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On 7/31/19 2:21 PM, Jack wrote: |
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> On 2019.07.31 12:25, Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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>> On 2019-07-30 22:44, Dale wrote: |
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>>> I wonder, if I bought a bluetooth USB thingy and put that on my |
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>>> puter, would that help any? Since I hooked up my wifi router and it |
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>>> uses that, would that help? Or is the USB cable directly connected |
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>>> the best way? |
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>> I have a USB to BT adaptor.? It's worse than paperweight: I could |
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>> never make it work on gentoo, or any other kind of Linux.? I think it |
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>> might be like the infamous Winmodems of old, requiring a proprietary |
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>> driver to do anything at all. |
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> I have one that works just fine.? It shows up with lsusb as: |
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> Bus 007 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth |
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> Dongle (HCI mode) |
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> I ordered it online, for not much money, but I'd have to dig to see if I |
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> still have any records of where I ordered it.? (eBay is likely)? I'd |
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> also have to do some digging to see if I needed to modify my kernel |
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> config to add anything for it.? So far, I have only used it for a |
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> headset, and I know I went through a number of trials and errors before |
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> getting it to work consistently, but it does work fine. |
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> Jack |
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Hello Jack, |
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Not sure this device would work for you; but if your phone has a type-C |
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port, it be interesting to try. For that matter, I'm not sure it will |
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work with linux (Gentoo, RHEL, *buntu....) But it sure looks promising. |
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https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-3USB3-0-Multiport-MacBook-Samsung/dp/B07DHQ2X8Z |
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hth, |
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James |
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