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Re: Ubuntu 14.04 + bluetooth

From	Paul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject	Re: Ubuntu 14.04 + bluetooth
Date	2016-10-30 13:03 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<nv593e$kd8$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References	<e7m1tgFrk1aU1@mid.individual.net>

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Keith wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> A while ago I was having problems getting wifi working on this HP 
> 17-y054sa laptop, which were all resolved per earlier thread.
> 
> My remaining challenge is to get Bluetooth working correctly.  It all 
> _seems_ to work; I can turn Bluetooth on and off, I can make it visible 
> and not.  But my phone cannot 'see' the laptop, and the laptop can't 
> 'see' the phone, even when both are flagged visible.  I know the phone 
> is fine, because if I turn on Bluetooth when I'm in the pub, say, I 
> immediately get a screenful of devices that are available to pair with.
> 
> I'm not a great tech, so I I'm hoping for some tips on how to diagnose 
> what's going on!
> 
> Thanks,
> K

It's full of reassuring graphics.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bluetooth

There is a command line.

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/96693/connect-to-a-bluetooth-device-via-terminal

https://github.com/khvzak/bluez-tools

bt-adapter
==========

- List available adapters
- Show information about adapter (incl properties)
- Discover remote devices (with remote device name resolving)
- Change adapter properties (eg. Name, Discoverable, Pairable, etc)

Thread

Ubuntu 14.04 + bluetooth Keith <me@privacy.net> - 2016-10-30 10:55 +0000
  Re: Ubuntu 16.04 + bluetooth (Was: Ubuntu 14.04 + bluetooth) Keith <me@privacy.net> - 2016-10-30 11:08 +0000
    Re: Ubuntu 16.04 + bluetooth (Was: Ubuntu 14.04 + bluetooth) Skippy Fandango <skippyfandango@ultvok.org> - 2016-10-30 10:07 -0400
  Re: Ubuntu 14.04 + bluetooth Skippy Fandango <skippyfandango@ultvok.org> - 2016-10-30 10:02 -0400
  Re: Ubuntu 14.04 + bluetooth "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2016-10-30 10:55 -0400
  Re: Ubuntu 14.04 + bluetooth Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-10-30 13:03 -0400
    Re: Ubuntu 14.04 + bluetooth Keith <me@privacy.net> - 2016-10-31 10:24 +0000
      Re: Ubuntu 14.04 + bluetooth Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-10-31 08:27 -0400
        Re: Ubuntu 14.04 + bluetooth Keith <me@privacy.net> - 2016-10-31 14:15 +0000
          Re: Ubuntu 14.04 + bluetooth Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-10-31 10:29 -0400

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