This is a summary of the problem Hawaiian ja # eix gnome-bluetooth * net-wireless/gnome-bluetooth Available versions: 0.7.0-r1 ~0.8.0 Installed: 0.7.0-r1 Homepage: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeBluetooth Description: Gnome2 Bluetooth integration suite Hawaiian ja # /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart * Service bluetooth stopping * Service bluetooth stopped * Service bluetooth starting * Service bluetooth started Hawaiian ja # /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart * Service bluetooth stopping * Service bluetooth stopped * Service bluetooth starting * Service bluetooth started Hawaiian ja # hcitool scan Scanning ... 00:12:62:E1:89:E1 Git Hawaiian ja # l2ping 00:12:62:E1:89:E1 Ping: 00:12:62:E1:89:E1 from 00:0E:9B:68:70:B8 (data size 44) ... 0 bytes from 00:12:62:E1:89:E1 id 0 time 67.91ms 0 bytes from 00:12:62:E1:89:E1 id 1 time 40.47ms 0 bytes from 00:12:62:E1:89:E1 id 2 time 36.30ms 0 bytes from 00:12:62:E1:89:E1 id 3 time 42.10ms 0 bytes from 00:12:62:E1:89:E1 id 4 time 36.96ms 0 bytes from 00:12:62:E1:89:E1 id 5 time 42.72ms 6 sent, 6 received, 0% loss Hawaiian ja # gnome-obex-server (gnome-obex-server:10268): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed. ** (gnome-obex-server:10268): WARNING **: OBEX server register error: -94 ** (gnome-obex-server:10268): WARNING **: Unable to initialize OBEX source ** (gnome-obex-server:10268): WARNING **: Couldn't initialise OBEX listener Hawaiian ja # exit exit ja@Hawaiian ~ $ gnome-obex-server ** (gnome-obex-server:10271): WARNING **: OBEX server register error: -94 ** (gnome-obex-server:10271): WARNING **: Unable to initialize OBEX source ** (gnome-obex-server:10271): WARNING **: Couldn't initialise OBEX listener I can ping my phone, but I can't transfer files, both as root and as a conventional user.
Do you have rfcomm enabled in the kernel? I mean Networking --> Bluetooth subsystem support --> [*]RFCOMM protocol support [*]RFCOMM TTY support
Please let us know about the question in comment #1 and try with 0.8.0. Then re-open this bug.
