Ubuntu
bluez package

Bluez reports quoted hostname

Bug #1482688 reported by Simon Fels
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
bluez (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Simon Fels

Bug Description

At least on touch devices BlueZ reports a quoted hostname like "Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition" which is then send over to other devices including the quotes.

bluetoothd[6402]: plugins/adaptername.c:set_pretty_name() Setting name '"Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition"' for device 'hci0'
bluetoothd[6402]: plugins/mgmtops.c:mgmt_set_name() index 0, name "Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition"

BlueZ reads the hostname from /etc/machine-info on startup which has the following set

PRETTY_HOSTNAME="Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition"

Code in BlueZ needs to be changed to ignore the quotes from the value.

Tags: bluetooth
Simon Fels (morphis)
Changed in bluez (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Simon Fels (morphis)
status: New → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Simon Fels (morphis) wrote :

Fix in https://code.launchpad.net/~morphis/bluez/unquote-hostname

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in bluez (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package bluez - 4.101-0ubuntu29

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bluez (4.101-0ubuntu29) wily; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/unquote-hostname.patch:
    - As hostname is quoted in /etc/machine-info we have to unquote it before
      starting to use it or all remote device will see the quotes in our name.
      (LP: #1482688)

 -- Simon Fels <email address hidden> Fri, 07 Aug 2015 18:00:55 +0200

Changed in bluez (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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