Re: [Bluez-users] Bluez+2.6+Logitech bluetooth

[Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>]

Hi Fred,

> I think this is normal. When you boot, the USB/BT hub (the mouse base
> station) acts as a dumb RF<->HID in plain USB mode. I.e. Linux
> recognizes the base station as a USB hub with plain USB keyboard and
> mouse attached to it.
> 
> When you switch over to HCI mode with hid2hci, the USB hub, mouse and
> keyboards disappear and a USB/BT dongle appears instead (i.e. a HCI
> "hub"). The USB/BT piece is not connected to any device yet. You
> normally have to pair the keyboard and mouse and start bthid to do the
> HCI<->HID conversion in order to make Linux see your BT devices... You
> can't type these commands since the kernel can't see your keyboard
> during that phase :-) It's a catch chicken and egg problem.
> 
> Try connecting a secondary keyboard for the initial pairing and make
> sure you start bthid automatically after hid2hci next time (you don't
> have to pair each time).

actually this isn't a chicken and egg problem. You only must ensure that
the hidd is correctly started. When you then run hid2hci the mouse and
keyboard will be disconnected and they will reconnect, but now the BlueZ
is running the HID profile.

Regards

Marcel




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