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Bluetooth pairing fails (Feisty box with XP laptop)

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I've been trying to get my Ubuntu box (Feisty) and my work WinXP laptop to transfer files to each other via bluetooth, using gnome-bluetooth on the Ubuntu box. (I don't have admin permissions to put my work laptop on my LAN :-( )

The two devices can see each other, but when I try to pair from XP I get 'The pairing was rejected by the remote device'. I've edited hcid.conf, so that security is set to 'auto' and the correct passkey is present in passkey=.

I'm initiating the pairing from the XP laptop because I don't know how to do this from the Ubuntu box.

TIA
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Diana

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Best Diana (luxxius) said : 		#1

Discovered I hadn't got bluez installed - hadn't realised that gnome-bluetooth didn't include it. Bluetooth Manager now showing on the status bar, and by making the ubuntu box visible and connectable I was able to do the pairing. File transfer now working perfectly.