[Voyage-linux] Bluetooth connection with PIN

[Grigory A]

Hi Tom.

Thanks for explanation. I am not sure I am going to dig inside this
new bluz bt stack "features" , but
it's  a little bit of a surprise how simple thing suddenly becomes
unclear and difficult to use.

Thanks again.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 12:37:54 AM, you wrote:

> In Bluez 4 they changed a lot.  The old code for supplying the PIN 
> doesn't work anymore.

> Now it has to be done via dbus, and the Bluez package contains a Python
> script for doing this (it has dependencies on GObject and Dbus 
> modules).  Last time I checked there was no C/C++ version, so the only
> solution (other then installing pieces of Gnome or KDE) is to use the 
> Python script.

> For more on this I would suggest the Linux Bluetooth mailing list:
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-bluetooth

> Hope this helps.

> Tom.

> Grigory A wrote:
>> Hi gentlemen
>>
>> Could someone help me with bluetooth connection which require PIN to
>> proceed?
>> The problem in short:
>>  - I can establish connection with BT devices which
>>    don't require PIN
>>  - and I can't do the same with BT devices which require PIN
>>  - and even worst - I can't figure out how can I supply PIN for BT
>>    connection in general.
>>
>> Furthermore I have found there is no more blues-pin package and only
>> people can suggest is bluez-gnome which probably isn't easy to
>> run from console only Voyage sys on ALIX 3c3.
>>
>> Any help?
>>
>> Regards
>>   
>>
>>
>>
>>
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 Grigory                            mailto:ryhorr at gmail.com