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1<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> 1<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
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3<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> 2<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
4<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/bluetooth-guide.xml,v 1.8 2006/11/02 18:37:33 nightmorph Exp $ --> 3<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/bluetooth-guide.xml,v 1.16 2009/07/16 23:02:01 nightmorph Exp $ -->
5 4
6<guide link="/doc/en/bluetooth-guide.xml"> 5<guide link="/doc/en/bluetooth-guide.xml">
7<title>Gentoo Linux Bluetooth Guide</title> 6<title>Gentoo Linux Bluetooth Guide</title>
8 7
9<author title="Author"> 8<author title="Author">
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19 <mail link="fox2mike@gentoo.org">Shyam Mani</mail> 18 <mail link="fox2mike@gentoo.org">Shyam Mani</mail>
20</author> 19</author>
21<author title="Editor"> 20<author title="Editor">
22 <mail link="rane@gentoo.org">Łukasz Damentko</mail> 21 <mail link="rane@gentoo.org">Łukasz Damentko</mail>
23</author> 22</author>
23<author title="Editor">
24 <mail link="nightmorph"/>
25</author>
24 26
25<abstract> 27<abstract>
26This guide will explain how to successfully install a host Bluetooth device, 28This guide will explain how to successfully install a host Bluetooth device,
27configure the kernel properly, explain all the possibilities that the Bluetooth 29configure the kernel properly, explain all the possibilities that the Bluetooth
28interconnection offers and how to have some fun with Bluetooth. 30interconnection offers and how to have some fun with Bluetooth.
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30 32
31<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> 33<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
32<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> 34<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
33<license/> 35<license/>
34 36
35<version>1.5</version> 37<version>1.11</version>
36<date>2006-11-02</date> 38<date>2009-07-16</date>
37 39
38<chapter id="introduction"> 40<chapter id="introduction">
39<title>Introduction</title> 41<title>Introduction</title>
40<section> 42<section>
41<title>What is Bluetooth?</title> 43<title>What is Bluetooth?</title>
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54<section> 56<section>
55<title>About the content of this guide</title> 57<title>About the content of this guide</title>
56<body> 58<body>
57 59
58<p> 60<p>
59The first part of this guide is to identify qualified and non-qualified devices 61The first part of this guide explains how to configure the system kernel,
60that support the Bluetooth technology. This way, users can purchase Bluetooth
61devices that are known to work. After that, the guide explains how to configure
62the system kernel, identify the Bluetooth devices installed on the system and 62identify the Bluetooth devices installed on the system and detected by the
63detected by the kernel and install the necessary basic Bluetooth tools. 63kernel and install the necessary basic Bluetooth tools.
64</p> 64</p>
65 65
66<p> 66<p>
67The second part covers how to detect remote devices and how to establish a 67The second part covers how to detect remote devices and how to establish a
68connection from or to them by either setting up radio frequency communication 68connection from or to them by either setting up radio frequency communication
69(RFCOMM) or by setting up a personal area network (PAN). 69(RFCOMM)<!-- or by setting up a personal area network (PAN)-->.
70</p> 70</p>
71 71
72<p> 72<p>
73The last part of the guide lists in detail applications that can take 73The last part of the guide lists in detail applications that can take
74advantage of all the possibilities offered by the Bluetooth technology. 74advantage of all the possibilities offered by the Bluetooth technology.
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76 76
77</body> 77</body>
78</section> 78</section>
79</chapter> 79</chapter>
80 80
81<chapter id="devices">
82<title>Supported Devices</title>
83<section>
84<title>Qualified and non-qualified devices that support Bluetooth</title>
85<body>
86
87<impo>
88These products might work even though some are not qualified Bluetooth
89products. Gentoo does not support them in any way, they might just work.
90</impo>
91
92<p>
93A list of the currently supported devices can be found at: <uri
94link="http://www.holtmann.org/linux/bluetooth/features.html">Bluetooth device
95features and revision information by Marcel Holtmann</uri>.
