[Gllug] Bluetooth

[Richard]

Bluetooth (hardware) seems to Just Work IME. Personally, I have a D-Link 
DBT-120 that works pretty well. I borrowed a friend's and it Just 
Worked, and my flatmate's, and it Worked, and I now have another, and I 
expect it will Just Work.

In terms of software and integration, it's a different story. I found 
Sony Ericsson phones were quite friendly, but Nokia and Motorola were 
less so. Actually, Motorola were distinctly unfriendly, even to other 
phones.

The 2 or 3 bluetooth stacks available for Linux also add an element of 
excitement. I was focussed on OBEX push operations, and the whole 
exerience didn't make me happy :( Although, when it worked, it was very 
cool :D

Richard

Sean Burlington wrote:

>Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
>  
>
>>On a whim I just bought myself a Bluetooth GPS on eBay.  So I guess I'll
>>have to dive into this Bluetooth thing finally.  My Ipaq has built-in
>>Bluetooth, so I'll start playing there.  But I'll want it on the
>>laptop too.
>>
>>So what's the deal with Bluetooth under Linux?  Do those cheapo USB
>>connectors Just Work<tm> these days or do I need to go for a specific
>>model?
>>    
>>
>
>got myself a new phone and bluetooth USB connector and was amazed that
>"it just worked"!
>
>Debian Sarge - with a non-debian (one year old) kernel
>
>useful info at
>
>http://linuxgazette.net/109/oregan3.html
>
>OK - I say it just worked but that was the command line FTP like utility
>- which does most of what I want.
>
>gnokii does a bit more but the current Debian version didn't work for my
>phone - the version from unstable backported without any problems.
>
>support in KDE and Gnome is available but not in Debian Sarge :-(
>
>  
>

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