Re: KBluetooth vs. Borden
I'm much obliged for the quick response to my problem. What still needs to be
done on the experimental kdebluetooth to make it acceptable for sid? Is there
a bug report or a todo list detailing this?
With thanks
On 22 December 2009 05:49:52 George Kiagiadakis wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Borden Rhodes <jrvp@bordenrhodes.com>
wrote:
> > Hullo, all,
> >
> > I'm using Squeeze and I'm assuming that the kdebluetooth packages work,
> > even if they're still using the old Qt3 libraries. Of course, kbluetooth
> > does not recognise my tablet's Bluetooth system even though hcitool does.
> > Yes, I've triple-checked that I'm a member of *both* the netdev and
> > bluetooth groups.
> >
> > I have a Creative Bluetooth Headset (yes, they do exist) which I'm trying
> > to use as a microphone/mono-headphone on my Debian laptop. I've tried
> > following http://wiki.bluez.org/wiki/HOWTO/AudioDevices with absolutely
> > no success at . Any attempts to connect to the headset with
> >
> > hcitool info XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (with the XXs, obviously, replaced with
> > the headset's Bluetooth address)
> >
> > gets rewarded with
> >
> > Can't create connection: Operation not permitted
> >
> > whereas
> >
> > sudo hcitool info XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
> >
> > gets rewarded with
> >
> > Can't create connection: Input/output error
> >
> > Yes, all of the hardware *does* work. I've tested it and proven it.
> >
> > So, my question goes to all of the KDE users on Squeeze: does Bluetooth
> > work for you. If so, how?
>
> The problem is that the version of kdebluetooth that is on Squeeze is
> incompatible with the latest bluez (read: The problem is *not* kde4).
>
> hcitool should work. Since it doesn't work, this must be a bug in
> bluez. I suggest you to try many times with the same command, as bluez
> seems to return an error too early some times (I get similar errors
> while connecting my bluetooth mouse sometimes).
>
> As for an alternative bluetooth gui, you can try either kdebluetooth
> from experimental or gnome's bluetooth-applet (in package
> bluez-gnome). Both suck, unfortunately...
>
> Regards,
> George
>
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