setting the command sudo hciconfig hci0 auth before connecting helps me to prevent disappearing the pin dialog. I have find this method here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/fedora/+source/bluez-gnome/+bug/284994/comments/90
1) First operations is finding the GPS device address with this command: hcitool scan Scanning ... 00:13:F1:01:40:AE BT-GPS 0140AE 00:18:8D:11:5F:F3 Zinux6680 Record the BT-GPS address, this is used later. 2) Enable the authentication on the pc blue-tooth dongle. sudo hciconfig hci0 auth 3)Create a connection with the device sudo hcitool cc 00:13:F1:01:40:AE Now a popup menu request the pin for the device, insert it. -- Pairing: passcode dialogue disappears in <1 second https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241000 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
