I'm much obliged for the quick response to my problem. What still needs to be done on the experimental kdebluetooth to make it acceptable for sid? Is there a bug report or a todo list detailing this?
With thanks On 22 December 2009 05:49:52 George Kiagiadakis wrote: > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Borden Rhodes <j...@bordenrhodes.com> wrote: > > Hullo, all, > > > > I'm using Squeeze and I'm assuming that the kdebluetooth packages work, > > even if they're still using the old Qt3 libraries. Of course, kbluetooth > > does not recognise my tablet's Bluetooth system even though hcitool does. > > Yes, I've triple-checked that I'm a member of *both* the netdev and > > bluetooth groups. > > > > I have a Creative Bluetooth Headset (yes, they do exist) which I'm trying > > to use as a microphone/mono-headphone on my Debian laptop. I've tried > > following http://wiki.bluez.org/wiki/HOWTO/AudioDevices with absolutely > > no success at . Any attempts to connect to the headset with > > > > hcitool info XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (with the XXs, obviously, replaced with > > the headset's Bluetooth address) > > > > gets rewarded with > > > > Can't create connection: Operation not permitted > > > > whereas > > > > sudo hcitool info XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX > > > > gets rewarded with > > > > Can't create connection: Input/output error > > > > Yes, all of the hardware *does* work. I've tested it and proven it. > > > > So, my question goes to all of the KDE users on Squeeze: does Bluetooth > > work for you. If so, how? > > The problem is that the version of kdebluetooth that is on Squeeze is > incompatible with the latest bluez (read: The problem is *not* kde4). > > hcitool should work. Since it doesn't work, this must be a bug in > bluez. I suggest you to try many times with the same command, as bluez > seems to return an error too early some times (I get similar errors > while connecting my bluetooth mouse sometimes). > > As for an alternative bluetooth gui, you can try either kdebluetooth > from experimental or gnome's bluetooth-applet (in package > bluez-gnome). Both suck, unfortunately... > > Regards, > George > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
