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

[Paul Gardiner <osronline@glidos.net>]

Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> 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".
 >
> 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.

I can't get that to work. It seems very flaky. Sometimes I get INQUIRY
instead of PSCAN. Other times I get nothing.  I think the SuSE 10.2
installation may be messed up.  I've installed it on two computers
and had the same problems.

For now I seem to be able to at least make progress by issuing:

   hciconfig hci0 auth encryt

and

   hciconfig hci0 piscan

at least then my PDA can find the device.  I then run into another
problem with dund, which I'll ask about in a new thread.

Thanks for your help, anyway.

Cheers,
	Paul.

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