[ubuntu-uk] bluetooth problem- pc to phone

[Dave Morley]

On Thu, 2008-05-22 at 22:37 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> i cant do either....neither send nor receive!!!
> although i know my pc can see my phone too!!
> 
> 2008/5/22 Gavin Ford <revford at blueyonder.co.uk>:
>         
>         On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 09:13:46PM +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote:
>         > After spending countless hours looking on the net im on the
>         verge of giving
>         > up. posting here now as a last resort...
>         >
>         > My xubuntu hardy is bluetooth enabled. I can see it when i
>         switch on BT on
>         > my phone, moto z8. But thats it. I cant connect to it. I
>         cant send files or
>         > anything else!!!
>         
>         
>         There is a known fault sending files from a phone to a PC with
>         Hardy, it seems
>         to only fail with certain handsets, usually Symbian based
>         phones, just like the
>         Z8 you have and the Nokia 6630 I have.
>         
>         https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/obex-data-server/+bug/211252
>         
>         I can send files from my computer to my phone, but not from my
>         phone to my
>         computer.
>         
>         Which way around is it failing for you, or is it both?
>         
>         --
>         Gav Ford

Be sure to enable anything to do with bluez.  Plus now the gnome
bluetooth manager is plugged into gio/gvfs which I don't think is on in
Xubuntu.  Try enabling Kbluetooth instead it will pull in the libs that
it need where as the gnome version might not.
-- 
Seek That Thy Might Know
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