Sending files fails because obex not loaded

[Iiro Laiho]

If I run bluetooth-sendto from command line and try to send the file, it quits after selecting the target device with following command line output:

"Acquiring proxy failed: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.bluez.obex: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.NoSuchUnit: Unit dbus-org.bluez.obex.service not found."

After I run "systemctl --user start obex", it proceeds to send the file. Even then it for some reason gets stuck, but I do not know what causes it and it is probably a different problem.

This system is upgraded from xenial.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: gnome-bluetooth 3.20.0-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-27.29-generic 4.8.1
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 29 11:04:11 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-12 (77 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fi
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-bluetooth
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-11-01 (27 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Dimitrij Mijoski (dimztimz)]

Happens in Zesty too. Updated from previous distribution versions 16.04->16.10->17.04. Manually starting the service fixes the problem until reboot.

[Øyvind Stegard (oyvindstegard)]

Thanks for reporting, I was just struck by this bug on 17.04.

For a fix which lasts across reboots, run as normal user:
systemctl --user enable obex

This permanently enables OBEX service for your user sessions.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Enable the unit so dbus activation is working

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Daniel, what do you think about that change?

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I think I have no idea :)
I'm not familiar enough with the bluez code to judge that.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package bluez - 5.45-0ubuntu4

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bluez (5.45-0ubuntu4) artful; urgency=medium

  * Drop deprecated rfcomm.conf and upstart config. (LP: #1674680)

 -- Dariusz Gadomski <email address hidden> Mon, 07 Aug 2017 13:29:41 +0200

[jeremy-list (quick-dudley)]

Not fixed in bluez 5.46-0ubuntu2

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

This bug is now closed so if you have any more problems, please open a new one with this command:

  ubuntu-bug bluez