From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: To: bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net From: "Christopher J. Bottaro" Message-ID: References: <1117744047.13834.21.camel@pegasus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [Bluez-users] Re: newbie: automatic pairing with a mouse 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 16:25:58 -0500 Marcel Holtmann wrote: > 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. Thank you very much, that did it. For anyone running Fedora Core, here are the steps I took: 1) echo HIDDARGS=\"--server\" > /etc/sysconfig/hidd 2) chkconfig --level 35 hidd on -- C > 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 ------------------------------------------------------- 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