Re: Bluetooth enable in fc11?

[drago01 <drago01 gmail com>]

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen tmr com> wrote:
> drago01 wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen tmr com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have loaded all the "bluez*" stuff, dmesg shows no errors in the
>>> bluetooth
>>> lines, is there some tool google didn't show to duplicate the Windows
>>> behavior of showing BT devices nearby and offering to connect to them. I
>>> really would like to use a BT headset, and maybe use BT for a printer,
>>> but
>>> there just doesn't seem to be any such app, so I assume I have to install
>>> yet more packages.
>>>
>>> Under Windows the system see headsets, cell phones, a printer, and an
>>> "other
>>> device" which is unidentified. I would think this would be common enough
>>> to
>>> work out of the box, but it doesn't even work under fc10.
>>
>>
>> Just right click on the BT icon in the panel.
>> Everything needed is installed by default and works just fine.
>>
> What BT icon would that be? There certainly is none in any default I've ever
> used. Or is this one of those KDE-only things? And the Bluetooth item on the
> applications menu if offering to open files, not look for devices.

When a BT device is plugged in / detected you should see an icon in
the notification-area.
The rightclick menu offers different things you can do with bluetooth,
it also provides a wizard for setting up new devices.