Bluetooth on Leap 15.6?

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I have a new 15.6 install on an x86 laptop. Initially, I thought that Bluetooth was working. However: …
Although I am able to connect devices (Mouse, Phone, Headphones etc), the file transfer is not working?
Any tip to debug this problem will be most welcome.
Regards, Martin

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Check if bluez-obexd is installed. If not so, install it and test again.

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Yep It is installed. But no, it doesn’t work::

mprowe@localhost:~> zypper search -i bluez
Repository                                                   : Time since last refresh
Dead Mozay                                                   : 14 s 
Update repository of openSUSE Backports                      : 13 s 
Non-OSS Repository                                           : 13 s 
Open H.264 Codec (openSUSE Leap)                             : 13 s 
Main Repository                                              : 13 s 
Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 : 12 s 
Main Update Repository                                       : 12 s 
Update Repository (Non-Oss)                                  : 12 s 


    Note: Running with user privileges. From time to time run 'zypper refresh' as root to make sure
    the repository metadata are complete and up-to-date.

Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S  | Name                      | Summary                                                        | Type
---+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+--------
i+ | bluez                     | Bluetooth Stack for Linux                                      | package
i+ | bluez-auto-enable-devices | Configuration that automatically enables all bluetooth devices | package
i  | bluez-cups                | CUPS Driver for Bluetooth Printers                             | package
i+ | bluez-deprecated          | Bluez tools that upstream considers obsolete                   | package
i+ | bluez-firmware            | Bluetooth(TM) Firmware                                         | package
i+ | bluez-obexd               | Object Exchange daemon for sharing binary objects              | package
i+ | bluez-qt-imports          | Async Bluez wrapper library                                    | package
i+ | bluez-qt-udev             | bluez-qt integration with udev                                 | package
i+ | bluez-test                | Tools for testing of various Bluetooth-functions               | package
i+ | bluez-tools               | A set of tools to manage bluetooth devices                     | package
i+ | libKF5BluezQt6            | Async Bluez wrapper library - development files                | package
mprowe@localhost:~> 

Regards, M.
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I just updated a minimal Leap 15.6 Gnome install and can confirm that while I can connect e.g. a phone, I cannot transfer files in either direction.
No obvious difference with my Tumbleweed install that works properly with the same HW.
Will keep you informed if I find something useful.

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Create bug report.

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Try

systemctl --user enable obex
systemctl --user start obex
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Thanks for the suggestion:

mprowe@localhost:~> systemctl --user enable obex
mprowe@localhost:~> 
mprowe@localhost:~> systemctl --user start obex
Job for obex.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl --user status obex.service" and "journalctl --user -xeu obex.service" for details.
mprowe@localhost:~> 
mprowe@localhost:~> systemctl --user status obex.service
× obex.service - Bluetooth OBEX service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/obex.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2024-06-18 06:47:31 BST; 16s ago
    Process: 2878 ExecStart=/usr/lib/bluetooth/obexd (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 2878 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 9ms

Jun 18 06:47:31 localhost.localdomain systemd[1679]: Starting Bluetooth OBEX service...
Jun 18 06:47:31 localhost.localdomain obexd[2878]: OBEX daemon 5.71
Jun 18 06:47:31 localhost.localdomain obexd[2878]: Name already in use
Jun 18 06:47:31 localhost.localdomain obexd[2878]: manager_init failed
Jun 18 06:47:31 localhost.localdomain systemd[1679]: obex.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 18 06:47:31 localhost.localdomain systemd[1679]: obex.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 18 06:47:31 localhost.localdomain systemd[1679]: Failed to start Bluetooth OBEX service.
mprowe@localhost:~> 
mprowe@localhost:~> journalctl --user -xeu obex.service
No journal files were found.
~
-- No entries --
mprowe@localhost:~>

Any thoughts on above…?

Regards, M.

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Noted that in Leap 15.6 gnome-bluetooth is still at version 42.7 with major Gnome components at 45.x.
I don’t really know if that is the culprit, but in Tumbleweed I see everything at 46.0 and bluetooth works as expected.

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