Linux Bluetooth “Device is not available: Success”
Symptom
Trying to use hcitool returns the ambiguous error message "Device is not available: Success"
CODE:
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[root@localhost ~]# hcitool scan
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Device is not available: Success
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[root@localhost ~]#
Solution
Start 'Bluetooth services' you monkey :'( .... I fell for this one and it took maybe half an hour of fiddling before I realised there was a /etc/init.d/bluetooth and that it wasn't running.
CODE:
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[root@localhost ~]# /etc/init.d/bluetooth start
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Starting Bluetooth services: [ OK ]
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[root@localhost ~]# hcitool scan
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Scanning ...
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