Bluetooth sync stopped working in ubuntu 11.10

[khul]

Syncing with my nokia N9 via bluetooth worked out of the box when I got it a few months ago. I then upgraded from ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10, and now it doesn't any more. The "Sync" dialogue box is much the same, but when I try to sync I get a red box saying it can't connect to the server. Seems this might be a bluetooth bug. I remove the phone and re-paired it, but the sync still fails and when I try to browse files in the bluetooth menu the bluetooth icon disappears.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: syncevolution (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic 3.0.13
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jan 31 11:40:00 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: syncevolution
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-01-19 (11 days ago)

[khul (klas-physto)]

In the bluetooth control window ("gnome-control-center bluetooth") I can select my phone. It's listed as paired, but the "Connection" switch is off and locked in that position. I don't understand what that means, maybe nothing. If I click "Browse Files..." nothing seems to happen. If I click "Sync" I get the red box. I tried re-installing gnome-bluetotth and bluez, but that didn't change anything. The phone certainly considers itself paired with the laptop.

[khul (klas-physto)]

Tried changing to the latest syncevolution release (1.2.2, was 1.1.1 before). Still same problem. Running it in the terminal I get

$ syncevolution Khul
[INFO] addressbook: inactive
[INFO] memo: inactive
[ERROR] connect failed with error code 111
[ERROR] ObexTransport: Transport Exception in sdp_callback_impl
[ERROR] ObexTransport: connect request failed with error
[ERROR] connect failed with error code 111
[ERROR] ObexTransport: Transport Exception in sdp_callback_impl
[ERROR] ObexTransport: connect request failed with error
[ERROR] ObexTransprotAgent: Underlying transport error
[INFO] creating complete data backup after sync (enabled with dumpData and needed for printChanges)

Synchronization failed, see /home/klas/.cache/syncevolution/khul-2012-01-31-16-35/syncevolution-log.html for details.

[Patrick Ohly (patrick-ohly)]

Similar problems were observed with the N900. SyncEvolution is tracking that problem here:
https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4835

Keith Packard had the same issue with N900 + libsyncml (http://keithp.com/blogs/calypso/).
Seems to be a problem at the OBEX/Bluetooth layer, either on the host or device side.

[khul (klas-physto)]

Thanks for the links!

I had an N900 which I lost after about two years. First it worked with bluetooth, then it stopped working and I had to set up a syncML server. I was pleased when my new N9 "just worked" with bluetooth. It continued working after the firmware update in the phone. So it seems this might be a regression in ubuntu 10.11. Maybe I'll have to go back to syncML.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

This should be fixed with 1.2.2 which I'm about to sync

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

This bug was fixed in the package syncevolution - 1.2.2-1

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syncevolution (1.2.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream version
  * Fix upgrade from squeeze (Closes: #657001)
  * Re-add sync-ui icon file (Closes: #658519)

 -- Tino Keitel <email address hidden> Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:33:08 +0100