Problems enabling nc8430 bluetooth module

disgustingangel — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:21:50 GMT

Using linux (ubuntu 7.04) on my nc8430 (em741av) i'm unable to see the bluetooth module:
The module itself (BCM92045NMD) won't show itself in any way (like it won't show up in the lsusb output) and so i really don't know how to start using it...
I can easily use an external usb-bluetooth adapter, the problem is way before this :)

Any help will be appreciated :)

Dario

Re: Problems enabling nc8430 bluetooth module

~sesh — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:01:26 GMT

Try installing kbluetooth (I have seen it working with Kubuntu / KDE stack).

Re: Problems enabling nc8430 bluetooth module

disgustingangel — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:19:46 GMT

I've tried also with kbluetooth, but the problem is the same:"No bluetooth adapter".
here's my lspci output:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M56P [Radeon Mobility X1600]
02:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
02:06.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
02:06.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
02:06.3 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
02:06.4 Communication controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 GemCore based SmartCard controller
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5753M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 21)
10:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)

and that's my lsusb output:
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

(the logitech thing is just my usb mouse).

The bluetooth module, as far as i understand, is supposed to be connected via the USB bus, and I have both the ubci_hcd and the ehci_hcd modules installed.

I think the problem is about activating the device, cause it can't be seen.
That's my second nc8430 with the same "missing bluetooth" problem, so i'm not supposing it could be a HW problem.

Does anyone know if there is some strage acpi command (or anything else) that has to be issued for the module to be activated?

Thanks

Dario

Re: Problems enabling nc8430 bluetooth module

Justin_99 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:37:51 GMT

Only time I have seen something similar to this was with a Qlogic card. Installed the card, it showed up in the BIOS and at system POST. When I booted the system device was nowhere to be found even with the correct driver loaded. Ended up being an IRQ conflict, I resolved it by disabling firewire(didn't need it) in the BIOS on that system.

Re: Problems enabling nc8430 bluetooth module

disgustingangel — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:42:55 GMT

I just tried disabling every device I was able to disable from BIOS, bus still "hciconfig -a", with the wireless switch enabled, gives me nothing. Also lsusb and lspci gives me nothing intersting...

In a few hours maybe i'll beable also to try again replacing the BCM92045NMD with someone from another nc8430, I'll post any news.

Any other ideas?

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