Re: Recent bluez-gnome problems

Hi Patryk,

>>> I'm in the middle of packaging bluez-gnome 0.25 for PLD Linux. I
>>> already have obex-data-server (with --enable-system-config) packaged
>>> but hit a strange problem.
>> don't use --enable-system-config unless you know what this implies.
>> Running ODS inside the user session is good enough.
>
> So you suggest we disable it in distro builds? Will do. I thought it
> only affected system bus activation?

don't use system bus activation. It would run ODS as root and remote  
attackers can overwrite system files.

>>> The interface is visible and hcid is running. I've noticed the
>>> transfer service is no longer part of bluez-utils. First I was  
>>> unable
>>> to get bluez to a point where it detects any devices. I can see my
>>> laptop from my cell phone but not the other way araound. After  
>>> bonding
>>> (initialized from the phone) I can send files from my laptop to my
>>> cell phone (it shows bonded devices even if discovery fails to  
>>> work).
>>> I can't send any files from the phone and I can't browse the phone
>>> contents (phone asks for permission but nautilus shows "connect
>>> failed" when trying to use gvfs-mount obex://[...]/).
>>>
>>> bluez-* is 3.29, obex-data-server is 0.3
>> I don't see a problem here. The latest bluez-gnome has options to
>> enable file transfer and push service.
>
> yes, the options are there but there seems to be a problem with device
> discovery somewhere in my setup. Is running hcid enough for the device
> detection to work? It seems only the already paired devices show up
> (it worked fine at least with bluez-gnome 0.15) so I assume it only
> displays a memorized list of devices not doing discovery at all. How
> do I debug it? I'm a programmer so if you point me to the right
> internals I think I could fix the issues or at least provide you with
> more info.

That should have been fixed with the latest bluez-gnome version.

Regards

Marcel


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