The current stable version of gnome-bluetooth (0.7.0-r1) doesn't run correctly due to errors in it's usage of GTK. The display never updates even if devices are found. Some example errors: /usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/gnomebt/manager.py:142: DeprecationWarning: gnome.ui.AppBar constructor takes exactly 3 arguments, but calling old gtk.HBox constructor for compatibility reasons. self.statusbar = gnome.ui.AppBar (True, True) /usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/gnomebt/manager.py:220: GtkWarning: gtk_label_set_text: assertion `GTK_IS_LABEL (label)' failed self.statusbar.pop () /usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/gnomebt/manager.py:222: GtkWarning: gtk_label_set_text: assertion `GTK_IS_LABEL (label)' failed self.statusbar.push (_("Scanning for devices...")) (Bluetooth Device Manager:24049): GnomeUI-CRITICAL **: gnome_appbar_set_progress_percentage: assertion `appbar->_priv->progress != NULL' failed ** Message: inquiry complete /usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/gnomebt/manager.py:226: GtkWarning: gtk_label_set_text: assertion `GTK_IS_LABEL (label)' failed self.statusbar.push (_("Retrieving device names...")) /usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/gnomebt/manager.py:142: DeprecationWarning: gnome.ui.AppBar constructor takes exactly 3 arguments, but calling old gtk.HBox constructor for compatibility reasons. self.statusbar = gnome.ui.AppBar (True, True) /usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/gnomebt/manager.py:220: GtkWarning: gtk_label_set_text: assertion `GTK_IS_LABEL (label)' failed self.statusbar.pop () /usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/gnomebt/manager.py:222: GtkWarning: gtk_label_set_text: assertion `GTK_IS_LABEL (label)' failed self.statusbar.push (_("Scanning for devices...")) (Bluetooth Device Manager:24052): GnomeUI-CRITICAL **: gnome_appbar_set_progress_percentage: assertion `appbar->_priv->progress != NULL' failed
adding gnome since we are co-maintaining this it seems. Could you please provide emerge --info and the version of gtk+ you are using. I'm told that listing devices doesn't work and is not fixed yet with recent versions.
closing since newer stable versions supporting gtk+ 2.12 are available and I didn't experience problems like this myself with these.