Patching bluescan.c to follow hcitool rather than l2ping seems to work for both login and gnome-screensaver. The disadvantage that I can see is that there is no way to change the timeout.
The patch is attached. ** Patch added: "Patch bluescan.c to use hci_read_remote_name" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpam-blue/+bug/912695/+attachment/2660456/+files/bluescan.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/912695 Title: libpam_blue requires root, fails if non-privileged To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpam-blue/+bug/912695/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs