Re: [Bluez-users] failed PIN Code Request (Marcel Holtmann)

Re: [Bluez-users] failed PIN Code Request (Marcel Holtmann)

[Russell A. Bell]

	M. Holtmann:
	'this is from an odd Debian installation.'
	What is?  I use Slackware 12 and bluez 3.25.

	'Kill all these processes and simply log into the GNOME or KDE
desktop and use their Bluetooth applet.'
	These require X, which I don't use except under duress.  I
just want to listen to files on my wireless headset.

russell bell

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Re: [Bluez-users] failed PIN Code Request

[jayjwa]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Russell A. Bell wrote:

-> 	M. Holtmann:
-> 	'this is from an odd Debian installation.'
-> 	What is?  I use Slackware 12 and bluez 3.25.

You didn't quote the output he was likely refering to:

>>       20945 tty6     S      0:00 /usr/local/lib/bluetooth/add-passkey 00:13:17:DD:D0:86
>>
>> is in the process list.  Does this mean that add-passkey isn't
>> working?

> this is from an odd Debian installation.


"add-passkey" isn't a tool in bluez-utils 3.25. Where ever it came from, I 
think he meant not to use it. Years ago I used Slackware, and it never 
installed stuff in /usr/local. Unless it underwent a fundimental change (and 
that's hard to image if you know how Patrick is) that looks like a 3rd-party 
or user add-on.


> Using that is a bad thing. Kill all these processes and simply log into the 
> GNOME or KDE desktop and use their Bluetooth applet.


-> 	'Kill all these processes and simply log into the GNOME or KDE
-> desktop and use their Bluetooth applet.'
-> 	These require X, which I don't use except under duress.  I
-> just want to listen to files on my wireless headset.

Same here, X isn't mandatory, only if you use a graphical bluetooth tool in 
GNOME or KDE, which I don't. The bluez-utils command line tools work fine for 
me. There's two which I use for my headset. I posted a full description of it 
a few issues back, but the pass/PIN part consists of starting

passkey-agent --default <PIN> <bt address of remote device> &
auth-agent &

after sdpd & hcid are up, but before you try and use the headset. After that, 
turn on the headset. Many look for a audio service to pair with. Mine does. On 
the Jabra I use, there is a button on the side. Pressing it causes it to try 
to pair with the computer. At that time, passkey-agent and auth-agent answer, 
and output to the console that they did get a request. After a few seconds, 
you should see the headset with 'hcitool con '. If you don't send sound, it 
may disconnect after some time. If it does, pressing again re-starts the 
process. If yours doesn't have such a button/setup, you could try to pair from 
the other side, computer to device. I believe that's 'hcitool cc <address>' 
then 'hcitool auth <address>' but my headset doesn't seem to like to operate 
this way and wants to disconnect quickly due to not being used for sound.





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Re: [Bluez-users] failed PIN Code Request

[Manuel Naranjo]

> the other side, computer to device. I believe that's 'hcitool cc <address>' 
> then 'hcitool auth <address>' but my headset doesn't seem to like to operate 
> this way and wants to disconnect quickly due to not being used for sound.
>   
If I'm not wrong it's not your headset the one that closes the
connection, but rather the kernel.

Solution:
ADDR=<SOMETHING> hcitootl cc $ADDR; hcitool auth $ADDR

Still not the preferred way but it works.

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Re: [Bluez-users] failed PIN Code Request

[Brian Sammon]

> -> 	'Kill all these processes and simply log into the GNOME or KDE
> -> desktop and use their Bluetooth applet.'
> -> 	These require X, which I don't use except under duress.  I
> -> just want to listen to files on my wireless headset.
> 
> Same here, X isn't mandatory, only if you use a graphical bluetooth tool in 
> GNOME or KDE, which I don't. The bluez-utils command line tools work fine for 
> me. There's two which I use for my headset. I posted a full description of it 
> a few issues back, but the pass/PIN part consists of starting
> 
> passkey-agent --default <PIN> <bt address of remote device> &
> auth-agent &

I was of the impression that passkey-agent and auth-agent were 
unsupported/sample programs.  Am I correct?
As far as I can tell, they are undocumented, neither in the tarball, nor in 
the wiki (aside from a few brief mentions)
I don't have a full build system up right now, but judging from the various 
Makefile.in files in the tarball, it appears they are not built by default.
Debian does not distribute them-- does any distribution?

When I set up my bluetooth headphones back in December, the only way I could 
figure out to do it was to switch window managers to something compatible with 
the gnome bluetooth-applet.  I'd be very happy to hear that there is now a 
supported command-line app for this.



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