From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: BlueZ Mailing List <bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] Automatically accepting pairing from a mouse?
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 11:45:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1109933159.8058.19.camel@pegasus> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4227A238.5030003@emenaker.com>
Hi Joe,
> Please forgive the newbie question... I'm still a little new to how
> bluetooth devices interact.
>
> I've got bluez-utils running on my debian laptop and I can use it to
> find my bluetooth mouse.
> I can run "hcitool scan" and, provided that I've clicked the little
> "pairing" button on my mouse, the scan finds it.
> Then, I can run "hidd --connect aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff" (not the actual hw
> address I use) and it connects!
>
> However, I'd like to avoid having to open a konsole window and do this
> pairing every time I boot my laptop. Furthermore, the mouse I have likes
> to go to sleep after about 5-10 minutes of inactivity... at which point
> it requires pairing again.
>
> It would be nice if I could just click the pairing button on my mouse
> and have the rest happen automatically.
>
> In an attempt to do this, I've changed my "HIDD_OPTIONS=--master
> --server" to "HIDD_OPTIONS=-i aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff --server", but this
> doesn't seem to have done anything.
it is enought to edit /etc/default/bluez-utils to contain
HIDD_ENABLED=1
HIDD_OPTIONS="--server"
and then restart the Bluetooth subsystem. The next time your mouse will
reconnect and this will be handled by the running hidd.
> Lastly, does anyone have any suggestions for a better mouse? My current
> one is pretty nifty, though. It has an on/off switch so that I can save
> batteries when the laptop is packed away. And it's a mini-style. But the
> timeout-sleep thing is just killing me....
Run the hidd and the timeout thing is no longer a problem.
Regards
Marcel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-03-04 10:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-03-03 23:48 [Bluez-users] Automatically accepting pairing from a mouse? Joe Emenaker
2005-03-04 2:47 ` Marco Trudel
2005-03-04 10:45 ` Marcel Holtmann [this message]
2005-03-07 19:01 ` Joe Emenaker
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