Unable to receive files via bluetooth in slackware 15

I am having trouble sending a file from my phone to my laptop via bluetooth. I am able to send the other way, i.e. laptop- phone. When I try to send from the phone to the laptop I get a notification on the laptop saying the file is being sent, but I can't find anywhere to accept the transfer. Eventually the phone times out with the message that the file wasn't sent because the laptop denied permission. I have looked online and the results say I need to use bluez-obexd. When I do a ps aux | grep obex I find an obexd running. I do not appear to have a bluez-obexd command on my machine and I can'

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