[gnome-bluetooth] Sending file from Nokia 9500 to gnome-obex-server 0.8.0 fails often

Juhani Jaakola juhani.jaakola at kolumbus.fi
Fri Jun 29 13:20:41 BST 2007


I think I have found one possible explanation for this file transfer problem: the file transfer succeeded after I disabled the wireless network interface on the laptop. Both WLAN and bluetooth use the same frequency band, maybe there was too much interference...

Regards, JJ

Juhani Jaakola <juhani.jaakola at kolumbus.fi> kirjoitti: 
> Hi!
> 
> I have attached output of "hcidump -x -V" during a failed file transfer. The devices are very near each other. I can use Nokia 9500 as a GPRS modem without problems, so in that case the bluetooth connection works. Could anybody tell me what this hcidump output means?
> 
> Regards, JJ
> 
> Bastien Nocera <hadess at hadess.net> kirjoitti: 
> > On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 16:50 +0300, Juhani Jaakola wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > > 
> > > When I try to send a file from Nokia 9500 Communicator to
> > > gnome-obex-server 0.8.0 it fails often. For example, I had to try four
> > > times before the file transfer succeeded. I can use Nokia 9500 as a
> > > GPRS modem via bluetooth without problems. I'm using Fedora 7 which is
> > > updated to the latest Fedora packages. I have packages
> > > gnome-bluetooth-0.8.0-4.fc7 and gnome-bluetooth-libs-0.8.0-4.fc7
> > > installed.
> > > 
> > > Any ideas?
> > > 
> > > Here is a log of my latest session:
> > > 
> > > [jj at acer ~]$ gnome-obex-server
> > > conn_request:   bdaddr 00:0E:ED:B2:4D:E6
> > > conn_complete:  status 0x00
> > > ** Message: Incoming connection from 00:0E:ED:B2:4D:E6
> > > ** Message: Device 00:0E:ED:B2:4D:E6 is about to send an object.
> > > 
> > > ** (gnome-obex-server:3403): WARNING **: Unhandled OBEX event 11
> > 
> > This warning is fixed in libbtctl SVN, I'll make a new release soon.
> > 
> > I don't see any other errors in the log though, and this warning
> > shouldn't cause any problems. So I'm not sure where the problem would
> > lie. You might want to try using "hcidump -x -V" and see if your phone
> > is disconnecting for example.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > -- 
> > Bastien Nocera <hadess at hadess.net> 
> > 



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