Re: using bluetooth and cell phone in Fedora 16

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No one got back to me on this one, but is it possible to go down to
Gnome2? Any other suggestions.

Sorry I really need this resolved somehow.

Many thanks,

Ranjan

On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 10:16:38 -0600 Ranjan Maitra <maitra@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am a Fedora LXDE spin user and need to connect via dial-up using a
> bluetooth cell phone.
> 
> Earlier this year, I used gnome-bluetooth and was able to connect
> seamlessly. At that time, we were on Fedora 14 and gnome was on 2.8 (or
> something like that).
> 
> Ever since the move to Fedora 15 (and now 16) and gnome3+, I am unable
> to get anything. Here is what happens: I click on the bluetooth icon.
> The phone is up there. When I click on Preferences, all I get is a
> blank window. Nothing more.
> 
> When I run gnome-session from the commandline, here is what I get
> (other than the same blank window):
> 
> 
> %gnome-session
> gnome-session[2056]: WARNING: Unable to find required component
> 'gnome-shell' 
> gnome-session[2056]: WARNING: Unable to find default provider
> 'metacity' of required provider 'windowmanager' 
> gnome-session[2056]: WARNING: Unable to find required component
> 'gnome-panel'
> 
> I don't really care about Gnome3 or Gnome2, given how rarely I use it.
> If it is not possible to troubleshoot the problem above, is it possible
> to go down to Gnome2, or better still, is there another option (not
> another DE, please!).
> 
> Many thanks and best wishes,
> Ranjan
> 
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