the problem may be in the ModemManager: $ sudo lsof /dev/rfcomm0 COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME ModemMana 10865 root 9u CHR 216,0 0t0 132879 /dev/rfcomm0
after $ sudo service ModemManager stop i was able to connect to the device as regular user. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1014992 Title: Ubuntu 12.04, i386, cannot use rfcomm as regular user. Permission denied. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1014992/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs