Nokia Communicator 9300i connection via Bluetooth
on Debian GNU/Linux Unstable
I wanted to connect my Nokia Communicator 9300i device via
bluetooth on Linux on
my Thinkpad running Debian GNU/Linux unstable. By default my
bluetooth is disabled
because I usually do not use the bluetooth.
To make the bluetooth back running I had to issue the
command:
# echo "enable" > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
Next the bluetooth-wizard came to play:
# /usr/bin/bluetooth-wizard
and then I had to follow the intuitive dialogs, a 4 digit code was
generated by my Linux system the whole system was required to be
provided
on the Nokia Communicator.
The only left thing is to use gnome's bluetooth-applet "Blowse
Files" feature.
Here is a screenshot showing up the bluetooth-applet in case if you
wonder how the app looks like
In case if bluetooth-applet is not appearing as an applet in your
gnome panel. You might need to:
# /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
- Search for the Bluetooth menu:
Make sure the "Show Bluetooth icon"'s tick is presented
Last thing to note is that I tried using the bluez-gnome debian
package
as a mean to communicate with the Phone unsuccesfully. As far as I
could understand
from a couple of posts I've red online the Nokia communicator
requires the obex
protocol to communicate data. This is not supported by
bluez-gnome.
I've also red a couple of interesting posts which explained how to
use
p3nfs
to mount your telephone via the unix nfs protocol
There is an old article explaining how to do the mount via p3nfs in
Ubuntu which
can be
red here
Even though the transfer works in general there are some unpleasent
things
There are some odd slowness while browsing the micro sd
sometimes.
There are also issues when creating new directories via gnome's
nautilus browsing manager.
By default directories while created with a name "untitled folder"
cannot be renamed later on
If a rename attempt is made the file browser hangs. Another
annoying problem I'm facing is when
I do try to copy or move files from the sd memory card of the phone
to the card itself,
if I try this procedure after that the gnome file manager fails to
list correctly the data
included in the micro sd card and then I have to remount the device
in order to make it ready
for file transfers from my PC.