blueproximity is unable to find bluetooth devices

[nucc1]

Binary package hint: blueproximity

When I launch blueproximity, I get the following error (usually when I attempt to scan)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/blueproximity/proximity.py", line 484, in cb_btnScan_clicked
    macs = self.proxi.get_device_list()
  File "/usr/share/blueproximity/proximity.py", line 753, in get_device_list
    nearby_devices = bluetooth.discover_devices()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bluetooth/bluez.py", line 17, in discover_devices
    sock = _gethcisock ()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bluetooth/bluez.py", line 226, in _gethcisock
    raise BluetoothError ("error accessing bluetooth device")
bluetooth.btcommon.BluetoothError: error accessing bluetooth device

I am using Ubuntu 8.04, my system is up to date as at 22 May 2008.

[Rui Boon (ruiboon)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Have you tried to use other bluetooth function like scanning for devices(not counting blueproximity) or sending a file through bluetooth?

Also is there any problem when pairing up your bluetooth device and your computer? (blueproximity requires them to be paired beforehand)

[nucc1 (nucc1)]

Pairing and sending files works fine. Browsing devices works too.
However, blueproximity, and bluepad (a third-party deb from
sourceforge) all say they can't find bluetooth devices.

Thanks.

On 5/22/08, Rui Boon <email address hidden> wrote:
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better.
>
> Have you tried to use other bluetooth function like scanning for
> devices(not counting blueproximity) or sending a file through bluetooth?
>
> Also is there any problem when pairing up your bluetooth device and your
> computer? (blueproximity requires them to be paired beforehand)
>
> ** Changed in: blueproximity (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> blueproximity is unable to find bluetooth devices
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234015
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[Rui Boon (ruiboon)]

Could you attach a copy of the dmesg output after the error has occur?

I have open up the pybluez task as this issue could be found in two different application. Both application uses pybluez to do the binding of devices.

[nucc1 (nucc1)]

The dmesg output doesn't show anything related to bluetooth but here goes...

Also, I tried the same procedure using a different usb bluetooth device and everything works without errors. I don't know how to identify the driver in use, so I can't tell you which drivers each of the bluetooth devices was using.

[Rui Boon (ruiboon)]

Sorry for the late reply, was away for a seminar.

At this point in time, i could not rule out the location of the bug. Is there another application that uses bluetooth and has similar error?

AFAIK, all bluetooth dongles uses the same driver. Could you give us the name of the bluetooth dongle in question ?

Thanks in advance.

[nucc1 (nucc1)]

The output of lsusb when the device is plugged in identifies the device as:

Bus 005 Device 011: ID 0a5c:2035 Broadcom Corp. BCM2035 Bluetooth

All other bluetooth using apps are working far as fine as I can tell.

[Lars Friedrichs (l-friedrichs)]

Hi,

Sorry I catch on this bug so late, is it still there?
Is only scanning affected or even the whole communication?

Do you have (I cannot see that in dmesg but ask for it anyway) another bluetooth device connected? Could you post the output of the hciconfig command please?

What is the output of this command: dpkg --status python-bluez ?

[nucc1 (nucc1)]

I suspect it was a crap bluetooth device i had. I got a d-link dbt-122 and all the problems disappeared. Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lars Friedrichs <email address hidden>
Sent: 2008-09-12 16:08:21 GMT+08:00
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 234015] Re: blueproximity is unable to find bluetooth devices

Hi,

Sorry I catch on this bug so late, is it still there?
Is only scanning affected or even the whole communication?

Do you have (I cannot see that in dmesg but ask for it anyway) another
bluetooth device connected? Could you post the output of the hciconfig
command please?

What is the output of this command: dpkg --status python-bluez ?

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[Alessio Treglia (quadrispro)]

Can anyone confirm this bug on Jaunty?

[xteejx (xteejx)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!