From owner-freebsd-bluetooth@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 3 05:14:52 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AC3E16A41F for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 05:14:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net) Received: from mta13.adelphia.net (mta13.adelphia.net [68.168.78.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CD2143D45 for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 05:14:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net) Received: from [192.168.1.254] (really [70.32.199.60]) by mta13.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.01 201-2131-118-101-20041129) with ESMTP id <20050803051450.TVVJ14360.mta13.adelphia.net@[192.168.1.254]>; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 01:14:50 -0400 Message-ID: <42F052D4.9030202@savvis.net> Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 22:15:00 -0700 From: Maksim Yevmenkin User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (Windows/20040626) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eric Anderson References: <42D558B3.1060603@centtech.com> <42D55B3D.50605@savvis.net> <42D55D5D.8030604@centtech.com> <42D57496.2050102@savvis.net> <42D57C67.7020500@centtech.com> <1121287483.60360.21.camel@hood.oook.cz> <1122863179.663.22.camel@RabbitsDen> <42EE4F64.7040002@centtech.com> <42EE6438.9080209@savvis.net> <42EE7C76.2090904@centtech.com> <42EE85F9.50008@savvis.net> <42EE8D26.6010406@centtech.com> <42F047D3.7050805@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <42F047D3.7050805@centtech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Palm sync over 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: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 05:14:52 -0000 Eric, >>> [...] >>> >>>>>>>> That's exactly how it is with serial and USB - computer connects to >>>>>>>> Palm, then you start Hotsync application on Palm. >>>>> >>>>> does rfcomm_sppd(1) work for you? >>>> >>>> Well, not really. rfcomm_sppd requires that the palm be the server >>>> of the serial port service (if I understand correctly, and I may >>>> not!), which means I would have to hit the sync button, then quickly >>>> start rfcomm_sppd with the correct channel number (which I don't >>>> know), and then start my sync right after that. I have not been >>>> able to get this trickery to work. Even so, if I did get it >>>> working, I'm not sure this is the best solution. >>> >>> what palm model do you have? is it possible to simple turn on >>> bluetooth without doing anything on palm? if so, then could you >>> please run >> >> Tungsten T5 >> Bluetooth is on, but with the palm powered off, obviously nothing will >> happen. With it on, only slightly more than nothing happens. See below. >> >>> % sdpcontrol -a palm_bd_addr browse >>> >>> and/or >>> >>> % sdpcontrol -a palm_bd_addr search SP >>> >>> if you palm has serial port (SP) service then you should be able to >>> just connect to it without hitting sync button first. >> >> Palm off: >> [ 15:43:10 root@neutrino ~ ]# sdpcontrol -a epa-palm browse >> Could not execute command "browse". Host is down >> [ 15:43:23 root@neutrino ~ ]# sdpcontrol -a epa-palm search SP >> Could not execute command "search". Host is down >> >> Palm on, doing nothing: >> [ 15:43:40 root@neutrino ~ ]# sdpcontrol -a epa-palm browse >> (beep beep beep on palm, says "connecting") >> [ 15:43:46 root@neutrino ~ ]# sdpcontrol -a epa-palm search SP >> Could not execute command "search". Host is down >> [ 15:44:06 root@neutrino ~ ]# sdpcontrol -a epa-palm browse >> [ 15:44:19 root@neutrino ~ ]# sdpcontrol -a epa-palm search SP >> [ 15:44:22 root@neutrino ~ ]# sdpcontrol -a epa-palm browse >> >> Palm on, trying to hotsync: >> (says 'connecting' after hotsync press) >> [ 15:46:40 root@neutrino ~ ]# sdpcontrol -a epa-palm browse >> [ 15:46:47 root@neutrino ~ ]# sdpcontrol -a epa-palm search SP >> [ 15:46:49 root@neutrino ~ ]# sdpcontrol -a epa-palm browse >> [ 15:46:52 root@neutrino ~ ]# >> >>> it is also trivial to extend rfcomm_sppd(1) to make it work as >>> server. you could use either nmdm(4) or pty(4) to emulate serial >>> port. i could put it on my to do list, but i need to know how palm >>> expects this to work (sorry never owned a palm :) >> >> That would be pretty nifty probably. >> >>> [...] >>> >>>>>> Any ideas what I may be missing? >>>>> >>>>> 1) check 'default' section in your /etc/ppp/ppp.conf and make sure >>>>> it only contains commands that applied to _all_ other sections in >>>>> your ppp.conf file. i always have 'default' section empty and move >>>>> all the commands to the appropriate section. >>>> >>>> I've removed everything in the default section, with no changes (I >>>> barely had anything in it). >>> >>> good. do you have a dropdown box on your palm that specifies remote >>> system access type, i.e. something like PPP (unix), RAS (microsoft) >>> or something like this? i recall that earlier versions of palm had >>> such dropdown box. you need to use "PPP (unix)". >>> >>> you might want to try to add something like >>> >>> enable force-scripts >>> set dial "CLIENT CLIENTSERVER" >>> >>> to your bluetooth section in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf. this should make ppp >>> compatible with microsoft RAS style clients :) >> >> I'll try this out tonight. >> >>>>> 2) add 'set log all' to the 'bluetooth' section. then try again. >>>>> now /var/log/ppp.log should have tons of information that will tell >>>>> you what is going all. >>>> >>>> Done - now I have lots more logged info I don't understand. :) >>> >>> could you post it somewhere? >> >> Sure - I'll post it tonight for you. >> >>>>> 3) since you are _not_ using ppp authentication make sure your palm >>>>> does not require one >>>> >>>> Pretty sure it doesn't - no place to put in the info, and I connect >>>> up to my cellphone over bluetooth for surfing, etc using a similar >>>> method. >>> >>> do you mean you connect your palm to your cellphone? >> >> Yea, I mean my palm connects to cellphone. Actually, I can also >> connect using my laptop through my cellphone over bluetooth to get >> internet also. >> >>>> Any more ideas? What should I be looking for in the ppp logs? I >>>> did see this though: >>>> >>>> Aug 1 14:38:02 neutrino ppp[17496]: tun0: Phase: deflink: closed -> >>>> opening >>>> Aug 1 14:38:02 neutrino ppp[17496]: tun0: Debug: deflink: Link is >>>> SOCK_STREAM, but not inet >>>> Aug 1 14:38:02 neutrino ppp[17496]: tun0: Debug: deflink: stdin is >>>> unidentified >>> >>> those are fine (i think). i'd like to see full log. i suspect there >>> is something is wrong at ppp level. you also might want to run >>> hcidump (from ports comms/hcidump) as root >>> >>> # hcidump -w palm.dump -- it will block >>> >>> then try to connect. then terminate hcidump with ^c and send me the >>> palm.dump file. also what is the freebsd version? >> >> -current (7.0). >> >> I'll try to get you more info tonight. > > ppp.log is here: > > http://www.googlebit.com/freebsd/ppp.log > > And palm.dump is there too. > > What else would you like? err... does not work... Forbidden You don't have permission to access /freebsd/ppp.log on this server. 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