Comment 33 for bug 280997

Thanks Scott, Mario and others for the effort!

I just tried the gnome bluetooth-applet in Kubuntu 8.10 and now I finally got dialup networking and stowaway keyboard working again.

In my opinion it would have been a much much better solution to temporarily use gnome bluetooth in KDE, which provides a mostly working solution, rather than leaving the whole bluetooth system broken. Some functionality is always better than no functionality, even if it's a cludge. And nobody really reads the release notes. I know I didn't.

I consider that the release notes are not prominent enough to be used for reporting such major issues. I think something as crucial as bluetooth being broken should be highlighted separately on the download page. The page shows a selection for choosing between 8.04 and 8.10, but doesn't really provide any assistance for selecting between the two. I think here it should be said clearly that 8.10 does not currently have bluetooth support without some hacking. At the very minimum the release notes should be linked there.

meph: I use Intrepid experimentally at home, but for daily use and work I use Hardy. I feel that Intrepid has too many problems, so I am waiting for fixes and/or Jaunty.