Finalise configuration of Bluetooth dial up modem in SuSE10.0

[dooby]

hi penguins!

newbie here using gnome
ive been trying to config my nokia3230 as a dial up modem via bluetooth. googling for how to's has got me this far
(im using XP now so ill paste the defaults instead of the actual address)
hcitool scan successfully gives me this: -

Scanning ...
00:00:00:00:00:00 SmartPhone

sdptool search DUN 00:00:00:00:00:00 outputs an error message

Failed to connect 00:00:00:00:00:00 Permission Denied


From the "how to..pdf" i downloaded, i should instead get the output below

Inquiring ...
Searching for DUN on 00:00:00:00:00:00 ...
Service Name: SSA
Service RecHandle: 0x10001
Service Class ID List:
"Error: This is UUID-128" (0x00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000)
Protocol Descriptor List:
"L2CAP" (0x0100)
"RFCOMM" (0x0003)
Channel: 7
Language Base Attr List:
code_ISO639: 0x656e
encoding: 0x6a
base_offset: 0x100

Lastly, i cant run KPPP to finalise the configuration, i saw something like smpppd,whats this or what should i use?
Pls help

Thanks

[devils casper]

Hi dooby,

Welcome to the LinuxForums,

whats the output of 'hcitool scan'? post the output of that command.

[dooby]

Hi dooby,

Welcome to the LinuxForums,

whats the output of 'hcitool scan'? post the output of that command.

hi casper

output for the command hcitool scan

Scanning...

00:13:FD:CE:478 smartphone

this is what i expect but the command sdptool search DUN gives

Failed to connect 00:13:FD:CE:478 Permission Denied

help
thanks

[Juan Pablo]

Have you tried as root?

[devils casper]

did you try it as root?
log in as root and execute this

rfcomm bind rfcomm0 <cell address> 1

in KPPP, select /dev/rfcomm0 modem and in Modem Commands, connection string should be ATD. its ATDT by default.
try to connect and check if it works.
i am using AirTel GPRS connection through Nokia 6600 right now.

[dooby]

Have you tried as root?

yes i have. same output,how can i access SuSE hardware tool? (not YaST) I can use it to detect the hardware. I think i saw that somewhere or maybe i was drowsy!
ok let me try that casper although i cant run KPPP, command not found, im using GNOME

[dooby]

did you try it as root?
log in as root and execute this

rfcomm bind rfcomm0 <cell address> 1

in KPPP, select /dev/rfcomm0 modem and in Modem Commands, connection string should be ATD. its ATDT by default.
try to connect and check if it works.
i am using AirTel GPRS connection through Nokia 6600 right now.

Sorry for the duplicate posts,im using a Safaricom GPRS via 3230 but on XP and im getting timed out once in a while, i cant access KPPP,so im stuck,please help on this,meanwhile,im executing bind

[devils casper]

okk.. execute 'rfcomm bind' command and check if it works. you must be logged in as root. we will enable normal user access after solving this problem for 'root' user.

[dooby]

okk.. execute 'rfcomm bind' command and check if it works. you must be logged in as root. we will enable normal user access after solving this problem for 'root' user.

The command rfrcomm bind rfcomm0 1(address) executed ok. Problem is I cant start kppd so I used smpppd instead by typing the command rcsmpppd start.
Output

rcsmpppd start
Starting smpppd done.

Doesn’t start in graphical mode, so I cant continue with the modem configuration. Howcan I access kppp
Note that the command sdptool search gives the exact output below: -

sdptool search DUN 00:13:FA:CF:478

Failed to connect to SDP server on 00:13:FA:CF:478. Permission Denied

(just a thot,how come my details (#,country etc)dont appear under my name yet i registered?) Anyway,not my main issue here

[devils casper]

execute 'kppp' in terminal. what error message does it throw?