On 2014-01-12 05:29, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Thanks!
It is now 5 AM here, I should be sleeping. Tomorrow I'll remove the firmware package and try again, to find out if it is really needed or not.
Well, it works as well without the firmware package, as I hopped. Now the next step is to pair devices and transfer files in text mode. cer@minas-tirith:~> hcitool info Mobil Requesting information ... Can't create connection: Operation not permitted cer@minas-tirith:~ minas-tirith:~ # hcitool info Mobil Requesting information ... Can't create connection: Input/output error minas-tirith:~ # It needs to run as root, which is an inconvenient. But anyway, it fails. Maybe it needs to pair first. Maybe it is: minas-tirith:~ # hcitool cc cc: too few arguments (minimal: 1) Usage: cc [--role=m|s] [--ptype=pkt_types] <bdaddr> Example: cc --ptype=dm1,dh3,dh5 01:02:... cc --role=m 01:02:... minas-tirith:~ # What now? I went to the "bluez" home page. The "FAQ" is empty. Well, it says how to download, what is bluez, in under 5 lines. Not very useful, is it? Bluez is probably the underlying layer, designed for developers. Users are assumed to use the desktop tool - wait, there are no desktop tools in xfce. So what now? The wikipedia says (in 2006) that "hidd is the Bluetooth human interface device (HID) daemon." Where is that thing? But a daemon is not a user interface. Now that the device is enabled, running "bluetooth-wizard", which is a gnome component, succeeds in pairing with my cellular phone. As a multimedia audio device. When I click on my phone, I hear the clicks on the laptop speaker... Or hear video files audio from the cell on the laptop... not very useful. I want to transfer files. And nothing displays on the XFCE panel. There is "bluetoothctl", also from bluez. No man page. So no RTFM. This one has a "Pair" command. [bluetooth]# pair Mobil Device Mobil not available [bluetooth]# But it is, and visible. [bluetooth]# devices Device 28:CC:01:9B:62:C7 Mobil Device 00:24:7D:66:42:C9 Mobil 5220 [bluetooth]# So what can I do with this tool? This is discouraging. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 12.3 x86_64 "Dartmouth" at Telcontar)