From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Marcel Holtmann To: BlueZ users In-Reply-To: <4563C044.3030200@comcast.net> References: <4563C044.3030200@comcast.net> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:59:58 +0100 Message-Id: <1164178798.23477.23.camel@localhost> 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 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