Gilboa Davara <gilboad@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sun, 2007-06-24 at 18:47 +0200, Lars Bjørndal wrote: >> Hello! >> >> Under FC6 or F7, I would like to connect my braille display or mobile >> phone to the PC via BlueTooth. In earlier versions of Fedora, a >> version of Bluez-utils package was provided, that you could set up >> with a custom pin_helper shell script. If I try to use the >> "pin_helper" configuration option in the current version of >> bluez-utils, I get an error message saying that the option isn't >> available. >> >> So, my question is how I can give the pin code when connectiong if I >> only use the console? >> >> Lars >> > > Lars, > > This is a small program that I wrote as a stopgap until kdebluetooth > gets proper dbus support. > You can (also) use it to bind text-based UI's such as dialog [1] to > bluez-libs. > > http://gilboadavara.thecodergeek.com/bluez_pinhelper-0.1.tgz > > Be aware that it is built against bluez-libs 3.9 and as such, runs only > under F7. > > If there's broader need for it, I'll package it and submit it to > -extras. Is it also possible to give the pin code, one for each device, in a text file, so you don't need to type the code? How is the conneciton between the hcid.conf and the program you've provided? Lars
