Re: Override default inquiry mode?

Norbert Unterberg <[email protected]> Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:22:07 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.bluez.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>

Mumia W.. schrieb:
> On 07/04/2008 03:55 PM, Norbert Unterberg wrote:

>> I have got one of those tiny bluetooth USB adapters
>> (http://www.anycom.com/products/bluetooth_it_pc_accessoires/?id=102&group_id=3,
>> Broadcom chipset) and want to use it on my EEE PC. However, it does not work as
>> I hoped.
>>
>> The adapter only works after setting the inquiry mode from RSSI/Extended to
>> standard mode using
>> hciconfig hcio reset
>> hciconfig hci0 inqmode 0
>>
>> Is there any way to tell the bluetooth stack (i.e. in one of its config files)
>> to always use the standard mode for this adapter, or even for all adapters?

>>
> 
> I have remarkably little knowledge of Bluetooth, and I haven't had any 
> experience with the EeePC, but I suspect that you could create a startup 
> script that performs those "hciconfig" actions.

That only works if the USB bluetooth adapter is plugged in during system start. 
If I plug the adapter in after the system is running it uses the default 
(extended) mode. Or is there a hook script running every time an adapter is 
plugged in?



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