Package: bluez-utils Version: 3.30-3 Severity: wishlist
This report is based on the following message from the bluez users mailing list: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.bluez.user/13828/focus=13831 I had set up my bluetooth keyboard based on the instructions in /usr/share/doc/bluez-utils/README.Debian, i.e. starting hidd --server by enabling it in /etc/default/bluetooth, running hcitool scan, and then hidd --conect <addr>. This method is now deprecated; instead we should use something called the "input service" over dbus. See the following page, which contains examples of dbus-send commands to do this: http://wiki.bluez.org/wiki/HOWTO/InputDevices As a humble user, it looks to me as if the old commands were much mmore usable. However, the bluez developers no doubt have their reasons for this change and the Debian package will inevitably have to adapt eventually when the old commands change from being "deprecated" to "gone". I have not actually tried any of these new dbus-send commands myself.... Phil. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.25 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages bluez-utils depends on: ii dbus 1.2.1-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libbluetooth2 3.30-1 Library to use the BlueZ Linux Blu ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.1-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libglib2.0-0 2.12.4-2 The GLib library of C routines ii libusb-0.1-4 2:0.1.12-2 userspace USB programming library ii lsb-base 3.2-10 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii makedev 2.3.1-80 creates device files in /dev ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo ii udev 0.103-1 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo Versions of packages bluez-utils recommends: pn bluez-audio <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
