Version: kdebluetooth-1.0-0.beta7 (using KDE KDE 3.5.7) Installed from: Mandriva RPMs Compiler: gcc (GCC) 4.2.1 20070828 (prerelease) (4.2.1-6mdv2008.0) OS: Linux Description of problem: The kdebluetooth service will not start without an active adapter. It fails with a message "No Bluetooth adapter found! Unable to start kbluetooth". This is a problem because many dongles are not connected all the time and many laptops have bluetooth off on boot (needs to be enabled using a switch or keyboard combo). Kbluetooth will not start, but it is not restarted automatically when the adapter is plugged in neither. I consider this a regression compared to the behaviour from KDE 3.5.6 where the kdebluetoothd was running all the time regardless whether there was an adapter present/active or not. When the adapter was activated, kdebluetoothd detected this and everything was working automatically. With the current version the user has to jump through an extra hoop each time when the bluetooth dongle is connected - very annoying especially on laptops using a bluetooth mouse and not having bluetooth on by default on boot. How reproducible: start kbluetooth
Bluetooth support has been replaced by "BlueDevil" and the old code is no longer maintained. If you still have an issue with Bluetooth support in a recent KDE version, such as KDE 4.9.5 or 4.10, please report a new bug. Also, if this is a feature request that has not yet been implemented in BlueDevil, please add a comment.