Re: [opensuse-kde] Bluetooth connection failure

On 3/6/20 5:56 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* gumb [03-06-20 04:16]:

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On 06/03/2020 05:23, Marc Chamberlin wrote:

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Hello -  I am running OpenSuSE Leap 15.0 with version 5.12.5 of the Bluetooth applet on my ASUS laptop. I am trying to make a Bluetooth connection to a gadget I have (a TinyTrack4 with the Bluetooth adapter) and it is not succeeding. I have no problems with making a Bluetooth connection to my Android phone so I don't think I have done anything wrong in setting up this Bluetooth device and indeed the Bluetooth applet shows the TinyTrack4 as an available device I can connect to. But when I try to connect, it appears that I get a momentary successful connection but then it almost immediately disconnects. The messages log file shows the following error message -

2020-03-05T19:50:15.949381-08:00 marcslaptop plasmashell[2455]: org.kde.bluez: PendingCall Error: "In Progress"

I have no idea what that means and Google was of no help either... And FWIW when I dual boot my laptop over to Windows 10, I have no problems connecting to my TinyTrack4 with the Bluetooth connection.

So any and all help will be much appreciated, and thanks in advance... I hope some kind guru can guide me and my laptop to a joyful Bluetooth union with my TinyTrak4 gizmo...

     Marc...

Whilst I can't offer any specific help, I've stumbled on a few quirks and foibles with bluetooth recently. With one device I found that when trying to pair the device using a PIN, or sending a file to the PC, although the device sends the PIN / file, in Plasma the notification doesn't pop up (this is on Leap 15.1) so it always fails. In that case I was able to go into the Advanced Settings tab of Bluetooth Settings on the PC, and check Accept automatically Trusted devices.

With another device - a very very old feature phone, I've found the connection drops after a few seconds. I've had to reboot the PC and sometimes that gets it to make a stable connection. But using Wammu to connect to the phone and transfer files, I can only succeed using a Leap 42.3 installation on an old PC, not with Leap 15.1. instead of "reboot", bluetoothctl power off bluetoothctl power on ???

or bluetoothctl and use "help"

Hi Patrick,     I tried using bluetoothctl at you suggested (nice tool BTW) and still no joy connecting to my TinyTrak4 gizmo. Here is a view of what I tried and the results I got -

[bluetooth]# power off Changing power off succeeded [CHG] Controller E4:A7:A0:46:83:E4 Powered: no [CHG] Controller E4:A7:A0:46:83:E4 Discovering: no [CHG] Controller E4:A7:A0:46:83:E4 Class: 0x00000000 [bluetooth]# power on [CHG] Controller E4:A7:A0:46:83:E4 Class: 0x001c010c Changing power on succeeded [CHG] Controller E4:A7:A0:46:83:E4 Powered: yes [CHG] Controller E4:A7:A0:46:83:E4 Discovering: yes [CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:00:26:C0 RSSI: -54 [NEW] Device 47:6A:53:32:EC:64 47-6A-53-32-EC-64 [bluetooth]# devices Device FC:A8:9A:00:26:C0 TT4BT Device C0:17:4D:08:3B:2F Galaxy S8 Device 47:6A:53:32:EC:64 47-6A-53-32-EC-64 [bluetooth]# info FC:A8:9A:00:26:C0 Device FC:A8:9A:00:26:C0 (public)         Name: TT4BT         Alias: TT4BT         Class: 0x00001f00         Paired: yes         Trusted: yes         Blocked: no         Connected: no         LegacyPairing: yes         UUID: Serial Port               (00001101-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)         RSSI: -54 [bluetooth]# connect FC:A8:9A:00:26:C0 Attempting to connect to FC:A8:9A:00:26:C0 [CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:00:26:C0 Connected: yes [CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:00:26:C0 ServicesResolved: yes Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.InProgress [CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:00:26:C0 ServicesResolved: no [CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:00:26:C0 Connected: no [CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:00:26:C0 RSSI: -66 [CHG] Device FC:A8:9A:00:26:C0 RSSI: -54 [DEL] Device 47:6A:53:32:EC:64 47-6A-53-32-EC-64 [bluetooth]# 

Gumb -  Thanks for the insights on the other issues you have found with Bluetooth. Stakanov -  I don't understand what you meant by - "If laptop: try to take off the battery and line and press for 30 seconds the interrupter." Thanks guys for taking the time to try and help!    Marc... -- --... ...-- .----. ... -.. . .-- .- --... .--. -..- .-- -- .- .-. -.-. *Computers: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the user Marc. His mission: to explore strange new hardware. To seek out new software and new applications. To boldly go where no Marc has gone before! * -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org