Ubuntu
bluez-utils package

Inquring for devices from GUI doesn't work due to misconfiguration

Bug #92866 reported by Tomasz Dominikowski on 2007-03-16

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #70718: gnome-obex-send cannot find devices. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	bluez-utils (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: bluez-utils

In order to search for Bluetooth devices from the GUI one needs to first run this command:

sudo hciconfig hci0 inqmode 0

Only then do the GUI applications detect discoverable Bluetooth devices.

GUI applications: nautilus-sendto, gnome-phone-manager, gnome-obex-send. These get fixed if you issue the above command, so this needs to be set in stone in the configuration from the get-go.

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Marcel Holtmann (holtmann) wrote on 2007-03-19:

Actually someone needs to finally fix these UI components. The Linux kernel and the D-Bus API for Bluetooth work perfectly fine with higher inquiry modes.