Re: [Bluez-users] Using windows breaks bluetooth in linux? huh

Marcel Holtmann
2004-11-19T01:42:15Z

Hi Wim,

> What is that problem with the link_key file. I have to remove that file from
> time to time too. I use a usb dongle and have to connect my device sometimes
> to this system sometimes to another.
>
> Could you explain why a link_key file could get 'out of sync' ?

the link key is invalid when you pair the two devices on a different
operating system. It is that simple, because a new link key deprecates
the old one.