kbluetooth doesn't find my bluetooth dongle

biiiep · 11-17-2007, 11:27 AM

Hallo,

perhaps you can help.

I set up my bluetooth dongle up with

Code:

hciconfig hci0 up
hciconfig scan

output: 
hci0:   Type: USB
        BD Address: 00:15:83:02:04:D5 ACL MTU: 310:10 SCO MTU: 64:8
        UP RUNNING
        RX bytes:8199 acl:182 sco:0 events:324 errors:0
        TX bytes:3612 acl:183 sco:0 commands:61 errors:0

I think it's properly activated. Nevertheless kbluetooth doesn't find the device so i can't connect to my mobile.

If i do a

Code:

hcitool scan

my mobile gets found.

Do i have to do anything else to activate my dongle kbluetooth or in general?

Thanks for your help in advance.

biiiep · 11-17-2007, 05:04 PM

so i found the solution on my own. It's always better to read all output you get.

Kbluetooth needs this curious sdpd daemon which you can't find in bluez-utils package because this service is integrated into hcid.

A very helpful option of hcid was to start it with

Code:

hcid -n --> you get more information

but the clue was to start it like this:

Code:

hcid -n -s

The "-s" option proposes the sdpd service for kbluetooth. Now everything works fine

For normal use the "-n" option is unnecessary but it tells you if you have configration failures.