I have loaded all the "bluez*" stuff, dmesg shows no errors in the bluetooth lines, is there some tool google didn't show to duplicate the Windows behavior of showing BT devices nearby and offering to connect to them. I really would like to use a BT headset, and maybe use BT for a printer, but there just doesn't seem to be any such app, so I assume I have to install yet more packages.
Under Windows the system see headsets, cell phones, a printer, and an "other device" which is unidentified. I would think this would be common enough to work out of the box, but it doesn't even work under fc10.
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Bill Davidsen davidsen@tmr.com wrote:
I have loaded all the "bluez*" stuff, dmesg shows no errors in the bluetooth lines, is there some tool google didn't show to duplicate the Windows behavior of showing BT devices nearby and offering to connect to them. I really would like to use a BT headset, and maybe use BT for a printer, but there just doesn't seem to be any such app, so I assume I have to install yet more packages.
Under Windows the system see headsets, cell phones, a printer, and an "other device" which is unidentified. I would think this would be common enough to work out of the box, but it doesn't even work under fc10.
Just right click on the BT icon in the panel. Everything needed is installed by default and works just fine.
drago01 wrote:
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Bill Davidsen davidsen@tmr.com wrote:
I have loaded all the "bluez*" stuff, dmesg shows no errors in the bluetooth lines, is there some tool google didn't show to duplicate the Windows behavior of showing BT devices nearby and offering to connect to them. I really would like to use a BT headset, and maybe use BT for a printer, but there just doesn't seem to be any such app, so I assume I have to install yet more packages.
Under Windows the system see headsets, cell phones, a printer, and an "other device" which is unidentified. I would think this would be common enough to work out of the box, but it doesn't even work under fc10.
Just right click on the BT icon in the panel. Everything needed is installed by default and works just fine.
What BT icon would that be? There certainly is none in any default I've ever used. Or is this one of those KDE-only things? And the Bluetooth item on the applications menu if offering to open files, not look for devices.
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Bill Davidsen davidsen@tmr.com wrote:
drago01 wrote:
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Bill Davidsen davidsen@tmr.com wrote:
I have loaded all the "bluez*" stuff, dmesg shows no errors in the bluetooth lines, is there some tool google didn't show to duplicate the Windows behavior of showing BT devices nearby and offering to connect to them. I really would like to use a BT headset, and maybe use BT for a printer, but there just doesn't seem to be any such app, so I assume I have to install yet more packages.
Under Windows the system see headsets, cell phones, a printer, and an "other device" which is unidentified. I would think this would be common enough to work out of the box, but it doesn't even work under fc10.
Just right click on the BT icon in the panel. Everything needed is installed by default and works just fine.
What BT icon would that be? There certainly is none in any default I've ever used. Or is this one of those KDE-only things? And the Bluetooth item on the applications menu if offering to open files, not look for devices.
When a BT device is plugged in / detected you should see an icon in the notification-area. The rightclick menu offers different things you can do with bluetooth, it also provides a wizard for setting up new devices.
drago01 wrote:
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Bill Davidsen davidsen@tmr.com wrote:
drago01 wrote:
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Bill Davidsen davidsen@tmr.com wrote:
I have loaded all the "bluez*" stuff, dmesg shows no errors in the bluetooth lines, is there some tool google didn't show to duplicate the Windows behavior of showing BT devices nearby and offering to connect to them. I really would like to use a BT headset, and maybe use BT for a printer, but there just doesn't seem to be any such app, so I assume I have to install yet more packages.
Under Windows the system see headsets, cell phones, a printer, and an "other device" which is unidentified. I would think this would be common enough to work out of the box, but it doesn't even work under fc10.
Just right click on the BT icon in the panel. Everything needed is installed by default and works just fine.
What BT icon would that be? There certainly is none in any default I've ever used. Or is this one of those KDE-only things? And the Bluetooth item on the applications menu if offering to open files, not look for devices.
When a BT device is plugged in / detected you should see an icon in the notification-area.
I agree, only it doesn't work that way. I was looking for a tool like Windows has, which enumerates the BT devices in the area, clearly support hasn't prograssed that far. Like iwlist for wifi, to get the info which is available instead of what NetworkMangler thinks you are allowed to see.
The rightclick menu offers different things you can do with bluetooth, it also provides a wizard for setting up new devices.
I would settle for totally manual method if it worked, actually prefer it so I could see where it doesn't work.
I take it from the lack of other info that it is intended to work automatically or not at all, to avoid confusing users with information. Thanks anyway.
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 21:23, Bill Davidsen davidsen@tmr.com wrote:
drago01 wrote:
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When a BT device is plugged in / detected you should see an icon in the notification-area.
I agree, only it doesn't work that way. I was looking for a tool like Windows has, which enumerates the BT devices in the area, clearly support hasn't prograssed that far. Like iwlist for wifi, to get the info which is available instead of what NetworkMangler thinks you are allowed to see.
If it doesn't, my guess is your bluetooth hardware isn't actually recognised. I'm not exactly an expert at this, but you can try to see if there is actually a bluetooth kernel module loaded. If my case, I have a line if I do "lspci" that gives me
bluetooth 48608 11 rfcomm,bnep,sco,l2cap,btusb
You could also look in the output of "dmesg" to look for any messages about bluetooth, to see if the kernel module is loaded.
The rightclick menu offers different things you can do with bluetooth, it also provides a wizard for setting up new devices.
I would settle for totally manual method if it worked, actually prefer it so I could see where it doesn't work.
Have you tried "hcitool" and the other commands starting with hci? It sounds to me like they are exactly what you are requesting.
If you get things working with those tools, and bluetooth doesn't work out of the box in F11 (and indeed F10) you should probably file a bug.
Best, Kåre