Re: [Bluez-users] hcid.conf seemingly ignored

[Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>]

Hi Paul,

> I had my server (running SuSE 10.1) set up as a gateway for my PDA
> following the advice in: 
> http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=bluetoothnetworking
> 
> I've just swapped over to SuSE 10.2 which has bluesz 3.7-14 and
> the set up no longer works.
> 
> hciconfig says:
> 
> hci0:   Type: USB
>          BD Address: 00:09:DD:50:47:BB ACL MTU: 384:8 SCO MTU: 64:8
>          UP RUNNING PSCAN
>          RX bytes:401 acl:0 sco:0 events:18 errors:0
>          TX bytes:317 acl:0 sco:0 commands:17 errors:0
> 
> with ISCAN missing, although my hcid.conf file has  "iscan enable".
> 
> I can use "hciconfig hci0 iscan" to fix that, but this all makes
> me think I'm doing something wrong.  If I change hcid.conf to have
> "pscan disable" that has no effect: still PSCAN is listed in
> the report from hciconfig. Its as though hcid.conf is being ignored.

to make this work you need to set discovto to 0, because otherwise hcid
will automatically switch you device into non-discoverable mode to
protect you.

You can of course install bluez-gnome and use bluetooth-properties to do
this configuration with a shiny UI.

Regards

Marcel



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