Re: [Bluez-devel] hcid defunct

[Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>]

Hi Ben,

> I've written a program which periodically invokes hcitool scan, and
> following that propagate out content via obex to the acquired
> bluetooth address. I've noticed something remarkably strange occuring
> throughout the process. The program which I'd written is invoked
> immediately after boot. I'd noticed when I "ps -e" my system, there
> are a couple of defunct hcid processes. These defunct hcid jobs are
> immediately visible right after boot and the amount of defunct hcid
> process will to continue grow until the entire bluetooth service is
> stuffed. Once the bluetooth srvice is stuffed, if I were to invoke
> either hcitool or sdptool...I would get a "connection timeout" reply.
> The only way to remedy the situation is to periodically restart the
> bluetooth service, once the service is restarted - all of the defunct
> hcid process will be cleared.
>  
> Btw I'm running Bluez-utils and bluez-libs 3.10.1 on both Fedora 6 and
> 7 (issue is replicatable on both system). I've multiple dongles, but
> only 1 dongle dedicated to scanning. Any idea, guys?

why don't you start trying bluez-utils-3.12 and see if the issue still
exists.

Regards

Marcel



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