Comment 28 for bug 374782

I remmed out all lines in /etc/bluetooth/ <rfcomm.conf> and ran "rfcomm -a". it returned the MAC addr, channel and "clean". the lines are 1)rfcomm0, 2)bind yes 3)device & MAC 4)channel 1 (no # parentheses of course).

rebooted computer and ran/get the following:
rocky@rocky-desktop:~$ sudo rfcomm connect 0 00:08:f4:23:28:71
Connected /dev/rfcomm0 to 00:08:F4:23:28:71 on channel 1
Press CTRL-C for hangup

in all cases, i continue to run test printer (with printer on) but msg still returns ' "Idle - Unable to open device file "/dev/rfcomm0": Permission denied'

I set the URI to serial:/dev/rfcomm0 (CUPS GUI ?) believing this to be correct to set up a virtual com port for the printer which is what BlueSoleil does. I assume that this is correct? It is my understanding that we are trying to direct the printer to "go out thru a virtual com port".

from your suggested "rfcomm connect" cmd, it would seem that /dev/rfcomm0 is by-passed since everything is remmed in rfcomm.conf?

and i tried the following with result:
rocky@rocky-desktop:~$ sudo rfcomm -r connect 0 00:08:f4:23:28:71
Can't connect RFCOMM socket: Device or resource busy

so does any of this produce possibilities? i see that BlueSoleil under XP sets up on COM port 4 if that means anything?

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