[Pkg-bluetooth-maintainers] Bug#477335: Bug#477335: bluez-utils: Suggested changes to README.Debian

[Filippo Giunchedi]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 02:55:18PM +0100, Phil Endecott wrote:
> Package: bluez-utils
> Version: 3.30-3
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> 
> I'm typing this using a Bluetooth keyboard which it has taken me a long time to get 
> working.  Here are a couple of suggestions for README.Debian that could have saved 
> me a bit of time:
> 
>     hidd --connect <bdaddr>
>     ...
>     For keyboards, type the PIN on the Bluetooth keyboard and hit
>     enter, and then type it in on a cable-attached keyboard to pair.
> 
> I was typing it at the hidd program, which was ignoring me.  Maybe this is obvious 
> if you're running gnome (etc) that pops up a dialog, but I wasn't.  So I suggest 
> replacing that last part of that sentence with:
> 
>     ...and then supply it to the passkey agent (using a cable-attached keyboard).

Thanks, I'll rephrase that.

> 
> Regarding the passkey-agent program: is there a reason for not including a binary? 
> It's only 8532 bytes.  Example usage would also be helpful:
> 
> $ ./passkey-agent --default 1234

mainly because it is only an example program not intended to be used. Indeed
that needs some thought as well.

> 
> BTW, the "unsupported" /var/lib/bluetooth/.../pincodes feature didn't work for me.  
> Maybe I was doing something wrong (strace tells me that the file was being read by 
> hcid).  If this has now broken for some reason you might want to remove that 
> section.

I'll have a look at that, thanks for the notice.

filippo
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