Idea
#95: Better bluetooth support
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Written by tighem the 28 Feb 08 at 17:24.
Category: System.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
Bluetooth support is still a mixed bag in ubuntu. Ubuntu needs to do a better job of making sure bluetooth devices work with the operating system. Headsets are still an arcane science and Nautilus still can't browse a BT device.
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 Alan Pope (Ubuntu Developer) wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 17:26
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Nautilus _can_ browse a BT device perfectly well once you have installed the necessary obex stuff (gnome-vfs-obexftp).
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exosyst wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 18:08
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the gnome-vfs is deprecated but the new GVFS should be offering an improved bluetooth backend. The BT audio and others would be nice though
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fergus wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 20:12
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Mouse, Modem/Phone and Headset support need lots of love.. You shouldn't need a command line to configure them.
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stbaker wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 00:54
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I would love to be able to easily setup a serial connection to my bluetooth phone. Right now I have to use windows + bitpim to transfer numbers, ringtones, etc. There's a linux version of bitpim available, it would be great to actually be able to use it.
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aliencam wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 01:15
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I don't think compatibility is as much a problem as just an extremely bad interface. I have never not gotten the "OBEX[******] Cannot be found, maybe you misspelled something?" error when clicking to connect a device (on multiple computers even) When I didn't type anything in the first place, how could I have misspelled it? and syncing the devices is a pain anyway.
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gatman3 wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 02:29
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Maybe Nautilus or Konqueror *can* browse a BT device, but when I browse my cell phone's file system I find that I need to hit the reload button often to get it to display directory contents properly.
I have also found that the pegasus driver is selected by default for my Belkin USB-BT adapter, but its the wrong driver. I need to go into /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and blacklist the pegasus driver, and then manually add the bcm203x driver in /etc/modules.
Definitely needs a little polishing.
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someonestolemyname wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 05:58
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I always see the obex error when browsing my phone unless I install gnome-vfs-obexftp. I put up an idea regarding this being installed by default.
daniel1992.wordpress.com
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AndrewGene wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 06:26
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There are several programs that will manage obex with a cell phone rather nicely (i.e. graphically). However, A2DP is not good at all. I can get sound to my stereo headphones but it is only mono.
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tshrinivasan wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 08:22
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Bluetooth should be common for both gnome and kde. like Cups is common for printing, Bluetooth device drivers should come up with a common framework, so that any application can use them.
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HardDisk wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 09:15
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blueman.tuxfamily.org
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scaine wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 14:30
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I'll second Blueman. Get it installed and almost all your Bluetooth cares are simply and beautifully taken care of. Excellent tool which really shows up the native Bluez utils included by default.
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Hemanti wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 17:17
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I totally agree with you, Scaine. Blueman should be in tzhe standard distribution and used by default.
I always had problems transferring files from or to my phone with the standard bluetooth configuration and I could read as many manuals and change as many configuration files as i wanted. It just stopped to work after a couple of months after the last change or ubuntu install. With blueman I havenb't had a single error so far and I discovered many fuctions I had to use extra programs for or didn't even think of before.
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qaaq wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 17:53
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BT works fine out of the box for me since hardy. Hardy is particularly good. I can browse my phone, share and receive files, etc. I can send and recieve SMS messages using gnome-phone-manager.
I agree the file manager needs a bit of work, and so do headsets - A2DP sucks. We aren't far off of where we need to be overall though.
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muecker wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 18:26
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I agree with blueman as a start. Its about as easy as it gets for working with bluetooth devices. Start with the functionality of blueman and add plugins for working with phones (contact and calendar sync, text messages, caller id, etc.) and other devices.
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geoffp wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 19:12
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I've been struggling to get a generic Bluetooth GPS to work with Ubuntu. I'm a command-line guy and have no problem editing various files under /etc. However, to get this device working, I need to run and configure hcitool, rfcomm, sdptool not to mention gpsd and the actual application I want to run.
I hate to say this, but getting this device to run on Window and Macintosh was a piece of cake.
There is a great opportunity to create a simple tool to robustly setup Bluetooth.
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tech404 wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 20:31
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As of Hardy Alpha 5 that my Logitech bluetooth receiver still locks up from bluez. This has been a known bug for at lease 2 releases and has stopped two people I know from adopting linux. When your computer starts up and the kb and mouse doesn't work people leave without looking back. If dev's wont/can't fix problems like this maybe at least a fall back similar to bulletproof X?
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thevirtuesofxen wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 05:28
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People still use Bluetooth on PC's? Wow.
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gatman3 wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 05:48
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Yeah. Go figure, it beats using a USB cable to sync to my phone.
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downdb wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 16:52
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Oh man, how I would love to be able to use my bluetooth headset with Skype *without* having it be a pain in the butt.
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AzazelMazikin wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 18:05
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Still, no clear PAN gui. I have two PCs running Ubuntu. Both have BT USB dongles. Link them thru BT is a headache
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3dOptics wrote on the 27 Mar 08 at 03:04
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I have a bluetooth device that has a pin ex. 1231 . There should be a option in the Bluetooth Manager that ask me if the device requires a pin and then allows me to enter the pin in a textbox.
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felimu wrote on the 29 Mar 08 at 22:19
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On HP Pavillion dv6558ea had to disable Bluetooth to get 7.10 to boot.
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mlapaglia wrote on the 7 Apr 08 at 02:00
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My bluetooth mouse really sucks on Ubuntu, sometimes it works well and others it won't connect at all. Sometimes the applet says the mouse is connected, even if the mouse is off or if it isn't synced. Sometimes is syncs but it isn't used as a mouse, even if I have it selected to do such. Sometimes it will have a 2 second delay between my hand movement and the mouse on the screen movement. sometimes it will randomly sync after it hasn't been working for a while.
I mean.. wow.
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Wiplash4 wrote on the 7 Apr 08 at 10:51
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Install better support for all wireless devices!
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veltresnas wrote on the 6 Jun 08 at 03:55
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After loosing my phone bluetooth's drivers cd for windows, my BT became useless because I couldn't find the drivers on the web...
But, guess what?
Yes, I tried it on Kubuntu, and worked perfectly...
I fell in love with Kubuntu!
Who needs Windows?
Some time later I installed Ubuntu and I liked a lot, (I´m still using it) but the gnome bluez doesn't connect, it said something stupid about an invalid adress...
I installed the packages for KDE, and worked, but only to send files, no to browse my phone, too bad...
Better bluetooth support!!
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Diggs808 wrote on the 6 Jun 08 at 19:06
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+ 1 on this for me.
I have tried numerous times to configure BT on my Ubuntu and it still sucks. Windows works great for that...sigh...
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