Christopher Schramm wrote: > Jelle de Jong wrote: >> This program looks nice, but I would like to see a very detailed >> explanation how it difference and what the relation is with: >> >> gpe-bluetooth >> bluetooth-applet (gnome-bluez) > > As mentioned (applies to bluez-gnome as well) - blueman brings audio, > input and dial-up support and some advanced features like access point > setup. Since supporting the basic PAN and file transfer features too, > blueman completely replaces bluez-gnome. The author tries very hard to > ensure compatibility. >
Would it not be better to improver bluez-gnome? or work with the bluez-gnome developers and choice one project to officially support. I think all the missing features that bluez-gnome does not bring will be on the developers todo list for bluez-gnome. I am afraid for segmentation and supplicated efforts. I have not seen any topic about blueman on the official bluetooth-devel mailinglist. This said, I still thinks blueman is a potentially great tool, but will my grandmother be able to use it to connect there mouse and bluetooth speakers! >> What for is policykit-gnome dependency exactly used? > > For accessing the system settings. I hope future versions will introduce > another solution for that. As I said, the author promised to distance > from gnome and replace/remove some gnome dependencies, but that process > will take some time. > >> Does the program has a command line only interface, i am missing command >> line tools to pair successfully with all bluetooth devices. > > No. It's GTK only. I think bluez's own means include sufficient command > line tools (like hcitool). Don't they? Nope there are no official command line tools for pairing, there is the simple-agent.py script in the testing directory of the git source, but it is not supported and does fails for most devices. good command line paring tools are on my wish list. > > > Christopher Schramm > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