96</p>
97
98</body>
99</section>
100</chapter>
101
102<chapter id="kernel"> 81<chapter id="kernel">
103<title>Configuring the system</title> 82<title>Configuring the system</title>
104<section> 83<section>
105<title>Kernel Configuration</title> 84<title>Kernel Configuration</title>
106<body> 85<body>
107 86
108<p> 87<p>
109As the latest Linux stable kernel is 2.6, the configuration will be done for 88As the latest Linux stable kernel is 2.6, the configuration will be done for
110these series of the kernel. Most Bluetooth devices are connected to a USB port, 89these series of the kernel. Most Bluetooth devices are connected to a USB port,
111so USB will be enabled too. If you want, you can use hotplugging in case you 90so USB will be enabled too. Please refer to the <uri
112want to use modules instead of compiling support built into the kernel. Please,
113refer to the <uri link="/doc/en/usb-guide.xml"> Gentoo Linux USB Guide</uri>. 91link="/doc/en/usb-guide.xml">Gentoo Linux USB Guide</uri>.
114</p> 92</p>
115 93
116<pre caption="Configuration for 2.6 kernels"> 94<pre caption="Configuration for 2.6 kernels">
117Networking ---&gt; 95Networking ---&gt;
118 96
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207 185
208<pre caption="Installing bluez-libs and bluez-utils"> 186<pre caption="Installing bluez-libs and bluez-utils">
209# <i>emerge net-wireless/bluez-libs net-wireless/bluez-utils</i> 187# <i>emerge net-wireless/bluez-libs net-wireless/bluez-utils</i>
210</pre> 188</pre>
211 189
212<warn>
213Do not emerge <c>bluez-sdp</c> as it will break <c>bluez-utils</c>!
214</warn>
215
216<p>
217Additionally, as we have compiled the Bluetooth subsystem as modules, we will
218need hotplug and coldplug, which are explained in the <uri
219link="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/usb-guide.xml#doc_chap4_sect2">Gentoo Linux
220USB Guide</uri>.
221</p>
222
223<pre caption="Emerging hotplug and coldplug">
224# <i>emerge hotplug coldplug</i>
225# <i>rc-update add coldplug boot</i>
226</pre>
227
228</body> 190</body>
229</section> 191</section>
230<section> 192<section>
231<title>BlueZ configuration and PIN pairing</title> 193<title>BlueZ configuration and PIN pairing</title>
232<body> 194<body>
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277 security auto; 239 security auto;
278 240
279 # Pairing mode 241 # Pairing mode
280 pairing multi; 242 pairing multi;
281 243
244<comment>(You only need a pin helper if you are using &lt;=bluez-libs-2.x and &lt;=bluez-utils-2.x)
282<comment>(Change pin_helper to use /etc/bluetooth/pin-helper)</comment> 245(Change pin_helper to use /etc/bluetooth/pin-helper)</comment>
283 # PIN helper 246 # PIN helper
284 pin_helper /etc/bluetooth/pin-helper; 247 pin_helper /etc/bluetooth/pin-helper;
285} 248}
286 249
287# Default settings for HCI devices 250# Default settings for HCI devices
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314<p> 277<p>
315After that, we have to configure the Bluetooth device PIN. That will help in 278After that, we have to configure the Bluetooth device PIN. That will help in
316pairing this device with another one. 279pairing this device with another one.
317</p> 280</p>
318 281
319<note>
320You can choose from different pin helpers, depending on what you want to use.
321Available pin helpers are: <c>/usr/lib/kdebluetooth/kbluepin</c>
322(net-wireless/kdebluetooth), <c>/usr/bin/bluepin</c> or
323<c>/etc/bluetooth/pin-helper</c> among others.
324</note>
325
326<pre caption="Editing /etc/bluetooth/pin"> 282<pre caption="Editing /etc/bluetooth/pin">
327<comment>(Change 123456 with your desired pin number.)</comment> 283<comment>(Replace 123456 with your desired pin number.)</comment>
328123456 284123456
329</pre> 285</pre>
330 286
331<impo> 287<impo>
332This number (of your choice) must be the same in all your hosts with Bluetooth 288This number (of your choice) must be the same in all your hosts with Bluetooth
333devices so they can be paired. This number must also be kept secret since anyone 289devices so they can be paired. This number must also be kept secret since anyone
334with knowledge of this number can essentially establish connections with your 290with knowledge of this number can essentially establish connections with your
335devices. 291devices.
336</impo> 292</impo>
293
294<note>
295Beginning with <c>>=bluez-libs-3.x</c> and <c>>=bluez-utils-3.x</c>, pin helpers
296have been replaced by passkey agents. There are a few different graphical
297passkey agents available to help manage your PIN, such as <c>bluez-gnome</c> and
298<c>kdebluetooth</c>. You can also use <c>passkey-agent</c> (found in
299<c>bluez-utils</c>) from the command line.
