From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Subject: Re: [Bluez-devel] Question regarding MS bluetooth keyboard/mouse From: Marcel Holtmann To: bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: <4345A239.5060901@fusion-labs.com> References: <4345A239.5060901@fusion-labs.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1128669192.8750.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: bluez-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Reply-To: bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: BlueZ development List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 09:13:12 +0200 Hi Shawn, > I am unsure as to where to post this, if this is the wrong place, > please feel free to let me know. Please don't be irritated if this is > in the wrong list, I am out of ideas, and this was the last place I had > left to ask this question. > > I recently purchased the MS Keyboard Elite/Intellimouse combo for > bluetooth, and I do have them running with bluez (Version 2.19) under > kernel version 2.6.13.2. While I could care less about getting the > multimedia keys working on the keyboard, I do have a problem with the > mouse wheel not working in anything(Including xev). > > I usually just run hidd --search and it brings up both the devices, but > when I do a(n) hidd --show, it shows both of the devices connected using > boot-protocol. My thought (At least from reading about the > boot-protocol in the kernel documentation) was that this setup was the > very basic setup for a wireless mouse/keyboard combination, and that > nothing else besides the 104 key/3 mouse buttons were supported). > > I have scoured the web and found lots of somewhat out-dated material > involving bt-hidd (Which from what I gather has since been incorporated > into Bluez), changing my xorg.conf script to use ExplorerPS/2, etc, but > nothing has helped me find a solution to this issue. Running cat on > /dev/mouseX from the command line will show activity in the mouse when I > move, and press one of the 3 common mouse buttons, but nothing shows up > for the wheel (the 2 side buttons and the tilt buttons are in the same > category, but of little importance to me). > > I should also let you know that I have no problems being a test subject, > if there are any patches (I did try applying the 2.6.13-MH1) I could > test out for anyone. I am also fairly competent with c (I would love to > wrestle with this problem myself, but have a quite a bit on my plate > already), and am willing to help out wherever possible. using patch-2.6.13-mh1 gives report mode protocol support, but this doesn't mean all Microsoft specific stuff is supported. I only have the old Microsoft Bluetooth desktop at home and the mouse works perfect with this patch. Maybe they changed some reports for their new model. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Bluez-devel mailing list Bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-devel