Bluetooth activated through Windows 7: ~$ hciconfig hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB BD Address: 00:1F:3A:D8:6A:79 ACL MTU: 1017:8 SCO MTU: 64:8 UP RUNNING PSCAN RX bytes:1233 acl:0 sco:0 events:43 errors:0 TX bytes:446 acl:0 sco:0 commands:43 errors:0 ~$ lsmod | grep bluetooth bluetooth 247324 24 bnep,rfcomm,btusb ~$ lsusb | grep Bluetooth Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth) Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:8126 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 355 Bluetooth