300</note>
337 301
338</body> 302</body>
339</section> 303</section>
340<section> 304<section>
341<title>Services configuration</title> 305<title>Services configuration</title>
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529<comment>(To use a determined device when connecting to another one)</comment> 493<comment>(To use a determined device when connecting to another one)</comment>
530</pre> 494</pre>
531 495
532</body> 496</body>
533</section> 497</section>
534<section> 498<!-- Deleting pan chapter, bug 266690, until we know how the hell to do this -->
535<title>Setting up a Personal Area Network (PAN)</title>
536<body>
537
538<note>
539Please note that setting up a Personal Area Network is optional. This section
540describes how to set up and connect to a Network Access Point, though setting
541up a Group Ad-Hoc Network follows a similar way.
542</note>
543
544<p>
545First of all, we need the <c>bnep</c> module loaded. And probably we want it
546loaded each time the computer starts.
547</p>
548
549<pre caption="Loading the bnep module">
550# <i>modprobe bnep</i>
551# <i>echo "bnep" &gt;&gt; /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6</i>
552</pre>
553
554<p>
555We have to start the <c>pand</c> daemon in the host that will provide the NAP.
556We'll have to specify that we want to provide a NAP service and that this host
557will be the master, thus the other hosts that connect to it, the slaves.
558Another possible service is GN (Group ad-hoc Network).
559</p>
560
561<pre caption="Running the pand daemon">
562# <i>pand --listen --role NAP --master --autozap</i>
563</pre>
564
565<p>
566After doing that, we have a host listening, so the rest of hosts just have to
567connect to that one.
568</p>
569
570<pre caption="Connecting to the Network Access Point">
571# <i>pand --connect 00:0A:0B:0C:0D:0E --service NAP --autozap</i>
572</pre>
573
574<p>
575If everything went fine, we can now configure the IP addresses of our hosts.
576</p>
577
578<pre caption="bnep IP address configuration">
579host0 #<i> ifconfig bnep0 192.168.2.1</i>
580host1 #<i> ifconfig bnep0 192.168.2.2</i>
581
582host0 #<i> ifconfig bnep0</i>
583bnep0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0A:0B:0C:0D:0E
584 inet addr:192.168.2.1 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
585 inet6 addr: fe80::210:60ff:fea3:cb41/64 Scope:Link
586 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
587 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
588 TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
589 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
590 RX bytes:208 (208.0 b) TX bytes:188 (188.0 b)
591
592host1 #<i> ifconfig bnep0</i>
593bnep0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:02:03:04:05
594 inet addr:192.168.2.2 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
595 inet6 addr: fe80::210:60ff:fea2:dd2a/64 Scope:Link
596 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
597 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
598 TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
599 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
600 RX bytes:208 (208.0 b) TX bytes:188 (188.0 b)
601</pre>
602
603<p>
604Finally, we can do a simple test to see that the network is working fine.
605</p>
606
607<pre caption="IP ping between bnep interfaces">
608host1 #<i> ping 192.168.2.1</i>
609PING 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
61064 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=34.0 ms
61164 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=37.3 ms
612
613--- 192.168.2.1 ping statistics ---
6142 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1000ms
615rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 34.045/35.690/37.336/1.656 ms
616</pre>
617
618</body>
619</section>
620</chapter> 499</chapter>
621 500
622<chapter id="apps"> 501<chapter id="apps">
623<title>Desktop Applications for Bluetooth</title> 502<title>Desktop Applications for Bluetooth</title>
624<section> 503<section>
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741 Bluetooth connection (amongst other things). It includes such features as 620 Bluetooth connection (amongst other things). It includes such features as
742 backing up this information and restoring it later, and syncing with the 621 backing up this information and restoring it later, and syncing with the
743 Evolution e-mail client. You will need the <c>irmc</c> USE flag set to 622 Evolution e-mail client. You will need the <c>irmc</c> USE flag set to
744 ensure that <c>multisync</c> has Bluetooth support. 623 ensure that <c>multisync</c> has Bluetooth support.
745 </li> 624 </li>
625 <li>
626 <c>net-wireless/opd</c> and <c>net-wireless/ussp-push</c> are command line
627 tools (server and client) that can be used to send files to your mobile
628 phone.
629 </li>
746</ul> 630</ul>
747 631
748</body> 632</body>
749</section> 633</section>
750</chapter> 634</chapter>
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