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mistfire
Joined: 04 Nov 2008 Posts: 1277 Location: PH
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Posted: Sat 04 Mar 2017, 08:23 Post subject:
pBluetooth 3.2 - the bluetooth manager Subject description: A fork of PuppyBT by fr33land |
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This a fork of the abandoned PuppyBT by fr33land. It manages almost the whole bluetooth adapters and its connectivity. It is improved and more user friendly than PuppyBT
This app requires the following packages:
- bluez (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2FRkttfZuG0YzNWSVBhaDgwUzA)
- bluez-tools (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2FRkttfZuG0Z0NpQlpXZTFBS1U)
- obexd
- openobex
- obexftp
- a2dp-alsa by jamesbond (already included in the package, Source code: http://www.lightofdawn.org/wiki/wiki.cgi/files/a2dp-alsa-2016-01-02.tar.bz2)
New features:
* Adaptive daemon. If there is no bluetooth adapter detected. all bluetooth daemons will not run. If they are running, they will kill automatically. This will save more ram
* With paired device management
* With serial communication
Currently tested:
* Streaming sounds on bluetooth speaker (Set the sound output of a player to alsa)
* Basic pairing and device management
* Establishing serial port communication on bluetooth
* Receiving files over bluetooth
* Sending files over bluetooth
Need to be tested:
* Bluetooth tethering
* Receive sound input from the mic of the bluetooth headset
* Sound input from bluetooth headset
* a2dp audio stearming
Need to be added or change in the future:
* Bluetooth FTP
* Shift user interface from dialog to Xdialog
If you want to contribute on this project just upload your changes here (in PET package format)
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keniv
Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 566 Location: Scotland
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Posted: Sat 04 Mar 2017, 11:46 Post subject:
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@mistfire
Quote: | This app requires the following packages:
- bluez
- bluez-alsa
- bluez-compat
- bluez-tools
- obexd
- a2dp-alsa by jamesbond (Source code: http://www.lightofdawn.org/wiki/wiki.cgi/files/a2dp-alsa-2016-01-02.tar.bz2) |
I used fr33lands version with some success but needed quite a lot of help along the way (see from page two of thread). I'm using the most up to date version of lucid 287s2. I'd like to try your pet but have one question. Are the above packages available as pets?
Regards,
Ken.
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mistfire
Joined: 04 Nov 2008 Posts: 1277 Location: PH
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Posted: Sat 04 Mar 2017, 17:17 Post subject:
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keniv wrote: |
Are the above packages available as pets?
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- bluez (yes, version 4.99)
- bluez-alsa (already included in the package)
- bluez-tools (as deb file)
- obexd (yes)
PuppyBT thread was deleted because fr33land withdrew the project. If you are currently using PuppyBT then the pBluetooth should work. It is already stated on the first post of this thread which component is not yet tested. I already tested its functionality.
UPDATE:
I repacked bluez-tools into pet package complete with its dependencies
Download here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2FRkttfZuG0Z0NpQlpXZTFBS1U
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keniv
Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 566 Location: Scotland
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Posted: Sun 05 Mar 2017, 10:11 Post subject:
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I made a new save file to test this as I remember it took quite a lot for me to get fr33lands to work and I don't want to remove it until I have yours working. However I cannot find a pet for bluez 4.99.
Can you please post a link to it. Do I still need this?
Code: | - a2dp-alsa by jamesbond (Source code: http://www.lightofdawn.org/wiki/wiki.cgi/files/a2dp-alsa-2016-01-02.tar.bz2) |
If this is source code do I have to compile this. I don't know how to do this. I have installed the other packages.
Regards,
Ken.
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keniv
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Posted: Sun 05 Mar 2017, 18:44 Post subject:
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@ mistfire
I gave up trying to find a suitable copy of bleuz and deleted the test save file I made to try it.
Quote: | If you are currently using PuppyBT then the pBluetooth should work. It is already stated on the first post of this thread which component is not yet tested. I already tested its functionality. |
I then tried pBluetooth with PuppyBT installed. It ran and detected the external bt dongle and external bt speakers that had paired without a problem before but would not pair. I uninstalled pBluetooth. This appeared to break PuppyBT as well as remove the icons. I reinstalled PuppyBT and all is well again. I think I'll wait to see how others get on.
Regards,
Ken.
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mistfire
Joined: 04 Nov 2008 Posts: 1277 Location: PH
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Posted: Sun 05 Mar 2017, 21:15 Post subject:
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@keniv
keniv wrote: | @ mistfire
I then tried pBluetooth with PuppyBT installed. It ran and detected the external bt dongle and external bt speakers that had paired without a problem before but would not pair. I uninstalled pBluetooth. This appeared to break PuppyBT as well as remove the icons. I reinstalled PuppyBT and all is well again. I think I'll wait to see how others get on.
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Ken. |
Thats strange, pBluetooth uses the same component and files as PuppyBT
a2dp-alsa is already included in the package
Here is the bluez-4.99 package. I repacked it from slackware
Download link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2FRkttfZuG0YzNWSVBhaDgwUzA
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keniv
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Posted: Mon 06 Mar 2017, 09:14 Post subject:
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Thanks for the bluez pet. I will make a new test lucid save file to test. This will give it a chance without another BT manager in the save file. I'll report back and let you know how it goes.
Ken.
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keniv
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Posted: Tue 07 Mar 2017, 13:01 Post subject:
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keniv wrote: | I will make a new test lucid save file to test. I'll report back and let you know how it goes. |
I still have problems. If I click on pBluetooth in the network menu the window appears. If I select "Adapter" then "Check local bluetooth device" then click OK nothing happens but the app freezes. Mouse still works but nothing can be clicked. Have to shut machine off using Cnrl-Alt-BkSp then poweroff to shut down. If I don't click OK I can shut the window by clicking "x". The only thing I'm using that you have not provided is obexd-0.21-i485.pet. Is this OK?
Ken.
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mistfire
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Posted: Wed 08 Mar 2017, 03:22 Post subject:
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Yes thats ok
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blu.js7914
Joined: 19 Apr 2017 Posts: 4
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Posted: Thu 27 Apr 2017, 17:41 Post subject:
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Hello,
Thank you for your hard work with this bluetooth manager.
I am currently running tahr6.0.5. I have installed all the pets that you included.
My bluetooth dongle is recognized however I still cant get it to work.
It says that it is paired with my bluetooth speaker but I dont hear anything out of the bluetooth speaker.
I was able to connect my bluetooth keyboard and gamepad.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Blu.js7914
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mistfire
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Posted: Mon 29 May 2017, 23:04 Post subject:
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@blu.js7914 set your sound output of your player to alsa in order to get sound on bluetooth speaker. I tested it on gnome-mplayer
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Argolance

Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 3720 Location: PORT-BRILLET (Mayenne - France)
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Posted: Wed 17 Jan 2018, 10:53 Post subject:
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Bonjour mistfire,
As I didn't succeed in making pBluetooth work on my Puppy, I noticed that the /root/Startup/bluetooth and the /usr/sbin/pbluetooth scripts both exit:
Code: | if [ "$(lsusb | grep bluetooth)" == "" ] && [ "$(lsusb | grep Bluetooth)" == "" ][...] |
"My" command lsusb currently returns:
Code: | Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b14e Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0b05:17cb ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 1267:0210 Logic3 / SpectraVideo plc LG Optical Mouse 3D-310
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Code: | Bus 006 Device 002: ITheD 0b05:17cb ASUSTek Computer, Inc. |
... is my adapter: duly present/identified, but not described as "bluetooth" or "Bluetooth" device...
So, replacing these lines with:
Code: | if [ "`rfkill list | grep luetooth`" = "" ]; | makes the scripts both work, I should rather say, makes my device to be taken into account and the main interface be displayed.
Now, everything remains to be done!
I thought it was important to point this out.
Cordialement.
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Argolance

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Posted: Fri 19 Jan 2018, 09:45 Post subject:
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Hello, is there anyone on the plane?
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mistfire
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Posted: Thu 25 Jan 2018, 21:33 Post subject:
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Thanks argolance I will try to make some changes based on your observation.
Sorry for the long reply. I have a limited internet connection today.
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Argolance

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Posted: Fri 26 Jan 2018, 14:06 Post subject:
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Bonsoir et merci!
Is it possible to have some explanations about the "Comm" tab?
What are "Network" and "Serial" used for? Please, what does it mean exactly?
[EDIT]: Quote: | Shift user interface from dialog to Xdialog |
I just discover this point... and I previously took the liberty to do it for an adapted version of pBlutooth for Puppy Precise/ToOpPy users, with some "cosmetics" to make the interface match with ToOpPy...
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