On Sun, Sep 20, 2020, 19:46 Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
> Evening all, > > I've plugged in a new USB Bluetooth adapter, following the instructions in > the > wiki: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Bluetooth . The idea is to connect to > my > Android phone, but I'm only getting part way. > > After installing bluez and broadcom-bt-firmware, then booting with the new > kernel, Bluetooth discovery and pairing work fine, but KDE Connect on each > device can't see the other: they both report "No Devices". > > That nice Mr Google doesn't help, nor do the fine manuals and KDE web > pages. > Has anyone succeeded with this? > KDE Connect works over wi-fi by having your phone and computer on the same network. You must run the app on your phone and it should see your computer if it is running KDE Connect. Make sure you allow the KDE Connect ports in your firewall. 1714-1764 for UDP and TCP. Bluetooth services from your phone are not related to KDE Connect. Andrew
