The thread is adding up towards a worthy live troubleshooting session,
of generic setup skills.
Andrew Errington wrote:
But the question is how to set it up.
http://pratyeka.org/rfcomm/
Where the author bemoans the sorry state of affairs that is Linux and
Bluetooth.
You have to pair blue tooth devices to make them work.
In Linux, my pda and phone don't even see my laptop.
Probably because Bluetooth is not running on the laptop, most likely due to
non-existent drivers, or poorly configured software.
The latter but not the former, in my case (there are half a dozen
different Bluetooth modules unloaded during closedown).
Unfortunately (or not) I don't have any Bluetooth devices, so I can merely
speculate.
My phone can send to a KMart printer, but not to the laptop yet (Ubu or
XP). All looks present & correct, just never had enough cause to
research why there are no obvious controls for it. Solution = my single
reason for ever booting XP - to use the infrared there instead, although
this too has drivers running for it on Ubuntu.
The deficit is in training on how to use these services. (On Kubuntu, a
rare liveCD trial, 'it just worked'.)
Happy to supply the test platform for a live workshop, &/or watch Don's
get sorted out.
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