Re: Bluetooth connection failure

* gumb <[email protected]> [03-06-20 04:16]:
> On 06/03/2020 05:23, Marc Chamberlin wrote:
> > Hello -  I am running OpenSuSE Leap 15.0 with version 5.12.5 of the
> > Bluetooth applet on my ASUS laptop. I am trying to make a Bluetooth
> > connection to a gadget I have (a TinyTrack4 with the Bluetooth adapter)
> > and it is not succeeding. I have no problems with making a Bluetooth
> > connection to my Android phone so I don't think I have done anything
> > wrong in setting up this Bluetooth device and indeed the Bluetooth
> > applet shows the TinyTrack4 as an available device I can connect to. But
> > when I try to connect, it appears that I get a momentary successful
> > connection but then it almost immediately disconnects. The messages log
> > file shows the following error message -
> > 
> > 2020-03-05T19:50:15.949381-08:00 marcslaptop plasmashell[2455]:
> > org.kde.bluez: PendingCall Error: "In Progress"
> > 
> > I have no idea what that means and Google was of no help either... And
> > FWIW when I dual boot my laptop over to Windows 10, I have no problems
> > connecting to my TinyTrack4 with the Bluetooth connection.
> > 
> > So any and all help will be much appreciated, and thanks in advance... I
> > hope some kind guru can guide me and my laptop to a joyful Bluetooth
> > union with my TinyTrak4 gizmo...
> > 
> >       Marc...
> > 
> 
> Whilst I can't offer any specific help, I've stumbled on a few quirks
> and foibles with bluetooth recently. With one device I found that when
> trying to pair the device using a PIN, or sending a file to the PC,
> although the device sends the PIN / file, in Plasma the notification
> doesn't pop up (this is on Leap 15.1) so it always fails. In that case I
> was able to go into the Advanced Settings tab of Bluetooth Settings on
> the PC, and check Accept automatically Trusted devices.
> 
> With another device - a very very old feature phone, I've found the
> connection drops after a few seconds. I've had to reboot the PC and
> sometimes that gets it to make a stable connection. But using Wammu to
> connect to the phone and transfer files, I can only succeed using a Leap
> 42.3 installation on an old PC, not with Leap 15.1.

instead of "reboot", 
  bluetoothctl power off
  bluetoothctl power on
???

or 
  bluetoothctl
and use "help"
  
  
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