[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Bluetooth

[Michael Wood]

Farran Lee wrote:
> there is this... but on my laptop it will run, but won't find any 
> bluetooth devices. The command is "kbtobexclient", but it is a kde 
> program. It's called Bluetooth OBEX Client - it worked fine on our 
> main pc though. Try it, see what it does for you.
>
> Also, try gnome-obex-server. When you run it, there is a little icon 
> in the system tray (sorry - window$ term). In Nautilus, right click on 
> the file you want to send and select 'Send to'. In there, you can 
> select use of the Bluetooth client and then pick the device to send it to.
>
> I have noticed that Ubuntu doesn't seem to support background scanning 
> for services. I haven't really looked into it much, but I noticed that 
> it will only find wireless networks when you tell it to. To make my 
> laptop see my phone through bluetooth, I have to send something from 
> my phone to my laptop first (I use the integrated nautilus bluetooth 
> client).
>
> Hope the first half helped!
> fazza :)
> ps I'm only 14, so I could be wrong on the programs! ;)
>
> On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 09:02 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
>> I've been fiddling with bluetooth in Ubuntu, and have been a wee bit
>> surprised that I don't seem to be able to find a good gui, that
>> integrates all of the functions I want to use.
>>
>> For instance, when transferring a file from PC to mobile phone for
>> instance, it seems you have to use the command:
>>
>> gnome-obex-send filenamehere
>>
>> Or create yourself a desktop shortcut with gnome-obex-send as the
>> command, and drag and drop.
>>
>> Is there a gui that ties bluetooth filesharing together in an easy to
>> use app? If not, perhaps it's something to try and figure out as part
>> of my embryonic programming skills ;-)
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>     
Yep as well as having "gnome-bluetooth"  [1] installed which should 
provide the "right click file send to.." in nautilus (the file manager) 
you might also like to look at installing "gnome-phone-manager" [2] - 
which works especially well with nokia phones

Bluetooth support isn't particularly good in ubuntu yet (compared to 
fedora for example) but it's getting there.

[1] http://live.gnome.org/GnomeBluetooth
[2] http://live.gnome.org/PhoneManager

If you have problems i'm quite well versed in bluetooth on Linux/Gnome

Michael GD Wood