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> Sounds like it just managed to get harder. |
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It is, but perhaps not as a matter of principle. Seems that development is |
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focused entirely on bluetooth subsystem, leaving user side tools and user |
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level documentation far behind. |
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bluez-4.x has very primitive (and nowhere, except comments explained) config |
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files. Most of the management (like enabling/disabling services, pairing) is |
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done at runtime through d-bus commands. Since I did not find any command line |
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tools that do that, one has to rely on gnome-bluez or blueman (both of which |
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comes with some gnome dependancies, unfortunately). |
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In online docs you can get some hints and tips, but there is no coherent |
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description what to do, at least as far as bluetooth networking is concerned. |
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I used the following links |
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http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/noko/index.php?title=Gentoo_bluetooth_network_gateway_with_bluez-utils_3.* |
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(but dbus-send command is incorrect for bluez-4.x) |
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Correct dbus command I got from |
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http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Manually_using_Bluetooth#Information_about_bluez4_networking |
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and it is something like |
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dbus-send --system --dest=org.bluez --print-reply /org/bluez/`pidof |
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bluetoothd`/hci0 org.bluez.Adapter.GetProperties |
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(here ~amd64 d-feet utility is invaluable to find what d-bus interfaces and |
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methods you driver exposes). |
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http://bluez.sourceforge.net/contrib/HOWTO-PAN |
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(old, there is no pand daemon anymore, but finally explained to me when I am |
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supposed to see bnep0 devices, and what's there relation to pan0 device) |
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> So I should be installing bluez instead of |
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> net-wireless/bluez-libs net-wireless/bluez-utils as the documentation |
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> states? |
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I did go with ~amd64 bluez-4.39 (since I had no previous setup anyway) and |
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spend last week on/off trying to configure networking with mobile phone. Not |
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yet there, but apporaching ... (actually I got stuck yesterday trying to pair |
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two computers - not that I need it, but as a matter of principle, phone got |
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paired all right). |
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BTW, bluez-4.39 has 'old-daemons' USE flag, which perhaps will give you sdpd |
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and pand to mimick old behaviour, but I have not tried that. |
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Good luck, and keep us posted on progress ! |
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