Ubuntu should include bluez-gnome by default

[Jonathan Ernst]

Binary package hint: ubuntu-desktop

On a default feisty install, the bluetooth stack is installed but is useless to new users because it is impossible to do the pairing in a simple manner. Installing bluez-gnome fixes it but new user should not be required to manually install this package. Bluez-gnome makes a bluetooth applet appear on the panel whenever there is a bluetooth device connected.

[Laurent Bigonville (bigon)]

Sounds like a good idea :)

[bernstein (bernstein)]

yes this should definitively be in recommends of ubuntu-desktop

[Chris Moore (dooglus)]

This shouldn't be 'wishlist' - it's more important than that.

Without bluez-gnome, it's not possible to pair with bluetooth devices.

The 'bluetooth properties' dialog has a control to 'always display icon' in the notification area, but without bluez-gnome installed, the icon never appears.

[Jonathan Ernst (jonathan.ernst)]

This is not fixed in gutsy apparently and could be easily fixed by adding a single dependency.
This should not be marked wishlist as it renders the bluetooth support useless to "normal" people.
Look at this article on the Dell Ubuntu laptops, bluetooth is cripled because of this bug : http://www.starryhope.com/dell/2007/review-dell-inspiron-1420n-with-ubuntu/

[Jonathan Ernst (jonathan.ernst)]

I've just installed the latest gutsy on my laptop and bluez-gnome has been automatically installed (and is a dependency of ubuntu-desktop).

So it seems this bug is fixed...

[Basilio Kublik (sourcercito)]

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