Call for Action!

Hi Fellow Hackateers,

I got a couple Macs to recognize Bluetooth devices this morning through the following process. Perhaps it will work for the remainder.

1. Open up Ubuntu

2. Navigate to System>Preferences>Bluetooth in Ubuntu.

3. A pop-up window will appear. Under "Notification", within the "General" tab, click "Always Display Icon".

4. Click the "Close" button. The Bluetooth logo should show in one of the corners of the Ubuntu desktop (mine's in the upper right corner).

5. Restart Ubuntu by navigating to System>Shut Down. When the pop-up window displays, click "restart". DO NOT TRY TO RESTART THROUGH THE VMTOOLS MENU. THIS METHOD WILL SUSPEND YOUR SESSION, BUT WILL NOT RESTART UBUNTU.

6. Once Ubuntu is up and running again, click on the Bluetooth logo. The menu option "Setup new device" will appear. Click on it.

7. A pop-up window titled "INTRODUCTION" "Welcome to the Bluetooth device setup Wizard". Click the "Forward" button.

8. A new pop-up window will appear. Bluetooth devices should start populating the window. Once the device name matching your device populates the window, select it by clicking "Forward".
9. A new pop-up titled "CONNECTING TO DEVICE" will appear. This window will provide a four digit code that you will need to enter into the device to validate the connection. Once you enter the code, you should be done.

Hope this works. Keep on Truck'n.