DBUS app development help

John (J5) Palmieri johnp at redhat.com
Wed May 4 10:19:32 PDT 2005


On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 15:03 -0300, Claudio Takahasi wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> I am aware of  NetworkManager project. However, provide 
> dbus service at NetworkManager level is not possible
> at the moment because there isn't BlueZ library for
> provide functions like: connect, search, disconnect, ...
> "pand" is a command line daemon, it doesn't provide
> an interface to control bluetooth connections.
> 
> I decided implement DBUS PAN service at BlueZ level
> because it can open a new perspective: provide services 
> like headset, dialup networking, printer, and others bluetooth 
> services. 
> 
My fault.  When you said pan I assumed the News client.

> 
> On 5/4/05, John (J5) Palmieri <johnp at redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 13:59 -0300, Claudio Takahasi wrote:
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > I am a newbie on dbus.
> > > Where can I find documents about dbus?
> > >
> > > I am developing a DBUS message service for Bluez
> > > PAN connections. Where can I find more documents
> > > tips and code sample about dbus?
> > > The tutorial and specification don't provide this kind of information.
> > 
> > documentation is all at freedesktop.org.  There is some outdated docs on
> > the web showing the old 2.x API's.  Best thing to do is look at the
> > examples and other code using dbus.
> > 
> > Why would pan need bluez support anyway?  Pan should be network
> > agnostic.  There is talk about hacking bluez into NetworkManager.
> > 
> > --
> > J5
> > 
> > 
> 
> 



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