I think the problem was with libusb. Looking at the synaptic history record, I see that libusb had an update on the day I reported this bug, and it had another update today. Since today's update I'm able to successfully use all three packages mentioned in the original bug report.
As far as I am concerned, the bug can be marked solved. -- obex over usb not working - Lucid 2.6.32-23 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/601552 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs