From owner-freebsd-net Fri Feb 7 10:19:43 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3249737B401 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:19:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (A17-250-248-85.apple.com [17.250.248.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4E2043F3F for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:19:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lomion@mac.com) Received: from asmtp02.mac.com (asmtp02-qfe3 [10.13.10.66]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id h17IJZHl001062 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:19:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from mac.com ([67.98.154.9]) by asmtp02.mac.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id H9YAQZ00.GMD; Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:16:11 -0800 Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 13:16:12 -0500 Subject: Re: Bluetooth Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v551) Cc: -net To: Maksim Yevmenkin From: Larry Sica In-Reply-To: <3E43F1C5.8060209@exodus.net> Message-Id: <3CFAB652-3AC8-11D7-8AC2-000393A335A2@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Maksim, On Friday, February 7, 2003, at 12:49 PM, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote: > Hello Larry, > >> I have a dlink usb-bluetooth adapter, which works great on my >> powerbook btw heh. But I'd love to know if anyone has had any >> success with something like that on freebsd? I have a bluetooth >> capable pda and i want to set it up to dial-in to the freebsd-box and >> get out to the internet. Using my powerbook would turn off syncing >> while im dialed in.. > > it might work. you need to do > > 1) find out USB vendor ID and device ID of your device > 2) try to add these IDs to the list in ng_ubt.c under > /sys/netgraph/bluetooth/drivers/ubt/ > 3) rebuild and reinstall your kernel > 3) and attach your USB device and see what happens > >> I have seen some stuff on 5.0 about it, but can anyone let me know if >> it is realistically useable? > > sure. i'm using it all the time. the problem is that all userland > stuff still not connected to the build. you will need to build > it manually. is is located under /usr/src/usr.{s}bin/bluetooth. > > you also will need to download, build and install ports that > implements SDP and RFCOMM. > > I will try this and let you know. thanks for the info --Larry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message