Re: Network connection using BT connected 'modem'

[Darren Albers <dalbers gmail com>]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 3:26 AM, Dominique Leuenberger
<Dominique Leuenberger tmf-group com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I see NM 0.7 can do Internet connections (CDMA/GSM) but I seem not to find what is required for this to work.
> I have a phone connected using bluetooth (/dev/rfcomm) which I would like to use.
>
> I can perfectly dial-in using wvdial, but of course NM does not know about the connection and a lot of fiddling with dbus signaling to announce a
> running network would be needed.
>
> So my best idea so far would be to use also NM for this.
>
> Is there anything I'm missing, or is NM simply checking hal to see if I have a modem connected (which obviously fails for anything behind a BT
> connection).
>
> Thanks for your reply and maybe it gives ideas on what is missing.
> Dominique


NetworkManager 0.7 doesn't support Bluetooth devices at this time but
I saw a blog post somewhere that this application claims to make
Bluetooth applications available to NM:
http://blueman.tuxfamily.org/

I haven't tried it yet so if you have success it might be good to post
back here and let others know.