Ubuntu – How to make Ubuntu accept files sent over bluetooth

ok then try this:

test before, if your usb dongle was recognized you test it with this command:

lsusb | grep Bluetooth 

if you get this message, its successfuly recognized:

Bus 003 Device 004: ID 1310:0001 Roper Class 1 Bluetooth Dongle

then install an another browser for ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install bluez-utils libopenobex1 bluez-tools 

after the installation, you must restart the bluetooth dongle with this command:

sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart 

or with this command

sudo service bluetooth restart 

Details of the Bluetooth device is obtained with the command:

hciconfig --all 

if all is ok, install bluetooth applet

A quick look in dconf-editor and...

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.file-sharing bluetooth-obexpush-enabled VALUE

Is the equivalent to 'Receive files in Downloads folder over Bluetooth', VALUE can be true or false

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.file-sharing bluetooth-obexpush-enabled VALUE

Is the same as 'Notify about received files', VALUE of true or false again.

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.file-sharing bluetooth-accept-files

is the same as the 'Accept files:' selection box, VALUE can be always, bonded (Only work for set-up devices) and ask.

Here is the picture from the other question in case you need it.

You can find what the current values are using get in place of set, To reset, use reset instead.

To list the available options:

$ gsettings list-keys org.gnome.desktop.file-sharing
bluetooth-accept-files
bluetooth-allow-write
bluetooth-enabled
bluetooth-notify
bluetooth-obexpush-enabled
bluetooth-require-pairing
enabled
require-password

Here also is a list with possible values in bold

org.gnome.desktop.file-sharing bluetooth-accept-files always bonded ask
org.gnome.desktop.file-sharing bluetooth-allow-write true false
org.gnome.desktop.file-sharing bluetooth-enabled true false
org.gnome.desktop.file-sharing bluetooth-notify true false
org.gnome.desktop.file-sharing bluetooth-obexpush-enabled true false
org.gnome.desktop.file-sharing bluetooth-require-pairing true false
org.gnome.desktop.file-sharing enabled true false
org.gnome.desktop.file-sharing require-password never on_write always

More can be found using man gsettings

Hope this helps ;D - Not as though I am doing this just because I use a netbook with a broken display for file sharing, for which this could be rather helpful...

As the above answer will probably only work if you have a graphical Gnome-based desktop installed, a simpler thing may be to use bluez as in the answer here.