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hsgg

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Registered: 2015-01-14

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gnome-bluetooth-3.18: needs configuration dialog open to receive files

I can send files from my android phone to the computer only while the bluetooth configuration dialog in gnome-3.18.1 is open. When I close it, the next transfer fails with the following messages.

On the phone it says:

    Transfer forbidden by target device.

On the computer, "journalctl -a -f" prints

    Nov 29 13:45:33 hypergeometric obexd[1188]: CONNECT(0x0), (null)(0xffffffff)
    Nov 29 13:45:33 hypergeometric obexd[1188]: CONNECT(0x0), (null)(0x0)
    Nov 29 13:45:33 hypergeometric obexd[1188]: PUT(0x2), (null)(0xffffffff)
    Nov 29 13:45:33 hypergeometric obexd[1188]: PUT(0x2), FORBIDDEN(0x43)
    Nov 29 13:45:33 hypergeometric obexd[1188]: DISCONNECT(0x1), (null)(0xffffffff)
    Nov 29 13:45:33 hypergeometric obexd[1188]: DISCONNECT(0x1), SUCCESS(0x20)
    Nov 29 13:45:33 hypergeometric obexd[1188]: disconnected: Transport got disconnected
    Nov 29 13:45:33 hypergeometric bluetoothd[429]: Unable to get io data for Object Push: getpeername: Transport endpoint is not connected (107)

Clearly, there is a bug somewhere. Where to report it?

hsgg

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Registered: 2015-01-14

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Re: gnome-bluetooth-3.18: needs configuration dialog open to receive files

I just found out that apparently this is how it is supposed to work. To quote GNOME help

4.    Bluetooth-enabled devices can send files to your Downloads folder only when the Bluetooth panel is open.

This is waaaaaaay too unintuitive for me. (Maximize the suprise for the user! That's one of the pillars of good user interface design, right?)

But seriously, how can I change this behavior?