On 2014-03-28 19:22, Stefan Seyfried wrote:
Am 23.03.2014 17:41, schrieb Carlos E. R.:
On 2014-03-23 14:33, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Ok, tried a totally new user with Gnome. I do not get the native gnome bluetooth thing, as in the laptop, but your applet, and only inside the settings dialog. And it fails to transfer files.
If it doesn't work from GNOME, it's unlikely it will work with gnome-bluetooth-applet, as the latter is only a frontend to the GNOME bluetooth infrastructure.
It worked on 11.4, and stopped working on 13.1. I have an open Bugzilla (Bug 858406) on that issue, which also affects the desktop machine. Apparently this xfce applet bypasses the issue. On the desktop, with this new software, I have access. On the laptop, which only has the original software, it doesn't work. And I can't try this new applet on the laptop in case I get asked to do something on that Bugzilla. On the laptop, "hcitool scan" works. But gnome can not switch bluetooth on. I slide the button to "on", and after half a minute it goes off again. It is a dialog labelled "network configuration", but perhaps the thing is really expecting a network, internet kind? Ha! That's it. I have to start from "All settings", instead than from the right-top corner drop-down menu. In the "all settings" dialog there is a bluetooth entry, and in there there is a slider to set bluetooth to on, that works. I can tell it to connect to the phone, but it fails to. If started from the phone, I get a prompt to pair, on both sides. It doesn't seem to work, but if I initiate a file transfer from gnome, the phone accepts it. Then the phone says that the type was not recognized (I tried with an empty spreadsheet), and the file dissapears from sight. I try again with a photo, and the phone says something about a SD card error. Absurd. If I try to send a file from the phone, it fails as well (and I have access to the SD card). (after a long time, the phone says that the destination (laptop on gnome) does not allow this type of transference). On the phone, I can not set options on this bluetooth connection to the laptop (gnome) - I can on the connection to the desktop machine (new xfce applet). I do not know if this phone is capable of transferring files (I can't using Windows on the laptop, either). But it seems that both the gnome applet and the xfce applets have problems of their own as well.
I remember that with Android 2.x, nothing bluetooth would work out of the box and you would need to install "Android file transfer" or something like that.
That could be it. My phone has Android 2.3.6. The phone does offer to transfer files by bluetooth, but I don't know if it is disabled because the available connections do not permit it, or because I need something else on the phone. This is clear as mud. :-( -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)