Bug#381582: [Pkg-bluetooth-maintainers] Bug#381582: invalid passkey error

[Frederik Eaton]

On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 10:22:02AM +0200, Filippo Giunchedi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 05:11:43PM +0100, Frederik Eaton wrote:
> > Package: bluez-utils
> > Version: 3.1-3.1
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > I have an older version (2.19-1) of bluez-utils installed on a
> > different computer, and that works perfectly. However, when I tried
> > installing it recently on my laptop, I was not able to make a
> > connection from the laptop to my mobile phone. When I try to create
> > the connection (with "obexftp -b 00:0A:28:52:2B:74 -l"), the mobile
> > asks for a passkey. However, when I enter the number contained in the
> > files /etc/bluetooth/pin, and /etc/bluetooth/passkeys/default, and
> > /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf (the same number is in each file), the phone
> > says "Invalid PIN". I don't know what has changed.
> 
> please try:
> 
> echo -n "yourpin" > /etc/bluetooth/passkeys/default
> 
> and then:
> 
> /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart
> 
> and retry the pairing

I tried that before, and I've tried it again, still no luck.

When I do it on my other computer, a window comes up on the computer
and asks me to type in the pin. But on my laptop, nothing happens,
except that obexftp retries the connection.

/var/log/syslog says:

Aug  6 15:32:53 localhost hcid[22709]: Bluetooth HCI daemon
Aug  6 15:32:53 localhost hcid[22709]: Register path:/org/bluez fallback:1
Aug  6 15:32:54 localhost sdpd[22712]: Bluetooth SDP daemon 
Aug  6 15:32:54 localhost hcid[22709]: Device hci0 has been added
Aug  6 15:32:54 localhost hcid[22709]: Starting security manager 0
Aug  6 15:32:54 localhost hcid[22709]: Device hci0 has been activated
Aug  6 15:32:54 localhost hcid[22709]: Register path:/org/bluez/hci0 fallback:0
Aug  6 15:34:42 localhost hcid[22709]: link_key_request (sba=00:10:60:A7:0B:1B, dba=00:0A:28:52:2B:74)
Aug  6 15:34:49 localhost hcid[22709]: pin_code_request (sba=00:10:60:A7:0B:1B, dba=00:0A:28:52:2B:74)
Aug  6 15:34:49 localhost hcid[22709]: call_passkey_agent(): no agent registered
Aug  6 15:34:49 localhost hcid[22709]: link_key_request (sba=00:10:60:A7:0B:1B, dba=00:0A:28:52:2B:74)

Frederik

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