[Bug 1036704] [NEW] Unable to configure device with bluez-simple-agent

[onebir]

Public bug reported:

Unable to use bluez-simple-agent to set up connection in Xubuntu 12.04
on Asus T91m laptop with internal or USB Bluetooth hardware.

onebir at T91:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release:	12.04
onebir at T91:~$ apt-cache show bluez python-gobject python-dbus | egrep "Package|Version"
Package: bluez
Version: 4.98-2ubuntu7
Package: python-gobject
Version: 3.2.2-1~precise
Package: python-gobject
Version: 3.2.0-3
Package: python-dbus
Version: 1.0.0-1ubuntu1

#Trying inbulit card - not sure of hardware
onebir at T91:~$ hcitool dev
Devices:
        hci0    00:25:D3:A4:4A:A7
onebir at T91:~$ hcitool scan
Scanning ...
onebir at T91:~$ sudo bluez-simple-agent hci 00:25:D3:A4:4A:A7
[sudo] password for bir:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/bluez-simple-agent", line 102, in <module>
    path = manager.FindAdapter(args[0])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 70, in __call__
    return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 145, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.bluez.Error.NoSuchAdapter: No such adapter

# Plug in USB Bluetooth dongle  as used in *
onebir at T91:~$ hcitool dev
Devices:
        hci0    00:25:D3:A4:4A:A7
        hci1    00:1F:81:00:08:30
onebir at T91:~$ sudo bluez-simple-agent hci 00:1F:81:00:08:30
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/bluez-simple-agent", line 102, in <module>
    path = manager.FindAdapter(args[0])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 70, in __call__
    return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 145, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.bluez.Error.NoSuchAdapter: No such adapter

*https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1036106

** Affects: bluez (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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