On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:01:31 -0600 Christoph Wickert <christoph.wickert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am Montag, den 20.12.2010, 18:29 -0600 schrieb Ranjan Maitra: > > On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:18:32 -0600 Rick Stevens <ricks@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > On 12/20/2010 03:46 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > > I am a complete novice in this so pardon the naivete of the question. I > > > > was wondering if there is an easy way to enable Bluetooth in F14. I > > > > have a Thinkpad T61 and a Dell Latitude 5400 laptop apiece, and my hope > > > > is to use the Bluetooth to use my GPRS phone as well as wireless mobile > > > > while I am traveling. The providers do not seem to be excited about > > > > Linux support. > > > > > > If you had a bluetooth dongle or something in your system when you > > > installed, it should already be enabled. If you're using Gnome, look in > > > the right third of the top menu bar and you should see a bluetooth > > > symbol. Right click on it and you can set things up. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Thanks, Rick. I have been using LXDE: any suggestions on that? I will > > also post this to the LXDE Fedora mailing list to see if someone there > > has suggestions. > > LXDE does not yet have a bluetooth program but you can install > gnome-bluetooth and it works just fine as Rick described. Make sure the > gnome-bluetooth-applet is enabled in lxsession-edit so it gets loaded > when you login to LXDE. Then click on the icon, add your mobile and > follow the wizard. At the end it will ask you if you want to use your > mobile for dial-up and then start the wizard of network-manager. Thanks, Christoph! Thanks to your detailed instruction, I have been able to get the phone recognized via bluetooth. Many thanks again and best wishes, Ranjan -- 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
