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39 ElroyLiddington 1 !! Notes for getting USB Bluetooth setup on a Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS Server Install
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6 The aim is to be able to dump files from cellphone to server via bluetooth (without any direct Server access required), then access sent files over the ethernet network via a secondary computer for sorting/renaming etc to correct folder.
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11 ! NOTE: All commands issued as 'root' user
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15 ! NOTE: BT is abbreviation for bluetooth, but not where it is needed for an actual command - full syntax will be used
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20 ! 1. Install bluetooth drivers/config-files/etc
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43 ElroyLiddington 22 "apt-get install bluez bluez-utils btscanner bluez-hcidump libpam-blue obexpushd obexfs libobexftp0 obexftp ussp-push python-gobject python-dbus"
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26 ! 2. Check to see if your USB Bluetooth Dongle is attached and recognised
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28 "lsusb" - should show 'Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)'
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32 ! 3. Once installed, restart bluetooth daemon - unsure if this is necessary - documentation I read suggested it was...
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34 "/etc/init.d/bluetooth restart"
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38 ! 4.0 Check to see if our BT adapter is installed and what its capabilities are
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40 "hciconfig -a" Should give something _similar_ to
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42 hci0: Type: USB <br>
43 BD Address: 00:10:60:32:3A:93 ACL MTU: 384:8 SCO MTU: 64:8<br>
44 UP RUNNING PSCAN<br>
45 RX bytes:6448 acl:0 sco:0 events:270 errors:0<br>
46 TX bytes:1309 acl:0 sco:0 commands:125 errors:0<br>
47 Features: 0xff 0xff 0x8f 0xfe 0x9b 0xf9 0x00 0x80<br>
48 Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3<br>
49 Link policy: RSWITCH HOLD SNIFF PARK<br>
50 Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT<br>
51 Name: 'xxxxxx-0' HostName removed for security reasons<br>
52 Class: 0x4a0100<br>
53 Service Classes: Networking, Capturing, Telephony<br>
54 Device Class: Computer, Uncategorized<br>
55 HCI Ver: 2.0 (0x3) HCI Rev: 0x7a6 LMP Ver: 2.0 (0x3) LMP Subver: 0x7a6<br>
56 Manufacturer: Cambridge Silicon Radio (10)<br>
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59 ! 4.1 Check our BT adapters hardware MAC Address and see if the bluez BT system has done any configuring with it
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62 "hciconfig version"
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64 hci0: Type: USB<br>
65 BD Address: 00:10:60:32:3A:93 ACL MTU: 384:8 SCO MTU: 64:8<br>
66 UP RUNNING PSCAN <br>
67 RX bytes:961 acl:0 sco:0 events:27 errors:0<br>
68 TX bytes:361 acl:0 sco:0 commands:27 errors:0<br>
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70 Check in /var/lib/bluetooth/00:10:60:32:3A:93 NOTE These numbers/colons constitute a MAC Address - note the fact that the MAC address is the same in 4.1 as it is in 4.0<br>
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75 ! 5. Configure 'main.conf' in /etc/bluetooth - these appear to be the new location for BlueZ config
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77 'Default adapter name' is used to label your BT adapter, so when you do a BT search on other BT devices, this is the name your Computer shows up as<br>
78 Normally the default 'Name = %h-%d' uses your Computers HostName for the BT adapters name - recommend leaving as-is.
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82 'Default device class'<br>
83 "0x4a0100"<br>
84 NOTE: this is from what "hciconfig -a" gave us - find 'Class' and copy the similar 0x0xxxx hex? code into your main.conf - my main.conf had 0x000100 as the default value
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88 ! 5.1 Make your BT adapter discoverable when you do a BT search from other BT devices
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90 "hciconfig hci0 piscan" - Check back to 'hciconfig' command - note it has a 'UP RUNNING PSCAN' section in it - re-run the (hciconfig) command, note it now has 'UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN ' in it - this must be what makes the BT adapter discoverable (i.e. viewable)
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97 ! 6. "tail -f /var/log/daemon.log" - Constantly outputs any info from daemons (server processes eg dhcpd, bluetoothd, sambad) to screen
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100 ! 6.1 Stop the service called 'dbus' and 'bluetooth' - restart both making sure 'dbus' is started BEFORE 'bluetooth'<br>
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102 Do "/etc/init.d/bluetooth stop" and "/etc/init.d/dbus stop" and /etc/init.d/dbus start" and "/etc/init.d/bluetooth start"<br>
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105 ! 6.2 So far we have tried to do some configuring - now lets see if anything works
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107 Try to do a search for new devices 'Pair New Device' is what I tried on my cellphone.
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109 w00P! - I found my computer 'xxxxxx-0'<br>
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111 Doing the 'tail -f ...daemon.log' command, and trying to connect to my computer gives me<br>
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114 bluetoothd[8643]: pin_code_request (sba=00:10:60:32:3A:93, dba=00:18:0F:DE:98:8D)<br>
115 bluetoothd[8643]: No agent available for 0 request<br>
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120 bluetoothd[8643]: pin_code_request (sba=00:10:60:32:3A:93, dba=00:18:0F:DE:98:8D)
121 Nov 7 18:54:12 bluetoothd[8643]: No agent available for 0 request
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127 ! 7. Unplugging, waiting a few seconds and then re-plugging my USB BT adapter
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129 bluetoothd[8154]: Adapter /org/bluez/8153/hci0 has been disabled<br>
130 bluetoothd[8154]: Stopping security manager 0<br>
131 bluetoothd[8154]: HCI dev 0 unregistered<br>
132 bluetoothd[8154]: Unregister path: /org/bluez/8153/hci0<br>
133 bluetoothd[8154]: HCI dev 0 registered<br>
134 bluetoothd[8154]: HCI dev 0 up<br>
135 bluetoothd[8154]: Starting security manager 0<br>
136 bluetoothd[8154]: Adapter /org/bluez/8153/hci0 has been enabled<br>
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149 ! Misc notes to self
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151 'bluetoothd' is the bluetooth daemon - config files are located in '/etc/default/bluetooth' - this appears to be where BT mice/keyboards are configured.
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155 Check man page for 'bluetooth-agent' and what it does
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160 Unsure of how the BTd is activated to be ON as a service full-time.
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165 '/var/lib/bluetooth/device-MAC???-address/linkkeys' appears to be the folder (and file 'linkkeys') where the devices 'Pairing' key or 'linkkey' is kept...
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169 Check out the scripts "./simple-agent" (dot-slash to execute) hidden in '/usr/share/doc/bluez/examples/'
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173 Appears to be a 'libpam-blue' module under Apt/Dpkg for authenticating Bluetooth devices... ref: PAM
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178 ! Helpful Links
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180 http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-setup-bluetooth-keyboard-and-mouse-in-ubuntu.html
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185 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothSetup
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190 http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/bluetooth-problems-715839/
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194 http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cpesp/20/ - Click on 'Download' for more info on what she was researching
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200 https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth
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208 BlueTooth