Is it possible to install and setup Bluetooth under Fedora-15/KDE? I gather kbluetooth (or kdebluetooth) no longer exists, and bluez seems to be departing in favour of bluedevil, which unfortunately appears to be completely undocumented.
Assuming KDE and Bluetooth are compatible, is there a howto or tutorial explaining how a Fedora laptop can communicate with a mobile phone through bluetooth?
Timothy Murphy wrote:
Is it possible to install and setup Bluetooth under Fedora-15/KDE? I gather kbluetooth (or kdebluetooth) no longer exists, and bluez seems to be departing in favour of bluedevil, which unfortunately appears to be completely undocumented.
BlueDevil is the replacement for KBluetooth which itself was the replacement for kdebluetooth. They all are based on BlueZ, and are frontends developed by the KDE Project to integrate BlueZ into the KDE Plasma Workspace. Only BlueDevil is actively maintained and works with the Plasma Workspace in KDE SC 4.6.x, so this is what we ship in Fedora 14 updates and Fedora 15.
Assuming KDE and Bluetooth are compatible,
They are, that's what BlueDevil is for.
is there a howto or tutorial explaining how a Fedora laptop can communicate with a mobile phone through bluetooth?
The author's blog: http://www.afiestas.org/ has some screenshots and screencasts.
Kevin Kofler
On Wednesday, June 01, 2011 02:05:28 AM Timothy Murphy wrote:
Is it possible to install and setup Bluetooth under Fedora-15/KDE? I gather kbluetooth (or kdebluetooth) no longer exists, and bluez seems to be departing in favour of bluedevil, which unfortunately appears to be completely undocumented.
Assuming KDE and Bluetooth are compatible, is there a howto or tutorial explaining how a Fedora laptop can communicate with a mobile phone through bluetooth?
As Kevin already answered - yes, Libbluedevil/Bluedevil are replacements for KBluetooth and of course it's using BlueZ.
Usually it works very well - file transfers and device browsing works (and it's very nice integrated to the whole desktop!!!), input devices works (tested with BT mouse). Audio works too, I have an issue with multi service BT headset - already reported upstream.
If you have any question, feel free to ask me.
Jaroslav
Jaroslav Reznik wrote:
As Kevin already answered - yes, Libbluedevil/Bluedevil are replacements for KBluetooth and of course it's using BlueZ.
Usually it works very well - file transfers and device browsing works (and it's very nice integrated to the whole desktop!!!), input devices works (tested with BT mouse). Audio works too, I have an issue with multi service BT headset - already reported upstream.
If you have any question, feel free to ask me.
Thanks very much. I'll call on your help if I get lost ...
Kevin Kofler wrote:
The author's blog: http://www.afiestas.org/ has some screenshots and screencasts.
Thanks, I'm studying that. I misunderstood what BlueDevil was for - I didn't realise it was KDE-oriented.
There is some info at http://userbase.kde.org/Bluedevil - it looks a bit sparse, but when I tried following it, it "just worked".so that may be all you need.
Anne
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