Bluetooth problem, hardware or software?

[wuurp]

I bought a used Socket bluetooth card version F from eBay and I'm having some trouble with it. I need to quickly decide if the card is ok, or ask for a replacement.

I set up BlueZ using the howto and revision D of the bluez package. I already had sudo and susp-resume, and added the susp-resume for bluetooth.  I was able to pair with my phone and dialup to the internet. I can suspend and resume and it still works.

The problem came when I removed the card and put it back in. It wouln't connect to the phone. Restarting bluetooth gave me "Can't get port settings: input/output error
Can't initialize device: input/output error".  I tried a lot of variations of restarting pcmcia, cardctl suspend resume, pulling the card and replacing, etc. In the end it seems that sometimes when I insert the card it works, most of the time it doesn't.

I looked at cardctl ident, status and config, and hciconfig to try and see what's going on. When I insert the card and it works I get

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cardctl ident 0

  product info: "Socket", "CF+ Personal Network Card"
  manfid: 0x0104, 0x009f
  function: 254 ((null))

cardctl status 0

  3.3V 16-bit PC Card
  function 0: [ready], [req attn]

cardctl config 0

  Vcc 3.3V  Vpp1 0.0V  Vpp2 0.0V
  interface type is "memory and I/O"
  irq 39 [exclusive] [level]
  function 0:
    config base 0x01f6
      option 0x44 ext 0x00
    io 0xf6000000-0xf600001f [8bit]

hciconfig

  hci0: Type: PCCARD
        BD Address: 00:02:CE:76:DD:EA ACL MTU: 340:4  SCO MTU: 64:0
        UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
        RX bytes:142 acl:0 sco:0 events:12 errors:0
        TX bytes:350 acl:0 sco:0 commands:12 errors:0
and when it doesn't I get

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cardctl ident 0

  no product info available
  manfid: 0x0104, 0x009f
  function: 190 ((null))

cardctl status 0

  3.3V 16-bit PC Card
  function 0: [ready]

cardctl config 0
  Vcc 3.3V  Vpp1 3.3V  Vpp2 3.3V

hciconfig
  [nothing]
It's obviously not seeing the card properly but beyond that I'm not sure what this means. Does this indicate a hardware problem, or something wrong with my configuration? It can go from non-working to working just by pulling the card and re-inserting, so nothing is changing. It's only how the zaurus is detecting the card I think.

Being a bluetooth newbie, let me say that it is cool dialing up though my phone when it's in the other room. Now if I could get it to work more than once in a while  

[tumnus]

Which ROM are you using?

It could well be a hardware problem. At least with the standard Sharp ROM, the Rev F Socket cards work perfectly with the BlueZ drivers.

[wuurp]

I'm using the stock rom on a c750. The outofthebox compatibility was why I bought it. I have no probems with other cards (wifi, memory) so I doubt it's the Z hardware. I read some posts on Sockets forums about intermittent recognition of the card on an Ipaq and socket support suggested it was a faulty card. I would like some proof before trying to argue with the seller though, but I guess I'll just have to try and convince him.

Thanks for the reply.

[dz]

Hmm.. I don't mean to bring up an old post, but was this ever resolved?

I'm having the same exact issue right now  :-/