[Bug 989817] Re: Cannot change bluetooth device name

[TJ]

Ubiquity bug #644198 "Ubuntu LIve Cd does not enable bluetooth before
choice menu in live-cd" comment #16 introduced the naming issue by
coping the live environment from "/var/lib/bluetooth/" to
"/target/var/lib/bluetooth/". The pertinent parts of the change are:

ubiquity (2.9.27) precise; urgency=low

  * Add bin/ubiquity-bluetooth-agent, a bluetooth agent allowing any HID
    bluetooth device for 5 minutes, then spawning bluetooth-applet if
    available, otherwise simply dies.
  * Start bluetooth-applet from ubiquity-dm (LP: #644198)
  * Copy /var/lib/bluetooth to /target/var/lib/bluetooth to keep the list
    of trusted devices on the target system. (LP: #644198)

 -- Stephane Graber <stgraber at ubuntu.com> Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:11:19
-0500

I'm emailing Stephane about this issue.

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Cannot change bluetooth device name

Status in “bluez” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “bluez” source package in Precise:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Precise:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  First, the bluetooth device name is incorrect by default. It should be
  like "computer name + device number". In Ubuntu 11.10, if the computer
  name is "mypc", the BT device name will be "mypc0". However, in 12.04,
  it's always "ubuntu0".

  Second, the trick using hciconfig hci0 name "new_name" won't work for
  12.04 while it did work for 11.10. The name will restore to "ubuntu0"
  after reboot or restarting bluetooth service.

  Third, /etc/bluetooth/main.conf doesn't work. If I set the value for
  "name" field in the config file, it won't affect the device name.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Apr 27 23:09:10 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_SG:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_SG.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
   activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu3
   deja-dup                            22.0-0ubuntu2
   gnome-bluetooth                     3.2.2-0ubuntu5
   indicator-datetime                  0.3.94-0ubuntu2

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