[Bluez-users] Bluetooth modem under SuSE 9.1

[Bluez-users] Bluetooth modem under SuSE 9.1

[bluez]

Hello,

I am looking for a solution to use my bluetooth modem without root
permissions.

The modem is a "Trust 56k v92 bluetooth wireless modem" which I use in
connection with a "Trust BT180 USB bluetooth adapter". The behaviour
described in the following is identical for two different boxes, a
desktop and a notebook machine, running under SuSE 9.1 (kernel 2.6.4).
I installed the packages bluez-libs (2.5-43), bluez-sdp (1.5-59),
bluez-utils (2.4-65) and kdebluetooth (0.0.cvs20040216-42).

I modified two config files: In /etc/bluetooth/pin I entered the
12-digit PIN printed at the bottom of the modem. In /etc/rfcomm.conf I
replaced the default entries "device" and "comment" by the modem's
address (determined by the command "hcitool scan") and name.

So far everything works fine as described in the helpful online
documentations of Marcel Holtmann and Jochen Lillich (except for
"sdptool browse <address>" which does not return any information).

There are no rfcomm devices defined by SuSE. So I created one by the
command "mknod -m 666 /dev/rfcomm0 c 216 0". After this I can connect
to the modem by "rfcomm connect 0 <address> 1" and use it like a normal
modem via /dev/rfcomm0 (I use wvdial/kinternet for this).

My problem occurs when terminating the internet connection: At the same
time the bluetooth connection is disconnected and /dev/rfcomm0 is
deleted! So I need root permissions to recreate the device file every
time I want to connect to the modem. :-(

Can anybody give me a solution or workaround for this disturbing
behaviour?

Best regards,
 HippiE


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Re: [Bluez-users] Bluetooth modem under SuSE 9.1

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi,

> I am looking for a solution to use my bluetooth modem without root
> permissions.
> 
> The modem is a "Trust 56k v92 bluetooth wireless modem" which I use in
> connection with a "Trust BT180 USB bluetooth adapter". The behaviour
> described in the following is identical for two different boxes, a
> desktop and a notebook machine, running under SuSE 9.1 (kernel 2.6.4).
> I installed the packages bluez-libs (2.5-43), bluez-sdp (1.5-59),
> bluez-utils (2.4-65) and kdebluetooth (0.0.cvs20040216-42).
> 
> I modified two config files: In /etc/bluetooth/pin I entered the
> 12-digit PIN printed at the bottom of the modem. In /etc/rfcomm.conf I
> replaced the default entries "device" and "comment" by the modem's
> address (determined by the command "hcitool scan") and name.
> 
> So far everything works fine as described in the helpful online
> documentations of Marcel Holtmann and Jochen Lillich (except for
> "sdptool browse <address>" which does not return any information).
> 
> There are no rfcomm devices defined by SuSE. So I created one by the
> command "mknod -m 666 /dev/rfcomm0 c 216 0". After this I can connect
> to the modem by "rfcomm connect 0 <address> 1" and use it like a normal
> modem via /dev/rfcomm0 (I use wvdial/kinternet for this).
> 
> My problem occurs when terminating the internet connection: At the same
> time the bluetooth connection is disconnected and /dev/rfcomm0 is
> deleted! So I need root permissions to recreate the device file every
> time I want to connect to the modem. :-(
> 
> Can anybody give me a solution or workaround for this disturbing
> behaviour?

install the udev package and everything should be fine.

Regards

Marcel




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