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From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: Walt <idunno2468@hotmail.com>
Cc: BlueZ Mailing List <bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] dual boot keyboard wont connect
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 00:22:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1093558926.2581.72.camel@pegasus> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <412E57F2.6040303@hotmail.com>

Hi Walter,

> I dual boot with windows xp, and use the MS wireless desktop bluetooth.  
> When I switch to windows, i get a message about a bluetooth device 
> requesting authorization.  I have to manually remove the device, hold 
> the reset button on the keyboard, and then rescan for the keyboard.  
> When I switch back to linux, all I get is the following in my log:
> localhost hcid[8848]: link_key_request (sba=00:50:F2:7D:43:AF, 
> dba=00:50:F2:80:32:90)
> I hold the reset, then hidd -connect 00:50:F2:80:32:90.  The mouse works 
> great through all of this.
> 
> My guess is that the keyboard requires authentication: in windows i must 
> type in a set of numbers and press enter or it doesnt work. At least, 
> thats the only difference that I can see with the way it connects.

actually dual booting with a Bluetooth keyboard is not really possible
unless you store the link key on the Bluetooth dongle. Do you enabled
the auth option in hcid.conf?

Regards

Marcel




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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-08-26 21:36 [Bluez-users] dual boot keyboard wont connect Walt
2004-08-26 22:22 ` Marcel Holtmann [this message]
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2004-08-26 23:43     ` Marcel Holtmann

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