Trying to revive 'ubtd' (Bluetooth file transfer)

[Keneda]

@domubpkm
I guess you know but for larger files than few MB, and/or for larger sbandwich, plus all files support, you have wifi transfert.

[gpatel-fr]

@Keneda said:

sandwich

bandwidth I guess

[Keneda]

@gpatel-fr
WOW another "autocorrection" that passed my vigilance

[PhAndersson]

@lduboeuf said:

FYI, on 24.04.2 and 26.04 obexd is now auto started

That's good to know -- thanks!

[gpatel-fr]

@PhAndersson

I have just switched my phone back to 24.04-1.3 and obex is definitely started automatically.

[PhAndersson]

@gpatel-fr said:

@PhAndersson

I have just switched my phone back to 24.04-1.3 and obex is definitely started automatically.

Not in my case (Volla Quintus upgraded to 24.04-1.3 from 20.04/OTA-12). obexd is not started by default, but Ratatoskr is still able to start it transparently, so the end result is the same.

But the Quintus is currently unable to successfully connect over BT to my laptop (or another UT phone, for that matter) -- see Noble bluetooth issues -- so I'm a bit stuck in my plans to validate Ratatoskr on Noble at the moment.

[gpatel-fr]

@PhAndersson said:

(Volla Quintus upgraded to 24.04-1.3 from 20.04/OTA-12). obexd is not started by default,

that's strange.

What's the output of

systemctl --user cat obex

and

systemctl --user status obex

(obviously do this after a phone restart)

[PhAndersson]

@gpatel-fr said:

@PhAndersson said:

(Volla Quintus upgraded to 24.04-1.3 from 20.04/OTA-12). obexd is not started by default,

that's strange.

What's the output of

systemctl --user cat obex

# /usr/lib/systemd/user/obex.service
[Unit]
Description=Bluetooth OBEX service

[Service]
Type=dbus
BusName=org.bluez.obex
ExecStart=/usr/libexec/bluetooth/obexd

[Install]
Alias=dbus-org.bluez.obex.service

# /usr/lib/systemd/user/obex.service.d/ubuntu-touch-session.conf
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/libexec/bluetooth/obexd -P ftp,irmc,mas,pcsuite -r $HOME

and

systemctl --user status obex

○ obex.service - Bluetooth OBEX service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/obex.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/user/obex.service.d
             └─ubuntu-touch-session.conf
     Active: inactive (dead)

I also checked 'journal' for any OBEX-related message, but there aren't any.

[gpatel-fr]

@PhAndersson

you are correct, I missed that because I'm mostly on 26.02 these days. I switched back briefly to 24.04 stable and I could repro.
It's probably a service order start problem since starting obex manually succeeds, I will have to investigate it.

[kristatos]

I'm having a problem with sending/receiving files and my Volla22. I opened the Gallery, selected a picture and tapped on sharing via Bluetooth-Plugin. In the next window I selected my Laptop and then the transmission dialog comes up. On my Laptop there comes up a notification that my Volla22 is now connected and 1-2 seconds later a notification that it's disconnected. At the same time the Bluetooth-Plugin on my phone says that the transmission has failed. In the output of
systemctl --user status obex
I found for this time
Unable to find service record
Sending/receiving between my Laptop and other devices is working like expected, only the Volla with BT-Plugin and 24.04.-1.x stable does not. Any idea?