bluetooth host down error

[Gecko]

Binary package hint: gnome-bluetooth

Bluetooth Applet 0.25

When trying to connect to a Dell BT travel Mouse (Bluetooth) I get the following error message
Couldnt display öbex://[00:07:61:93:ED:A7]/¨
Error: Host down
Please select anothet viewer and try again.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Mar 10 22:24:03 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
Package: yelp 2.22.1-0ubuntu2.8.04.3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-23-generic i686

[unixnewbie (darfsten)]

i can confirm this bug. I am using Hardy Heron and I am trying to pair my iPhone 2G runnning OS 3.0. I have a trendnet usb bluetooth adapter. I am using a PPA repo from elliot murphy for the updated bluez-utilz that has the pand enabled.

lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 1310:0001 Roper Class 1 Bluetooth Dongle

dmesg | grep Bluetooth
[365517.057519] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.11
[365517.057624] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[365517.057628] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[365517.089034] Bluetooth: HCI USB driver ver 2.9
[366882.609965] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.9
[366882.609969] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[366882.632019] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.2
[366882.632023] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[366882.639781] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[366882.639792] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[366882.639794] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8

What is wrong?

[74pantera (74pantera)]

I have exactly the same problem when trying to connect to a Dell BT travel Mouse (Bluetooth). I too get the error message, "Couldn't display öbex://[00:07:61:xx:xx:xx]/ Error: Host Down"

How do I reset or fix this?

Thanks.

[Gecko (jarvil)]

keep searching for bluetooth tips. I cant remember now

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 2:18 PM, 74pantera <email address hidden> wrote:

> I have exactly the same problem when trying to connect to a Dell BT
> travel Mouse (Bluetooth). I too get the error message, "Couldn't display
> öbex://[00:07:61:xx:xx:xx]/ Error: Host Down"
>
> How do I reset or fix this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> bluetooth host down error
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/340426
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