Re: A bluetooth problem

[Dal <mldal@linuxsystem.cz>]

Hi Rodolfo,

maybe your computer is invisible, check
/var/lib/bluetooth/<mac_of_your_bt_adapter>/config

and there should be on the first line something like
mode connectable (or something like that, it means it's not 
discoverable, just connectable)

You can set it discoverable using this:

$ dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.bluez 
/org/bluez/hci0 org.bluez.Adapter.SetMode string:discoverable
but this will work until timeout, so you need to run this
$ dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.bluez 
/org/bluez/hci0 org.bluez.Adapter.SetDiscoverableTimeout uint32:0
You set discoverable timeout to 0.

I hope it will be useful.

      Dal.

Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> I just bought a bluetooth adapter and plugged it in the PC, which can see it:
>
>  $ lsusb
>  Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>  Bus 002 Device 006: ID 1131:1001 Integrated System Solution Corp.
>  Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0421:0410 Nokia Mobile Phones 6630 Imaging Smartphone
>  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>
> But my Nokia 6630 doesn't see the PC's bluetooth device: it searches for
> bluetooth devices and says: noone found.  What am I missing?
>
> Thanks for any help
> Rodolfo
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