From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] newbie: automatic pairing with a mouse From: Marcel Holtmann To: bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1117744047.13834.21.camel@pegasus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: bluez-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Reply-To: bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: BlueZ users List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 22:27:27 +0200 Hi Christoper, > I have a laptop with internal bluetooth and an IOGear bluetooth mouse. The > mouse pairs and works fine after I issue 'hidd --search', but if I reboot > my computer, I have to issue that command again for the mouse to be paired > again. Also, if I don't use my mouse for a few mins, it will de-pair and I > have to issue another 'hidd --search' to get it working again. > > My question is how do I get my computer to automatically pair with the mouse > everytime the mouse is near it and turned on? > > I am using Fedora Core 3, if that matters. > > I have read a few posts about this, but I'm very newb to this whole > bluetooth thing. Here is what I've tried so far: > > 1) echo "HIDD_ENABLED=1\nHIDD_OPTIONS="--server" > /etc/default/bluez-utils > 2) turning on authentication and encryption in hcid.conf. This produced a > link_key file after pairing, but didn't alleviate my problem. you must make sure that "hidd --server" is running as root to accept re-connections. I don't know how the Fedore Core init scripts are designed, but in general they should support it. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own Applications - visit http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 _______________________________________________ Bluez-users mailing list Bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-users