The issue is a gnome-control-center design decision one and has been
reported upstream
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues/1189
** Changed in: bluez (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues #1189
In that case you probably want:
bt-obex -s -y
But still it's just a workaround for the original problem.
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Title:
Can't receive files over
I tried "bluetoothctl". That's a neat tool that I didn't know about, but
I couldn't find a command that would let me send stuff from my phone
without interaction. I installed bt-obex and tried "bt-obex -s", which
allowed file transfer but I still had to acknowledge each one.
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Title:
Can't receive files over bluetooth unless settings dialog
I'm not sure if this is a bug or a security feature. You might be able
to keep it enabled in the 'bluetoothctl' tool. Or try something like
'bt-obex -s'.
** Also affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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** Tags added: focal
** Package changed: ubuntu => bluez (Ubuntu)
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Title:
Can't receive files over bluetooth unless settings dialog is open
To
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better. It seems that your bug report is not filed about a
specific source package though, rather it is just filed against Ubuntu
in general. It is important that bug reports be filed about source
packages so that people
