCID=255 $ sudo cardctl $ sudo cardctl ident Socket 0: product info: "3COM", "3CRWB60-A", "Bluetooth PC Card" manfid: 0x0101, 0x0040 function: 2 (serial) Socket 1: no product info available ###################################### /var/log/messages Nov 10 16:46:15 localhost hcid[7352]: Bluetooth HCI daemon Nov 10 16:46:15 localhost bluetooth: hcid startup succeeded Nov 10 16:46:15 localhost sdpd[7356]: Bluetooth SDP daemon Nov 10 16:46:15 localhost bluetooth: sdpd startup succeeded ####################################### $ rpm -q -a | grep bluez bluez-hcidump-1.11-1 bluez-utils-2.10-2 bluez-libs-2.10-2 bluez-pin-0.23-3 bluez-bluefw-1.0-6
[SOLVED] By luck I found a FAQ: http://fcp.homelinux.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=72 and I assumed that all firmware should now go in /lib/firmware.. and now it works :-)