Mandriva 2007 bluetooth completely broken

make · 10-13-2006, 03:31 AM

I cannot pair any devices. Here's some info:

Code:

# ls /etc/bluetooth/
hcid.conf  pin  rfcomm.conf

Code:

# cat hcid.conf 
#
# HCI daemon configuration file.
#

# HCId options
options {
        # Automatically initialize new devices
        autoinit yes;

        # Security Manager mode
        #   none - Security manager disabled
        #   auto - Use local PIN for incoming connections
        #   user - Always ask user for a PIN
        #
        security user; # Also tried "auto", made no difference

        # Pairing mode
        #   none  - Pairing disabled
        #   multi - Allow pairing with already paired devices
        #   once  - Pair once and deny successive attempts
        pairing multi;

        # Default PIN code for incoming connections
        passkey "1234";
}

# Default settings for HCI devices
device {
        # Local device name
        #   %d - device id
        #   %h - host name
        name "%h";

        # Local device class
        class 0x3e0100;

        # Default packet type
        #pkt_type DH1,DM1,HV1;

        # Inquiry and Page scan
        iscan enable;
        pscan enable;

        # Default link mode
        #   none   - no specific policy 
        #   accept - always accept incoming connections
        #   master - become master on incoming connections,
        #            deny role switch on outgoing connections
        lm accept;

        # Default link policy
        #   none    - no specific policy
        #   rswitch - allow role switch
        #   hold    - allow hold mode
        #   sniff   - allow sniff mode
        #   park    - allow park mode
        lp rswitch,hold,sniff,park;
}

Code:

# cat pin 
1234

Code:

# cat rfcomm.conf

Code:

# bluepin 
ERR

Code:

# /usr/lib/kdebluetooth/kbluepin 
ERR

Code:

# service bluetooth status
hcid (pid 4301) running...
sdpd (pid 4309) running...
hidd (pid 1134) running...

Code:

# ps -A|grep passkey-agent
 7599 pts/0    00:00:00 passkey-agent

Code:

# hcitool scan
Scanning ...
        00:17:4B:xx:xx:xx       Nokia N70

Code:

# hcitool cc 00:17:4B:xx:xx:xx
# hcitool auth 00:17:4B:xx:xx:xx
HCI authentication request failed: Input/output error

Code:

# rpm -qa|grep blue
kdebluetooth-1.0-0.beta1.8mdv2007.0
kdebluetooth-pin-1.0-0.beta1.8mdv2007.0
libkdebluetooth0-1.0-0.beta1.8mdv2007.0
bluez-utils-3.4-3mdv2007.0
bluez-bluefw-1.0-6mdk
bluez-gnome-0.4-1mdv2007.0
libbluez2-3.4-2mdv2007.0

Code:

# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0a5c:200a Broadcom Corp.

This bluetooth-dongle has always worked with any Linux I've used it with.

If I make the computer visible with "hciconfig hci0 piscan" and try to pair with it from the mobile, it will ask for a PIN-code, but "1234" will not work. The mobile says "Pairing failed".

I am unable to access the mobile's filesystem and many other things from the computer without a working pairing.

delromano · 11-02-2006, 12:11 PM

Ci sono dei bug in mandriva 2007. Basta che digiti questi comandi che dicono quelli della Mandriva e poi ti funzionera.
Saluti

Paolo

*************************** Mandriva Linux 2007 Errata******************

See also bug_small.png Bug #24359. Mandriva Linux 2007 includes the latest version (3.2) of bluez, the Linux Bluetooth support layer. Unfortunately, this version made several changes that the KDE and GNOME Bluetooth desktop support applications have not yet entirely caught up with. To use Bluetooth with Mandriva Linux 2007, you will have to run some commands manually.

First of all, at each boot, you should run the command:

passkey-agent --default /bin/bluepin

Alternatively, you can install the keychain package, which will register the passkey agent at every boot. It also acts as an agent for ssh and GPG keys.

Secondly, if you wish to pair with your computer from another Bluetooth device, your computer's Bluetooth adapter must be in discoverable mode. Unfortunately, with the new bluez it is currently not possible to set the computer to be permanently discoverable or to make it discoverable from the KDE or GNOME Bluetooth support applications. You must do it with the following console command:

hciconfig hci0 piscan

This will make your computer discoverable for a few minutes. You must run this command each time you wish to make the computer discoverable.

make · 11-04-2006, 04:54 AM

delromano, as you can see the passkey-agent is running and I have inspected the Mandriva 2007 errata very carefully. I am aware the computer doesn't stay in discoverable mode for a long time.

But this is not the issue now. Nothing in the Mandriva 2007 errata matches my problem nor solves it.