From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Subject: Re: [Bluez-devel] New PIN helper, how to include with BlueZ? From: Marcel Holtmann To: bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: <20060312205157.1092b7d7.fotopiper@o2.pl> References: <20060311190606.236f7cbd.fotopiper@o2.pl> <1142185809.4620.3.camel@aeonflux.holtmann.net> <20060312201345.1846901c.fotopiper@o2.pl> <1142191960.4620.8.camel@aeonflux.holtmann.net> <20060312205157.1092b7d7.fotopiper@o2.pl> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1142207662.4468.2.camel@aeonflux.holtmann.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: bluez-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Reply-To: bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: BlueZ development List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:54:22 +0100 Hi Radek, > > the /etc/bluetooth/pin support is removed from the current CVS. And I > > even removed the PIN helper script support completely. So it is the > > near future with the next blue-utils release which has been targeted > > for in two weeks. > > > > The syntax of the pincodes file is easy. It is a BD_ADDR and PIN code > > pair per line. Like the names file etc. > > Thank you. > Will this stay for the next releses, or is it only a temporary solution? for now it will stay. However you can emulate the same behavior with a D-Bus passkey agent and so it might be removed at some point, but not in the near future. > > > Great, and what about those systems where d-bus is not present? > > > I hope the D-Bus will still be complemented by some list of devices > > > and pins. > > > > And what kind of system should that be? All desktop systems are using > > D-Bus and even the Nokia 770 and the new platform from PalmSource are > > supporting it by default. So no reason to use something different than > > D-Bus for PIN handling. > > Well, I'm not using D-Bus on WIndow Maker, Opie has no D-bus support > (for now). But I don't mean interactive systems. Rather those which > either have no X, or have no direct input methods at all (home server > sollusions, no screen, no keyboard). > I'm using an old PC as an BT gateway for couple of PDAs. The D-Bus has nothing to do with any special window manager or desktop system. It is a bus system to exchange messages between programs. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bluez-devel mailing list Bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-devel