KDE Connect

[Timothy Murphy]

Rex Dieter wrote:

>> I'm trying to "KDE connect" my Fedora-20/KDE laptop
>> and my Samsung Galaxy S2 phone (Android version 4.1.2).
>> I've followed the instructions in
>> <http://xmodulo.com/2014/01/integrate-android-kde-linux-desktop.html>
>> meticulously.
>> Every thing works fine, but at the final step (Pairing)
>> -------------------------------
>> Launch KDE Connect on Android.
>> You should see the hostname of your KDE desktop listed
>> under "Not paired devices".
>> -------------------------------
>> I do not see my desktop, or anything else, listed.

> As hinted in the other followup, the firewall is getting in the way.

How can you be so sure, if it is not working for you?
Actually, I don't have firewalld running on my laptop,
and shorewall on my server seems to allow all communication on my local LAN.

> I usually just set the network to the "trusted" zone (though I'm having
> trouble getting kde-connect to actually do anything since upgrading the
> phone to 0.6)

I've checked again, and my phone sends one UDP packet to port 1714.
This port does not seem to be open on my laptop:
  [tim at rose ~]$ sudo nmap -sU 127.0.0.1
shows some UDP ports open on my LAP (eg dhcp, ntp) but not this one.
But I am able to telnet this port:
  [tim at rose ~]$ telnet 127.0.0.1 1714
  Connected to 127.0.0.1.

In fact I don't see any evidence that clicking on the KDE Connect icon
(in System Settings) has any effect at all, eg in /var/log/messages .
Is one meant to do anything apart from click on this icon
(and re-start KDE Connect on the phone)?


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Timothy Murphy  
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland