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Bug 509891 - Use "extended" hostname for the default adapter name
Use "extended" hostname for the default adapter name
Status: RESOLVED NOTGNOME
Product: gnome-bluetooth
Classification: Core
Component: properties
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-bluetooth-general-maint@gnome.bugs
gnome-bluetooth-general-maint@gnome.bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-01-16 13:14 UTC by Bastien Nocera
Modified: 2011-06-29 15:00 UTC
See Also:
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Description Bastien Nocera 2008-01-16 13:14:28 UTC 
Using ConsoleKit, the applet and the properties could be told when the current user changes, and adapt the device name appropriately.
Comment 1 Bastien Nocera 2008-01-22 17:30:17 UTC 
The feature will need to be a compile-time dependency, handle the ConsoleKit service not being running, and multiple adapters.
Comment 2 Bastien Nocera 2009-02-25 14:50:52 UTC 
Reassigning to bluez-gnome fork, gnome-bluetooth.
Comment 3 Bastien Nocera 2009-03-03 18:37:26 UTC 
To investigate as well:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~david/xdg-hostname/
Comment 4 Bastien Nocera 2009-06-12 14:54:02 UTC 
Start of a patch for bluez:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.bluez.kernel/2487

The only thing we'd need to do in gnome-bluetooth is to show the device name in the properties.
Comment 5 Oded Arbel 2011-03-31 12:57:53 UTC 
IMO, the bluetooth properties dialog should also provide some hint to the user as to how to change the device name - either on-line documentation (tooltip, a "what's this" button with a popup, etc.) or a button to take the user directly to the correct dialog for changing the name.
Comment 6 Bastien Nocera 2011-06-29 15:00:53 UTC 
Fixed in bluez upstream:
http://git.kernel.org/?
p=bluetooth/bluez.git;a=commit;h=c98f635b446d0137f719612853a41e38fb43a1ff