[Olpc-open] Bluetooth and XO 1.5

[Luciano Facchinelli]

Ok, i'll see what can i do about this.
Seems like i'll end with a home-made Kernel with bluetooth support  ^_^
Thanks Paul

Luciano

2011/11/1 Paul Fox <pgf at laptop.org>

> luciano wrote:
>  > Ok, thanks paul.
>  > any other useful link besides wiki about compile XO's kernel ?
>  >
>
> not offhand.  there are other ways to install a new kernel and modules
> manually, if building the RPM is difficult (for instance, if you don't
> have a Fedora host system on which to do builds), but the wiki
> probably is the most straightforward approach.
>
> by the way, this step
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Kernel#Installing_kernel_RPMs
> is critical, since simply installing your RPM isn't sufficient.
>
> paul
>
>  > Thanks
>  >
>  > Lucinao
>  >
>  > 2011/11/1 Paul Fox <pgf at laptop.org>
>  >
>  > > luciano wrote:
>  > >  > On IRC , kevix  pointed about OS Builder (
>  > >  > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_Builder )
>  > >  > Can i add bluetooth support creating a whole new image with OSB ?
> or the
>  > >  > only way to allow bluetooth module is compiling the kernel again
>  > >
>  > > i believe that OS Builder pulls in RPMs -- it doesn't create RPM
>  > > packages itself.  so for what you need, you'd have to create a new
>  > > kernel RPM first in any case.
>  > >
>  > > paul
>  > >
>  > >  >
>  > >  > Luciano
>  > >  >
>  > >  >
>  > >  >
>  > >  > 2011/11/1 Paul Fox <pgf at laptop.org>
>  > >  >
>  > >  > > luciano wrote:
>  > >  > >  > Hi everyone !
>  > >  > >  > This is my first mail to list.
>  > >  > >  > I got this X0 1.5 with Fedora Remix and i was trying to
> connect a
>  > > usb
>  > >  > >  > blueetooth dongle, but doesn't seems to work.
>  > >  > >  >
>  > >  > >  > In fact, if i do a "lsmod" i cannot see any bluetooth modules
>  > > loaded in
>  > >  > >  > kernel, and if i try "modprobe bluetooth" console respond
> saying
>  > > that
>  > >  > >  > "bluetooth doesnt exist"
>  > >  > >  >
>  > >  > >  > So, basically i know that i should recompile the current
> kernel
>  > > with
>  > >  > >  > bluetooth support, am i right?
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > that's right.  there are currently no bluetooth modules built in
> our
>  > >  > > distros.  i think it's probably time that we changed that.
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > >  >
>  > >  > >  > Anyone did that before (recompile the kernel) ?
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Kernel
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > paul
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > >  >
>  > >  > >  > Thanks
>  > >  > >  > Luciano
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