Ubuntu – I Can’t receive files via bluetooth on lxde

13.10bluetoothlxde

I needed to receive a PDF file from a friend in a class. I use ubuntu LXDE (13.10) and my friend had a Samsung tablet. I enabled bluetooth. We went through some sort of "setup" and entered a security code and so and it seemed that this step was completed successfully. He tried to send me the file but I had no notifications coming up or anything and he got a "sending error" after a while. I searched for a "receive mode" or something but couldn't manage to find anything. I was able to send a file to him!

Even later I looked around quickly in unity but still didn't know how to receive files.

…how? 😀

Best Answer

A bit late for an answer but just for the record :

  • First : install the package gnome-user-share you can do this from the terminal with sudo apt install gnome-user-share
  • Then : from the command line do

gnome-file-share-properties

  • There : Allow receive files in downloads folder over bluetooth

I don't know why we need to do this, it looks like unity does not expect to receive files over bluetooth ...

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