Re: blueproximity
Hi, Thanks very much for your help, I'll look at this when I get a chance! Sorry about the delay as well was out of town for the majority of the week... Cheers, Daniel. On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 01:53:31PM +, Chris Davies wrote: > Daniel Dalton wrote: > > Hmmm, it worked this morning... When you boot your machine, where do you > > have your phone, and do you switch bluetooth on? Do you have to do > > anything on the phone or computer when you boot? > > Usually the phone's in my pocket. Occasionally it's still in the car > and I realise I need to go and get it about 1/2 hour later... :-( > > Sometimes I power up the computer with all wireless networking disabled. I > can't remember whether blueproximity works when I switch the wireless > stuff back on, again. > > > > One other thing, when trying to send files to my computer (pair), my > > phone can't find my computer. When I scan for devices with hcitool, my > > computer finds the phone... How do I make the computer visible to all > > devices? > > That's in the bluetooth configuration screen. (System > Preferences > > Bluetooth,or from the Preferences entry in the menu of the bluetooth > "blob" in your system tray.) > > Chris > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: blueproximity
Daniel Dalton wrote: > Hmmm, it worked this morning... When you boot your machine, where do you > have your phone, and do you switch bluetooth on? Do you have to do > anything on the phone or computer when you boot? Usually the phone's in my pocket. Occasionally it's still in the car and I realise I need to go and get it about 1/2 hour later... :-( Sometimes I power up the computer with all wireless networking disabled. I can't remember whether blueproximity works when I switch the wireless stuff back on, again. > One other thing, when trying to send files to my computer (pair), my > phone can't find my computer. When I scan for devices with hcitool, my > computer finds the phone... How do I make the computer visible to all > devices? That's in the bluetooth configuration screen. (System > Preferences > Bluetooth,or from the Preferences entry in the menu of the bluetooth "blob" in your system tray.) Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: blueproximity
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:48:35AM +, Chris Davies wrote: > On mine, I have the following: > > LOCK distance=27, duration=6 (seconds) > UNLOCK distance=19, duration=0 > I'll play with this, thanks... Are bigger numbers greater distance? > > - I've told it to start at start up, but if I don't launch it from a > > gnome terminal it doesn't work! > > I can't help you there - it "just worked" for me. Hmmm, it worked this morning... When you boot your machine, where do you have your phone, and do you switch bluetooth on? Do you have to do anything on the phone or computer when you boot? > > > > So does anyone know how I can: > > - make it work from gnome starting with out running it from a terminal? > > System > Preferences > Sessions > Startup Programs, and enable > blueproximity. (If you don't have blueproximity then add it.) It seems to be starting at boot, just not working 100%. > If there's a command to do so, then yes. (I suspect a combination > of screen -ls and screen -D will do this if you really want it, but > I'm not sure why. Wouldn't you be better off just locking the non-GUI > consoles? You could try something like vlock for this.) Look in the Ah, thanks that looks good. Yeah, as soon as I wrote this email, I knew I should have asked for something that locks the console... Sorry, but thanks that should work! > Locking tab for the programs to be run when locking/unlocking. Um, > have you actually tried to configure the applet, yet? Yep, I have... Sorry I was just looking for the command to do this, I knew you could change it... I should have said that though. One other thing, when trying to send files to my computer (pair), my phone can't find my computer. When I scan for devices with hcitool, my computer finds the phone... How do I make the computer visible to all devices? Thanks, Daniel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: blueproximity
Daniel Dalton wrote:
> I installed the blueproximity package from debian lenny and got the
> following results:
> - It locks my screen when I turn bluetooth off on the phone.
Fair enough - you've gone out of range
> - When I turn bluetooth back on screen unlocks again
Likewise, you've come back in to range
> - When I walk about 10 metres away from the machine it doesn't lock.
> - Distance is set to 1
On mine, I have the following:
LOCK distance=27, duration=6 (seconds)
UNLOCK distance=19, duration=0
With the phone in my pocket (and hence under the desk) I have a distance
measurement that varies between around 4 and 11.
> - I've told it to start at start up, but if I don't launch it from a
> gnome terminal it doesn't work!
I can't help you there - it "just worked" for me.
> So does anyone know how I can:
> - make it work from gnome starting with out running it from a terminal?
System > Preferences > Sessions > Startup Programs, and enable
blueproximity. (If you don't have blueproximity then add it.)
> - Make it recognise the device moving away and lock the screen?
Watch the real-time proximity measurement and tweak the lock/unlock
parameters appropriately. You should have a long-ish period of absence
before locking the screen, but have it unlock immediately it can see
the phone.
> - Is it possible to detach all screen sessions running on other consoles
> with a command?
If there's a command to do so, then yes. (I suspect a combination
of screen -ls and screen -D will do this if you really want it, but
I'm not sure why. Wouldn't you be better off just locking the non-GUI
consoles? You could try something like vlock for this.) Look in the
Locking tab for the programs to be run when locking/unlocking. Um,
have you actually tried to configure the applet, yet?
> - Stop the phone from asking to receive a message from my computer each
> time it goes to unlock (as soon as I switch bluetooth back on)
Set your phone to allow connections from previous paired devices
automatically. On my Nokia 6021 it's under Settings > Connectivity >
Bluetooth > Paired devices > {Device}, then Options > Auto-conn. without
confirmation = Yes. If I recall, my wife's (different) Nokia has a
similar option within the Bluetooth configuration section.
Chris
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blueproximity
Hi, I installed the blueproximity package from debian lenny and got the following results: - It locks my screen when I turn bluetooth off on the phone. - When I turn bluetooth back on screen unlocks again - When I walk about 10 metres away from the machine it doesn't lock. - Distance is set to 1 - I've told it to start at start up, but if I don't launch it from a gnome terminal it doesn't work! So does anyone know how I can: - make it work from gnome starting with out running it from a terminal? - Make it recognise the device moving away and lock the screen? - Is it possible to detach all screen sessions running on other consoles with a command? - Stop the phone from asking to receive a message from my computer each time it goes to unlock (as soon as I switch bluetooth back on) Mobile is a nokia 3650. Thanks very much, Daniel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
