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[Aitch]

Beem
Rather than continue under the other thread,
I hope this may shed some further light for you

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=18109

as it seems steevieb, with help from John Doe, has got his phone/bluetooth/gprs working

You have come so far, I didn't mean to be rude or upset you, just trying to help

OK?

Aitch

Edit:

http://www.bluez.org/

[Béèm]

Aitch,
I don't feel treated rude or I am not upset.
Sorry if you got that impression, in fact I appreciate much your willingness to help.

I just downloaded beta 2 and once installed it could be that I take the matter up again.
As I still use Windows ( ) and as it works there the priority isn't at the highest point.

But it's still on my to do list.

[Aitch]

OK, Cool

I had a bad experience with misunderstandings, & maybe felt a bit uncertain

May just be a language thing

Aitch

[Cyberhythm]

Either there's a problem with the openobex .pet or I've got a sick puppy. The other packages install ok but that one comes up with an error message about a corrupted file or not expanding into its own directory.

Using puppy v4 beta 2 (for about a week now and most impressed with it's performance on this old Toshy sat pro 4600 with only 128mb).

[tempestuous]

OpenOBEX package uploaded again, May 3rd 2008.

[Cyberhythm]

Thanks Tempestuous,

Just gone through the steps again and I now have gpsdrive working using a cheap mikomi usb bluetooth dongle connecting to a navman b10 gps. I am now a happy puppy so thanks to you and everyone else who has contributed on this topic.

[Caneri]

Hi All,

I hope this is the right place to ask a question about Dingo and bluetooth. (yes I know I need to read more)

Do the bluez.pets/bluetooth installer files etc work in Dingo Alpha 5.

I see in lsmod a bluetooth module has loaded by default but so far no joy...and suggestions..thanks.

Best,
Eric

EDIT: I'm trying to get my bluetooth mouse and headset working(when I get a bluetooth headset)

[eletha]

This is the stage I am at with my Ubuntu bluetooth config:

[steevieb]

@Caneri
This page is for ArchLinux but there may be some clues in there.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth_Mouse

[Caneri]

Thanks steevieb,

I'll give 'er a go tomorrow.

Best,
Eric

[Caneri]

@steevieb and All,

Hey..big thanks for the link..it works now.

There was a command to use that finally did the trick....

modprobe bluetooth
modprobe l2cap
modprobe rfcomm
modprobe hci-usb

Then I ran hcitool scan in the console (I had to push the reset button on the mouse while the scan was working as the mouse is not seen without the reset mode flashing).

Then I used hidd --connect (and plugged in the hardware address)..hooray!

Now I just need to make it load automatically at boot and slow down the mouse a tad.

Thanks all for the info..great...I'm wireless..

EDIT: I'm using Dingo Alpha 5 and the .pets from tempestuous from this thread.

Best,
Eric

[Caneri]

Hi All,

I have made a few changes to get the Logitech bluetooth travel mouse to load automatically....it's not elegant but so far it works.

I seem to have to hit the reset button on the mouse for this to work however...I haven't figured that one out yet.

In /etc/rc.d/rc.local I put these lines...

modprobe bluetooth
modprobe hipd
modprobe l2cap
modprobe rfcomm
modprobe hci-usb
hciconfig hci0 up
#hidd --search
#hcitool inq
#hidd --connect "hardware address without the quotes"

This doesn't seem to work properly so I made a script that does work and I put it into /startup....so far so good.

I noticed the mouse dropped the connection after a time of inactivity and hitting the reset seemed to activate it again.

I am attaching the script from my /startup folder so if anyone has a way to activate the mouse without the reset button that would be great. Or any other directions are appreciated.

Thanks all for the howto,
Eric

EDIT: I am using Dingo alpha 5 on a core2 duo lappy and the bluetooth module loads without the modprobe bluetooth in the rc.local..I just had it there from other attempts.

[chicks]

So, I followed the instructions at the top of this thread, and got the A2DP profile working from my Puppy laptop to my SoundDock clone via an Insignia bluetooth adapter found on ebay. Great wireless sound!

Built a script and put it in Startup folder, works great. Now, would like to get it working when needed, that is when I plug in the USB Bluetooth dongle. Where would I need to put the scripts to get hotplug working?

[Chewi]

As you can see from my new signature, I now have a working Bluetooth mouse on my very special machine thanks to your efforts. I hope to add networking soon. I'm still getting to grips with Bluetooth in general but this helped me to understand it a bit better.

Even if Puppy doesn't officially embrace Bluetooth anytime soon, I highly recommend that it at least look at DBus. I think DBus is Linux's unsung hero of the moment. It's doing wonders for making the newest distros easier to use and I think its usage is only set to increase.

[Aitch]

Hi Chewi

Had to post this, as I just read it, then found your post, so...

http://www.puppylinux.org/community/blogs/playdayz/future-puppy-proof-concept

so if playdayz is right about slowdown, dbus may not be the answer, it appears

Aitch