From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 26 00:40:01 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@smarthost.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F898BA7 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:40:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 110868FC0C for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:40:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qBQ0e0rS018670 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:40:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id qBQ0e0mq018667; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:40:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:40:00 GMT Message-Id: <201212260040.qBQ0e0mq018667@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Raphael Kubo da Costa Subject: Re: kern/172672: [ubt] Bluetooth device recognised but not working X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Raphael Kubo da Costa List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:40:01 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/172672; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Raphael Kubo da Costa To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: David Subject: Re: kern/172672: [ubt] Bluetooth device recognised but not working Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 02:35:06 +0200 David writes: > Yes I'm trying to send files via Bluetooth on that netbook. > > It appears to be that PC-BSD has not yet put the right "GUI" tools in > place to make it easy for newbies like me. :) > > On 25/12/2012 21:50, Raphael Kubo da Costa wrote: >> Could you expand on the "not working properly" part? Are you trying to >> use an input device via Bluetooth? >> >> The Handbook [1] and these pages [2][3] have helped me get my Bluetooth >> keyboard working on 9-STABLE. >> >> [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-bluetooth.html >> [2] http://geekinfo.net/article.php?story=20080427222204364 >> [3] http://astralblue.livejournal.com/357664.html Please keep bug-followup@ CC'ed otherwise your response won't get noted on the PR. I don't use PC-BSD myself, but it looks like the 9.1 release includes some sort of Bluetooth Manager [1]. In any case, you could also try following the steps in the Handbook to see if there's really a problem on FreeBSD or not. [1] http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Bluetooth_Manager