From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] Microsoft Optical Desktop for Bluetooth - Help! From: Marcel Holtmann To: bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: <4324344D.1030401@gmail.com> References: <4324344D.1030401@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1126447038.31313.11.camel@blade> 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: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 15:57:18 +0200 Hi, > I've recently bought a new PC which came with Microsoft Optical Desktop > for Bluetooth set. During setup (both Windows and Linux) I've used a > normal PS/2 keyboard and everything went OK. The installation of the > bluetooth devices in Windows was also OK. > > But with Linux, I came up with lots of problems. By trial and error, I > have managed to use it, but I still have problems. The mouse has no > problems at all, since no PIN is used for it, but for the bluetooth > keyboard I had to setup a PIN (using the default pin-helper) which has > to be the same with the one in Windows. > > Although it works for a while, if you don't press any buttons for some > time, the connection between keyboard and PC is lost.In addition to > that, when I exit from Linux, the connection is most of times also lost, > so I cannot control the boot loader or the BIOS and even worse, I have > to go into Windows to re-install the keyboard so that I can finally use it. > > Thanks god the mouse always works and therefore, I don't have to connect > a PS/2 keyboard every time I use Linux. use a HID proxy dongle (CSR or Broadcom) and write the link key for the keyboard to the Bluetooth chip itself. See the mailing list archive for some details, because such a question was raised before. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Bluez-users mailing list Bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-users