Checking for bluetooth hardware

[vajra]

I am not sure if my computer has bt or not, is there a command for scanning the hardware? I tried this but I'm not sure if it gives me the info or not!

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inxi -Fxz

System:    Host: silver Kernel: 4.19.0-8-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.8 
           Distro: LMDE 4 Debbie base: Debian 10.2 buster 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP EliteBook 2560p v: A0001D02 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 162B v: KBC Version 04.21 serial: <filter> BIOS: Hewlett-Packard 
           v: 68SSU Ver. F.22 date: 12/22/2011 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 39.8 Wh condition: 40.3/40.3 Wh (100%) model: Hewlett-Packard Primary 
           status: Unknown 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-2520M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7 
           L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19955 
           Speed: 865 MHz min/max: 800/3200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 801 2: 889 3: 799 4: 798 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
           driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-8-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: 4060 
           bus ID: 00:19.0 
           IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 4040 
           bus ID: 24:00.0 
           IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 149.05 GiB used: 24.04 GiB (16.1%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Intel model: SSDSA2BW160G3H size: 149.05 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 145.71 GiB used: 24.04 GiB (16.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 207 Uptime: 5h 31m Memory: 3.77 GiB used: 2.31 GiB (61.4%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 
           Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.3 inxi: 3.0.32 

[vajra]

I ask this because i get the message "no bluetooth adapters found" when I open the bt config for mint

[jwiz]

hwinfo --short

[vajra]

Thanks. Can't see anything about bluetooth. So does that mean I definitely don't have it?

According to this page https://support.hp.com/vn-en/document/c02852909
It ought to have it, but I bought it 2nd hand a few years ago & don't know if that would have been an optional feature.

[jwiz]

You simply can't proove a negative.

[vajra]

If I assume the "no bluetooth adapters found" is an error and try to get it working what would be the next step?