From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-ID: <001401c70e33$e411ef10$6501a8c0@den> From: "Dave sailer" To: "BlueZ users" References: <4563C044.3030200@comcast.net> <1164178798.23477.23.camel@localhost> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:44:02 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] hcid.conf multiple dongles Reply-To: BlueZ users List-Id: BlueZ users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: bluez-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net thanks for the info. Can you elaborate a bit? Regarding what the kb/mouse connect to, does that mean I'll reconnect to the last dongle that had any activity? Maybe this is a moot point if I can take advantage of the D-bus persistent connection. Regarding that, I googled (and searched here) for "persistent dbus bluetooth connection" and didn't come up with much. Can you point me at some documentation? thanks again ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcel Holtmann" To: "BlueZ users" Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:59 AM Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] hcid.conf multiple dongles > Hi Dave, > >> I have a Microsoft bluetooth keyboard and mouse that has worked well for >> some time. I bought new bluetooth dongle (Kensington) in hopes of >> getting my palm to connect via bluetooth (the Microsoft dongle didn't >> work for this). With this arrangement, how do I control which dongle the >> keyboard & mouse connect to? (it seems more reliable with Microsoft to >> Microsoft). > > the mouse and keyboard know the address of the last user and will > reconnect to that dongle. > >> Also, the results of "hci tool scan" are confusing me a bit. For >> example, I get... >> >> myth1 ~ # hcitool scan >> Scanning ... >> 00:50:F2:7E:11:F1 Myth1 Kensington dongle4 >> >> >> firstly, this bdadr is the microsoft dongle. Does this normally return a >> dongle address? At one point I'm sure it was returning the palm pilot >> address. Secondly, this name "Myth1 Kensington dongle4" is old. I used >> to have that in hcid.conf, but changed it and even rebooted the box. >> Just for history, at one point I had an hcid.conf file with only one >> device section (no device id's). Now I have the following ... (wasn't >> sure about the device syntax, but this seems to work. btw, it would be >> nice if the hcid.conf man page was more clear about the syntax on how to >> specify multiple devices) > > Feel free to send in a patch for the manual page. Nowadays you can do > persistent settings of the class and device name via D-Bus. It is much > easier and you don't have to edit any config files. > > Regards > > Marcel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bluez-users mailing list > Bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bluez-users mailing list Bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-users