Can't pair FreeBSD laptop and Nokia E72 phone with bluetooth

[Chris Whitehouse]

On 10/04/2014 16:41, Warner Losh wrote:
>
> On Apr 10, 2014, at 6:36 AM, Lars Engels <lars.engels at 0x20.net> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 12:53:04PM +0100, Chris Whitehouse wrote:
>>> Anyone? Or is bluetooth on FreeBSD dead?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>
>> IMHO it was never really alive. But you would better ask this on
>> bluetooth at freebsd.org
>
> It is possible to make bluetooth on FreeBSD work. But you have to know
> a lot about Bluetooth, devices, discovery, etc. The tools FreeBSD has for
> this are quite primitive and support little more than mice, keyboards, and
> serial ports (though file exchange is possible). I have not seen any active
> development of Bluetooth, though, in 5 or more years.
>
> Warner
>
>
Thanks for the replies, I'll do a bit more reading and maybe ask on 
freebsd-wireless.

Chris