On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 13:06 +1200, Stephen Irons wrote: > chris wrote: > >> > >> Perhaps I was not quite clear: I can browse files on the phone from the > >> PC, and, as you say, it looks just like another directory. > >> > >> The thing that does not work is to use the phone to initiate the > >> transfer of a file to the PC. By default, Ubuntu does not install a > >> Bluetooth receiving daemon. This comes as part of the package > >> 'gnome-user-share', which also installs capabilities that I do not want. > >> > >> Stephen Irons > >> > >> > > I have Bluetooth on my laptop, and under Ubuntu 9.04 have no issues. > > Could it be a version problem? > > > > Cheers Chris T > > > > > > I also use 9.04. I based my observation on four things: > > * I could not send a file from the phone to the PC > * My phone reports the PC's bluetooth services as 'network'. > Bluetooth devices that I can send files to include the service > name 'transfer'. I have tried deleting the PC device from the > phone and making it rediscover. > * Bug report https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/349330 describes > my problem, and says that the solution is to install > 'gnome-user-share' > * I do not have 'gnome-user-share installed' > > I have installed 'gnome-user-share'. A new configuration menu item > appears: System > Preferences > Personal File Sharing. After enabling > 'Receive Files over Bluetooth', it works as expected. My phone now > reports the PC's bluetooth services as 'network; capture; transfer'. I > think 'capture' means that the phone thinks that the PC can act as a > camera or scanner, but my bluetooth knowledge is a bit rusty. > > I then uninstalled 'gnome-user-share', purely because it offends my > sensibilities to have to install a web server for my computer to receive > files over Bluetooth. > > Perhaps you already have 'gnome-user-share' installed? Or perhaps KDE > does something different? > > Also there used to be a package called something like > 'gnome-obex-server' that provided a Bluetooth file receiving daemon, but > it has disappear. I think that it was not part of Bluez, so it has been > removed in a general Bluetooth brushing. > > Stephen Irons
> ======================================================================= > Hi Stephen, ok I need to do some more looking, and see what I can find out here. i don't have a Bluetooth phone, but do have a Bluetooth printer. I have ordered one of these dongles from trademe this am, and will try it on my other machine and see what happens. i will get back to you when that operation has been carried out Cheers Chris T
