I can confirm that I also have this problem. Bluetooth otherwise works fine (well, as far as I can tell, all I really use is OBEX). I'm using a full up-to-date version of 10.04.
mich...@vanadium:~$ hciconfig hci0: Type: USB BD Address: 00:25:56:ED:6F:xx ACL MTU: 1021:8 SCO MTU: 64:1 UP RUNNING PSCAN RX bytes:29827 acl:1056 sco:0 events:1326 errors:0 TX bytes:1688226 acl:2297 sco:0 commands:86 errors:0 I think it's a Broadcom chip connected via USB (it's inside the netbook, a Thinkpad Ideapad S12). sudo seems to provide some relief to the problem but it's still broken. I'm trying to connect to a phone (a Symbian-based Nokia running the PyS60 console). -- Ubuntu 10.04 Can't open RFCOMM device: Permission denied https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/570692 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs