From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Marcel Holtmann To: BlueZ users In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:42:28 +0200 Message-Id: <1158615748.25125.28.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] rfcomm broken in RHEL-WS-3 kernel 2.4.21 Reply-To: BlueZ users List-Id: BlueZ users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: bluez-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Hi Billy, > I've installed the bluez RPMs that I saw on rpmfind for Red Hat > Enterprise 3, which are bluez-libs-2.10-1.1.el3.rf.i386.rpm, > bluez-utils-2.9-1.1.fc3.rf.i386.rpm and > bluez-bluefw-1.0-1.rhel3.dag.i386.rpm. These did not enable > rfcomm nor install /dev/rfcomm*. The rfcomm executable always > reports, "Can't open RFCOMM control socket: Address family not > supported by protocol." this basically means that the RFCOMM kernel module is not loaded. You might wanna check with lsmod. > I then tried installing bluez-libs and bluez-utils from their > tarballs. This changed nothing; /dev/rfcomm* still isn't there > and I still get the same error from the rfcomm executable. For a 2.4 kernel, you need to create the /dev/rfcommX device nodes by yourself. > My machine is RHEL-WS-3, kernel 2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp. I use > whatever kernel rpm up2date gives and I don't compile kernels > myself anymore. > > I got pretty much identical results from a second machine which > also runs Red Hat Enterprise Workstation 3 and kernel 2.4.15. The 2.4.15 was never supported by RHEL3 and also doesn't include support for the RFCOMM kernel module at all. > There were a few clues on this list's archives and elsewhere > that I should add these lines to /etc/modules.conf: > > alias net-pf-31 bluez > alias bt-proto-0 l2cap > alias bt-proto-2 sco > alias bt-proto-3 rfcomm > > Adding these didn't change anything. Also, modprobe rfcomm > reports, "Can't locate module rfcomm". > > So what should I do about the broken rfcomm? I hope to use a > USB bluetooth dongle to send faxes through my cellphone. The RHEL3 kernel config shows me that a RFCOMM module should be there, but I haven't check an actual RHEL3 installation right now. Take a look at your /lib/modules directory. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bluez-users mailing list Bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-users