From owner-freebsd-bluetooth@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 8 09:53:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bluetooth@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC619106567E for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2008 09:53:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (unknown [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 613BE8FC0C for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2008 09:53:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mB89rh0U042426; Mon, 8 Dec 2008 10:53:43 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id mB89rh7i042425; Mon, 8 Dec 2008 10:53:43 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 10:53:43 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200812080953.mB89rh7i042425@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-bluetooth@FreeBSD.ORG X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-bluetooth User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:53:43 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: libbluetooth2 and Net::Bluetooth X-BeenThere: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Using Bluetooth in FreeBSD environments List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:53:45 -0000 Hello, I'm new to bluetooth (read: I know almost nothing about it), so I have a few questions. First, is there a recommended bluetooth USB dongle that's guaranteed to work with FreeBSD (7-stable) and that's not too expensive? I've seen a lot of really cheap and small dongles recently at online shops, but I assume not all of them work fine, right? Second, I would like to use this software (perl script): http://lukas.internet-freaks.net/nxtmanager.php (Sorry, the page is in German, but the .tar.gz download at the bottom of the page contains an English README.) As far as I can tell, the software requires libbluetooth2 and the CPAN module Net::Bluetooth. I searched the ports, but they're not there. I assume those don't work with FreeBSD, right? Any idea whether porting them would be feasible? Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd (On the statement print "42 monkeys" + "1 snake":) By the way, both perl and Python get this wrong. Perl gives 43 and Python gives "42 monkeys1 snake", when the answer is clearly "41 monkeys and 1 fat snake". -- Jim Fulton