On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 09:34 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:11 PM, paul s <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > hi Patrick - > > I had success tethering the iPhone using > blueman-1.21-2.fc12... I use > wicd for my network connections so i switched to the ethernet > once > connected... > > I never tested it with networkmanager and nm-applet but the > bluetooth > connection should become available once you are tethered... > > > The thing is, I want to do this precisely because my DSL connection is > down, so I can' t run yum from my Fedora machines (oh the humanity!). > I did dl the blueman rpm to the iMac and copy it over, but of course > it wants a couple of others as dependencies, which want others etc > etc. You get the picture. I guess I'll hope the DSL comes back up and > I can do this properly, ready for next time :-) Hmmm, it would be nice > to be able to do some kind of web-based dependency resolution (e.g. I > upload a list of my installed rpms, some remote service then tells me > what to download to install foo). Nice project for someone with time > on their hands. > > > BTW the Release Notes for F12 claim that Bluetooth tethering works out > of the box. I guess I must have the wrong box. Further to the above, I tried again on a different machine with more of the Gnome stuff installed, and lo and behold it (i.e. blueman) worked. I'm now using it to send this. Thanks again. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
