First problem I've got is how to associate the dongle with the phone. I
just couldn't see an option in KDE.
Thanks for the heads up, I'll do some google reading.
Cheers Don
Andrew Errington wrote:
FROM WINDOWS XP... grrr
I send sms messages - this is by far the most useful feature.
You can do this with Linux. Try gnokii. I have done it with a wired
connection and an IR connection. I should imagine that BT is just like IR,
and once the BT link is established it is effectively the same as a wired
link. You don't even need any driver software, you can just write commands
directly to the phone via the serial link (wired, BT or IR). I wrote a
cheesy Python script that listened for incoming SMS, parsed the message,
got some data from the web, and then sent a new SMS message in response.
Establishing the link is the hardest part, not because it's hard (your
working XP installation demonstrates how easy this is) but because it
requires a lot of new, fiddly, not-quite-there-yet stuff to be working
properly on your Linux installation.
I was going to post a link to some discussion/help pages, but Google for
"linux bluetooth sms" and you'll get them.
HTH,
A
--
Don Gould
www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz -
www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.crra.org.nz -
www.justhelicopters.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz -
skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas: www.solarking.co.nz
