[gnome-bluetooth] OK, how do I start...

[Edd Dumbill]

On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 05:38, Drew Bertola wrote:
> Edd,
> 
> I've succeeded in building and installing as much as I can, but there
> doesn't seem to be enough documentation for me to start off.

Great!  I hope you're volunteering to write some :)

> I do have a valid hci0 device:
> 
> $ hciconfig -a
> hci0:   Type: USB
>         BD Address: 00:02:72:40:37:E8 ACL MTU: 192:8  SCO MTU: 64:8
>         UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
>         RX bytes:5417 acl:189 sco:0 events:129 errors:0
>         TX bytes:2131 acl:81 sco:0 commands:29 errors:0
>         Features: 0xff 0xff 0x0f 0x00
>         Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3
>         Link policy: HOLD SNIFF PARK
>         Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT
>         Name: 'Champ (0)'
>         Class: 0x000100
>         Service Classes: Unspecified
>         Device Class: Computer, Uncategorized
>         HCI Ver: 1.1 (0x1) HCI Rev: 0x20d LMP Ver: 1.1 (0x1) LMP Subver:
> 0x20d
>         Manufacturer: Cambridge Silicon Radio (10)
> 
> So, now what?

I presume you've got bluez-utils and bluez-sdp installed and working.

> $ gnome-obex-server 
> 
> Doesn't seem to do much.

It won't, it just sits there waiting for OBEX connections.

Make your phone (or whatever) discoverable, run gnome-admin-tool, hit
scan, see if you can see your remote device.

If you can, you're in business.

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