Toshiba satellite a300-20p bluetooth doesnt work

[Dr.Death]

Hello, the build in Toshiba Satellite bluetooth adapter is not working with my Fedora 11

I try to install omnibook, but under /proc/omnibook there is just to files "version & dmi", dmi contain:

BIOS Vendor: INSYDE
BIOS Version: 1.70
BIOS Release: 11/24/2008
System Vendor: TOSHIBA
Product Name: Satellite A300
Version: PSAGCE-09M006AR
Serial Number: 29430246Q
Board Vendor: TOSHIBA
Board Name: Base Board Version

when i try to create file "bluetooth" with value "1" i got:

[drdeath@linux omnibook]$ sudo su
[root@linux omnibook]# echo 1 > bluetooth
bash: bluetooth: No such file or directory
[root@linux omnibook]#

i disable SElinux, as it was giving me warning. but still the same issue i cant write on /proc

any idea how to enable my bluetooth device.

[root@linux ~]# dmesg | grep omnibook
omnibook: Driver version 2.20092106-trunk.
omnibook: Unknown model.
omnibook: dmi feature has no backend table, io_op not initialized.
omnibook: version feature has no backend table, io_op not initialized.
omnibook: Enabled features: dmi version.
[root@drdeath ~]#

[root@linux ~]# hcitool dev
Devices:
[root@linux ~]#

Jul 9 20:47:14 drdeath kernel: omnibook: Driver version 2.20092106-trunk.
Jul 9 20:47:14 drdeath kernel: omnibook: Unknown model.
Jul 9 20:47:14 drdeath kernel: omnibook: dmi feature has no backend table, io_op not initialized.
Jul 9 20:47:14 drdeath kernel: omnibook: version feature has no backend table, io_op not initialized.
Jul 9 20:47:14 drdeath kernel: omnibook: Enabled features: dmi version.

any idea?

[Garibaldi]

I am having this exact same issue! I have a Toshiba a205 running Ubuntu 9.10. I have installed the omnibook module and tried

sudo modprobe omnibook userset=1 ectype=16 bluetooth=1

with all ectype values 1-16 and nothing has worked. Each time, my dmesg output says

[    8.513875] omnibook: Driver version 2.20090707-trunk.
[    8.513941] omnibook: Unknown model.
[    8.513996] omnibook: Enabled features: dmi version.

and I only have dmi and version in /proc/omnibook. Were you ever able to find a solution? Any other ideas?

Thanks!

[ozjd]

Have you checked that bluez is installed and the bluetooth service is running?

[Garibaldi]

Thanks for the quick reply! Yes, bluez was installed as well as gnome-bluetooth. I even tried removing and reinstalling them just in case. I was having the very strange behavior that whenever I would run

$ sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart
$ sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth status

it would say that bluetooth was not started. However, I believe I have solved my problem. I think I specified the wrong ectype initially and did not know to run

$ sudo make unload

between each try of a different ectype. Therefore, when I restarted my computer, it loaded the module (with ectype=14) and I am now able to access my bluetooth adapter! I have since tested it and it seems to be working well! I have written up a little tutorial on my experiences with this and have also put together a little bash script for managing enabling/disabling the bluetooth adapter as well as checking on it's status.

Hopefully that information can be helpful to others who are also trying to enable bluetooth on their Toshiba laptops.

Thanks again!