[Pkg-bluetooth-maintainers] Bug#488306: bluez-utils: README.Debian.gz unusable. How to enter the PIN?

[Eduard Bloch]

Package: bluez-utils
Version: 3.30-3
Severity: important

Hello,

<bitching-as-a-new-bluez-utils-user>

I rarely use BT and mostly on Windows. Now I tried to make a keyboard
make work. Furst hurdle:

how do I enter the PIN during pairing? Your README.Debian.gz tells me
about a C file, that's all usefull information I can get from it. First,
are you REALLY EXPECT a user to compile this source? Second, how t.h. do
I tell and to whom about how to use the output of this compilation?

Honnestly, the current doc sucks. Please provide somethign I use can
start with. The comments "to the tech-savvy" are completely
inappropriate there -- please put your techy-user bashing to some foot
note, as a normal Joe user I don't care! Please gimme a hint on how to
proceed instead!

PS: in the meantime I managed that installing kbluetooth and then
starting one of the programs inside (don't remember which, but this also
MUST be documented) adds some magic tray icon which seems to appear
rarely asking me for the PIN (still works unreliable). This is NOT
SOMETHING I HAVE TO GUESS, I expect such essential details to be
documented at a prominent place.

Second hurdle:

now I managed to get pairing working with the kde systray plugin
interaction. Fine. I enabled HID in /etc/default/bluetooth. Fine.
Right now I am typing with the keyboard. The Touchpad does not work,
this issue needs some investigation.

And for some reason I don't see the input device in kinputwizard. Maybe
there is some conflict with hidd? I guess this also needs some
documentation. Because I needed some time to realize that the keyboard
is already working though kinputwizard told me about failures.

PPS: now it does not appear in kinputwizard at all however I am still
using the keyboard.

Regards,
Eduard.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.25.6 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages bluez-utils depends on:
ii  dbus                         1.2.1-2     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libbluetooth2                3.30-1      Library to use the BlueZ Linux Blu
ii  libc6                        2.7-11      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdbus-1-3                  1.2.1-2     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libglib2.0-0                 2.16.3-2    The GLib library of C routines
ii  libusb-0.1-4                 2:0.1.12-11 userspace USB programming library
ii  lsb-base                     3.2-12      Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  makedev                      2.3.1-88    creates device files in /dev
ii  module-init-tools            3.4-1       tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  udev                         0.114-2     /dev/ and hotplug management daemo

Versions of packages bluez-utils recommends:
ii  bluez-audio                   3.30-3     Bluetooth audio support

-- no debconf information

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