Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth is impossible

2010-02-01 Thread Damian
> All that is required is emerge bluez, reload dbus, start bluetooth, > emerge blueman-1.21, config asound.conf as above, and restart > alsasound. > > Has anyone gotten bluetooth pairing without a GUI tool such as > blueman?  That's the "impossible" part. Thanks Grant for sharing your experience (I

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth is impossible

2010-01-28 Thread Grant
You mentioned that the headset's PIN can't be changed.  Couldn't anybody pair with it if they enter ? >> >>> They can't because you have to hold the button down to initiate the >>> pairing process. >> >> Even if they could, what's the point? It would only mean that you would >> be abl

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth is impossible

2010-01-28 Thread Stroller
On 28 Jan 2010, at 10:15, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:05:50 +, Stroller wrote: If one could pair with any arbitrary headset, without the requirement to hold the button down, one could surely (?) pair with that headset and use it as a bugging device when it wasn't in use by

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth is impossible

2010-01-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:05:50 +, Stroller wrote: > If one could pair with any arbitrary headset, without the requirement > to hold the button down, one could surely (?) pair with that headset > and use it as a bugging device when it wasn't in use by the owner. You're way too devious for me

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth is impossible

2010-01-28 Thread Stroller
On 27 Jan 2010, at 12:28, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:33:57 +, Stroller wrote: You mentioned that the headset's PIN can't be changed. Couldn't anybody pair with it if they enter ? They can't because you have to hold the button down to initiate the pairing process.

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth is impossible

2010-01-27 Thread Grant
>> > You mentioned that the headset's PIN can't be changed.  Couldn't >> > anybody pair with it if they enter ? > >> They can't because you have to hold the button down to initiate the >> pairing process. > > Even if they could, what's the point? It would only mean that you would > be able to m

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth is impossible

2010-01-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:33:57 +, Stroller wrote: > > You mentioned that the headset's PIN can't be changed. Couldn't > > anybody pair with it if they enter ? > They can't because you have to hold the button down to initiate the > pairing process. Even if they could, what's the point?

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth is impossible

2010-01-27 Thread Stroller
On 26 Jan 2010, at 01:00, Grant wrote: ... You mentioned that the headset's PIN can't be changed. Couldn't anybody pair with it if they enter ? They can't because you have to hold the button down to initiate the pairing process. Stroller.

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth is impossible

2010-01-26 Thread Grant
>>> I have a TRENDnet TBW-105UB USB bluetooth adapter and Motorola H560 >>> bluetooth headset, and I'm trying to use them with twinkle VOIP >>> software.  I've spent at least 8 hours today following up with every >>> single lead and I can't figure out how this is supposed to work.  I >>> think I do

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth is impossible

2010-01-25 Thread Grant
>> I have a TRENDnet TBW-105UB USB bluetooth adapter and Motorola H560 >> bluetooth headset, and I'm trying to use them with twinkle VOIP >> software.  I've spent at least 8 hours today following up with every >> single lead and I can't figure out how this is supposed to work.  I >> think I don't h

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth is impossible

2010-01-24 Thread Stroller
On 25 Jan 2010, at 01:33, Grant wrote: I have a TRENDnet TBW-105UB USB bluetooth adapter and Motorola H560 bluetooth headset, and I'm trying to use them with twinkle VOIP software. I've spent at least 8 hours today following up with every single lead and I can't figure out how this is supposed

[gentoo-user] Bluetooth is impossible

2010-01-24 Thread Grant
I have a TRENDnet TBW-105UB USB bluetooth adapter and Motorola H560 bluetooth headset, and I'm trying to use them with twinkle VOIP software. I've spent at least 8 hours today following up with every single lead and I can't figure out how this is supposed to work. I think I don't have the 2 devic