Bug 160200 - Impress Remote does not work over bluetooth (android - linux)
Summary: Impress Remote does not work over bluetooth (android - linux)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Impress Remote
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Android Remote App (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
unspecified
Hardware: ARM Android
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Whiteboard: QA:needsComment
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Reported: 2024-03-14 11:09 UTC by Michael Baumgartner
Modified: 2024-03-29 03:15 UTC (History)
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Description Michael Baumgartner 2024-03-14 11:09:45 UTC 
Description:
I try to use the Libreoffice remote app on android. A connection with WiFi works without problems, but connecting over Bluetooth does not work.



Steps to Reproduce:
1. Connecting your (Linux) laptop with your (android) phone over Bluetooth.
2. Testing the connection e.g. send files from laptop to phone.
3. Opening a presentation with LibreOffice impress.
4. Opening the LibreOffice remote app on your phone
5. Choose your laptop in the Bluetooth tab

Actual Results:
Error message in the App:
"""
Connection failed

Make sure you have enabled remote control. Go to "Tools ⇾ Options ⇾ LibreOffice Impress ⇾ General" in LibreOffice Impress.

In case of Bluetooth pairing issues, please read the documentation supplied by your Operating System.
"""
Screenshot of the Message: https://ask.libreoffice.org/uploads/asklibo/original/3X/1/7/17bacf945bf57879dd44b8c93df27ffe9a94ec79.png

Expected Results:
The app connects with LibreOffice on the laptop and can control the presentation.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
=== Laptop
==== OS

Version Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria 64-bit
Kernel Linux 5.15.0-92-generic x86_64
MATE 1.26.0

==== LibreOffice

Version: 7.3.7.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 30(Build:2)
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: de-DE
Ubuntu package version: 1:7.3.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.4
Calc: threaded

=== Phone
==== OS

/e/OS 1.19.1-s (Android 12)

==== App

org.libreoffice.impressremote 2.6.1 (30)
The newest version for the field here at bugzilla is "2.3.0". I cannot choose the 2.6.1 so I choose "unspecified".

=== LibreOffice Ask

First, I created a question at LibreOffice Ask.
https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/libreoffice-remote-android-does-not-work-with-bluetooth/101242
Actual it is still without an answer, so it is maybe a bug and not an error from my side.
Comment 1 Michael Baumgartner 2024-03-14 11:30:08 UTC 
Because of the question "Did you try resetting your UserProfile?", I now try it with the safe mode, like it is described here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile#Help_wizard_(LibreOffice_5.3_and_newer)

I started LibreOffice with "sudo libreoffice --safe-mode", but in the safe mode it does not work in general. Also with Wi-Fi I get the error. I open the options in the safe mode to activate the remote, but it does not work.