On Saturday 19 Nov 2011 17:32:27 Mick wrote: > Has something changed in the bluetooth configuration over the last six > months or so? I can't seem to be able connect to rfcomm anymore ... > > I can connect to the phone, l2ping it, etc, but when I use kppp to dial, > the modem does not respond. Also, there's no rfcomm showing under > ifconfig -a, which I seem to recall that it should normally come up. This > is my rfcomm.conf: > > # > # RFCOMM configuration file. > # > > rfcomm0 { > # # Automatically bind the device at startup > # bind no; > bind yes; > # # Bluetooth address of the device > # device 11:22:33:44:55:66; > device 00:1A:10:5C:20:BF; > # > # # RFCOMM channel for the connection > # channel 1; > channel 1; > # # Description of the connection > # comment "Example Bluetooth device"; > comment "Nokia 6021"; > } > > > Any ideas?
Aha! It seems that I have an access issue ... If I connect with the phone as root (hcitools cc 00:1A:10:5C:20:BF) I can then query the modem and dial out. Why would that be ... my user is a member of the uucp group: # ls -la /dev/rfcomm0 crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 216, 0 Nov 19 17:44 /dev/rfcomm0 -- Regards, Mick
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