Bluetooth enable in fc11?

Bill Davidsen davidsen at tmr.com
Sat May 23 13:56:36 UTC 2009


drago01 wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com> wrote:
>> I have loaded all the "bluez*" stuff, dmesg shows no errors in the bluetooth
>> lines, is there some tool google didn't show to duplicate the Windows
>> behavior of showing BT devices nearby and offering to connect to them. I
>> really would like to use a BT headset, and maybe use BT for a printer, but
>> there just doesn't seem to be any such app, so I assume I have to install
>> yet more packages.
>>
>> Under Windows the system see headsets, cell phones, a printer, and an "other
>> device" which is unidentified. I would think this would be common enough to
>> work out of the box, but it doesn't even work under fc10.
> 
> 
> Just right click on the BT icon in the panel.
> Everything needed is installed by default and works just fine.
> 
What BT icon would that be? There certainly is none in any default I've ever 
used. Or is this one of those KDE-only things? And the Bluetooth item on the 
applications menu if offering to open files, not look for devices.

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Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
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