This is a mess. In 13.04, the steps in #9 do not work -- after typing the code on the keyboard and hitting return, the bluez-simple-agent process exits with:
I attempted to run "repair" as suggested in a later post and got this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/bluez-simple-agent", line 129, in <module>
device = adapter.FindDevice(args[1])
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 70, in __call__
return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 145, in __call__
**keywords)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in call_blocking
message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.bluez.Error.DoesNotExist: Does Not Exist
So with a completely up-to-date Ubuntu, you can't use bluetooth keyboards. And this has been known for nearly a year?
This is a mess. In 13.04, the steps in #9 do not work -- after typing the code on the keyboard and hitting return, the bluez-simple-agent process exits with:
Creating device failed: org.bluez. Error.Authentic ationFailed: Authentication Failed
I attempted to run "repair" as suggested in a later post and got this error:
Traceback (most recent call last): bluez-simple- agent", line 129, in <module> FindDevice( args[1] ) python2. 7/dist- packages/ dbus/proxies. py", line 70, in __call__ method( *args, **keywords) python2. 7/dist- packages/ dbus/proxies. py", line 145, in __call__ python2. 7/dist- packages/ dbus/connection .py", line 651, in call_blocking .DBusException: org.bluez. Error.DoesNotEx ist: Does Not Exist
File "/usr/bin/
device = adapter.
File "/usr/lib/
return self._proxy_
File "/usr/lib/
**keywords)
File "/usr/lib/
message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions
So with a completely up-to-date Ubuntu, you can't use bluetooth keyboards. And this has been known for nearly a year?