Hi, Here is a small procedure I have written that allows pairing bluetooth telephone with Kubuntu, that allows using the bluetooth phone as a remote control for Kubuntu and describes how to exchange files with a bluetooth phone using bluetooth protocol
1. Make sure /usr/sbin/hcid is running by entering "ps -aux|grep hci" 2. Make sure bluetooth service is started by entering "sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart" in the konsole terminal 3. Enter "hcitool scan" in konsole terminal to retrieve the hardware address AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF of the bluetooth device you wish to pair with Kubuntu 4. Start "/usr/bin/bluetooth-applet" using the konsole terminal or a startup script 5. right click on bluetooth-applet icon, choose preferences. On first tab, choose mode of operation: "visible and connectable for other devices". In second tab, enable all bluetooth services. In third tab, enable "automatically authorize incoming requests" 5. Enter "hidd --connect AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF" in konsole terminal using the bluetooth hardware address you found instead. When connecting to certain Sony Ericsson bluetooth phones, this command will allow you to use the phone as a remote control for the laptop, handy when doing a presentation 6. The bluetooth-applet will ask you for the pin and the mobile device pairs up correctly! 7. In Krusader: enter "obex://[AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF]/" to transfer files between laptop and phone Bluetooth transfer speeds on my pc are around 30 to 40 kilobytes/second 8. if file transfers still do not work for you, make sure your hcid.conf file looks like mine, reboot your pc, and try again. Here is my working /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf file configuration: # # HCI daemon configuration file. # # HCId options options { # Automatically initialize new devices autoinit yes; # Security Manager mode # none - Security manager disabled # auto - Use local PIN for incoming connections # user - Always ask user for a PIN # security auto; # Pairing mode # none - Pairing disabled # multi - Allow pairing with already paired devices # once - Pair once and deny successive attempts pairing multi; # PIN helper pin_helper /usr/bin/passkey-agent; # D-Bus PIN helper /usr/bin/bluez-pin --dbus; # Default PIN code for incoming connections passkey "1234"; } # Default settings for HCI devices device { # Local device name # %d - device id # %h - host name name "Kubuntu Laptop"; discovto 0; # Local device class #class 0x3e0100; # Default packet type #pkt_type DH1,DM1,HV1; # Inquiry and Page scan iscan enable; pscan enable; # Default link mode # none - no specific policy # accept - always accept incoming connections # master - become master on incoming connections, # deny role switch on outgoing connections lm accept; # Default link policy # none - no specific policy # rswitch - allow role switch # hold - allow hold mode # sniff - allow sniff mode # park - allow park mode lp rswitch,hold,sniff,park; # Authentication and Encryption (Security Mode 3) #auth enable; #encrypt enable; } Regards, Mark Rijckenberg -- Kubuntu Feisty does not ask for bluetooth pin. Pinhelpers seem not to work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/89291 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs