On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 06:50:54PM +0200, Marcus Lindemann wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Hi, > >>I must admit I never tried that before myself on OBSD, but did use BT > >>on phones on different occasions. > >>I see several points of potential failures here. > >>1.) Bluetooth connection > >>Are you sure you have connected to the phone? Did you exchange > >>Bluetooth passphrase (a few characters, that you chose yourself) on > >>the computer and on the mobile? Or is the phone paired with your > >>computer (it allows connection establishment automatically)? > >> > >When used with Windows the phone is paired with the computer with a PIN > >number, with OBSD I am still trying to work out how to pair it once I > >know if it is recognised. > This tells me that you don't have a BT connection working, possibly > because there is no BT support in GENERIC, as Otto pointed out. > > > >>2.) GPRS/3G connection > >>when you use *99#, you use a GPRS (or 3G) connection for data > >>transfer. Depending on the phone model you use, you might still need > >>to set the GPRS (3G) access point correctly. So when you issue the at > >>dt*99#; commamd in a terminal window, does the phone start a GPRS (3G) > >>connection? This is usually indicated by some status indicators in the > >>phone's display. If nothing happens, you might need to set the PDP > >>GPRS context information via AT+CGDCONT= command. See > >>http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/27060.htm for more information > >>on mobile stations in the packet data domain. > > > >The phone is not 3G, so it uses GPRS, you are right I had to set up some > >instruccions in the configurations, but it was fairly easy as my Telecom > >provider told me what to do on a free phonenumber. Again this is on > >Windows. > You probably have to set the same information in your ppp scripts. > > > > >>3.) Your ppp scripts :-) > >>I'm not an expert here and cannot help here. > > > >OK, I understand the best I can do is to get the dmesg and post it here > >so somebody who understands can see what is going on, I would have > >already done so if I could email it straight from OBSD, I just need to > >work out some way of copying the dmesg file to Windows, I will post it > >tomorrow. > > > > > >Thanks > > > >Zoraya > > > >PS: Something tells me is not going to work :( > > > At least not immediately :-) > > BR > Marcus
Is there any plan to incorporate bluetooth support in the near future? Because as described by the person staring this thread UMTS/GPRS flatrates are getting affordable and it would be awesome to be online with by OpenBSD laptop via my cell phone :) Regards, ahb
