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From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: BlueZ users <bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] Request FAQ entries: (need for) passkey-agent +	replug dongle for it to work...
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:42:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1171708950.27519.7.camel@violet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45D6DA8B.4060405@sneakemail.com>

Hi Peter,

> Thanks for great software. It rocks when its configured right. Which
> took some time - at least for me.
> 
> First, I spent a long time wondering why `hcitool scan` was empty /
> didn't show any output other than "Scanning ..."
> 
> I had plugged in my brand new Bluetooth USB dongle and seen that it
> loaded the USB and bluetooth drivers! Great! Then I installed and
> bluez-utils and gnokii. `hcitool scan` kept showing empty output until I
> unplugged and reconnected the dongle!!! How was I to know *that*? I
> remember struggling with this before and also tearing my hair out when I
> discovered it back then... :D I found several questions about this (with
> some suggestions about pin_helper!! ) but no good answers/solutions.
> 
> Next, I spent *forever* trying to get pin_helper to work on my new
> installation! And it didn't because I'm using 3.X versions. There are
> *so* many posts out there talking about pin_helper, that I didn't even
> question that they all might be invalid.
> 
> Somewhere along the line I discovered Marcel Holtmann mentioning 
> something about passkey-agent. 3 minutes later all was working fine.
> 
> I've now spent almost 5 hours getting a new bluetooth dongle and my
> phone to communicate, even though I already had a laptop working with
> bluez setup right next to it.
> 
> May I please suggest that these two be added as FAQs?
> (At the very least, I'll now be able to find these two valuable tips in
> the mailing list archives next time! :D)

actually you might wanna write an article for the wiki by yourself.
Check out wiki.bluez.org and feel free to extend the information.

Regards

Marcel



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  reply	other threads:[~2007-02-17 10:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-17 10:35 [Bluez-users] Request FAQ entries: (need for) passkey-agent + replug dongle for it to work Peter Valdemar Mørch
2007-02-17 10:42 ` Marcel Holtmann [this message]
2007-02-17 14:25   ` Manuel Naranjo

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