Re: Sony BD Remote (the saga continues)

[Jelle de Jong <jelledejong@powercraft.nl>]

Simon Kenyon wrote:
> Simon Kenyon wrote:
>> Simon Kenyon wrote:
>>> Simon Kenyon wrote:
>>>> so i decided to start working my way through the code and found 
>>>> references to uinput in input/device.c
>>>> this gave me another keyword to use in google and lo and behold this 
>>>> popped up:
>>>>
>>>> Fri Oct 17 2008 - Bastien Nocera <bnocera@redhat.com 
>>>> <mailto:bnocera@redhat.com>> - 4.14-2
>>>> - Add script to autoload uinput on startup, so the PS3 remote
>>>>  works out-of-the-box
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> sure enough i did not have this module in my kernel.
>>>> just building now in hope that this might be the issue
>>> well that got me nowhere - still no events
>>> but at least i now have a /dev/input/uinput
>>>
>>> will have to dig further and see what bluetoothd does with it
>> do i have to have something in one of the /etc/bluetooth/*.conf files 
>> specific to the BD Remote?
>>
>> could somebody who has this working please post the contents of 
>> /etc/bluetooth/*.conf?
>> or do i need something to be configured in dbus?
>>
>> i cannot see how any of the code in input/fakehid.c gets called. i've 
>> put a lot of debug statements in there; trying to understand the logic.
>> i don't see any devices getting registered
> 
> i left bluetooth-wizard running for 10 minutes while i did something else
> maybe i pressed <start> and <enter> during that period. i cannot remember.
> 
> anyway, the BD Remote appeared in the bluetooth-wizard setup window.
> when i typed forward it said it was successful. what did it do?
> 
> now i try again and the remote is in the window from the start, but when 
> i select it and go forward, it now says "Pairing with BD Remote Control 
> failed".
> what does that mean?
> 
> still don't know what has happened to /dev/input/event<x> where <x> is 
> usually 7 in my case. i only ever see it if i type hidd --search and 
> <start> and <enter>
> if i should not use it, why is it built and installed?
> 
> regards
> --
> simon

Hi Simon, I share your frustrations :-p. I will do some testing with the
latest git this weekend. You may want to look at my previous postings in
the archive.

I advice you to give it a few hours rest and let me do some tesing on
Debian SID with the latested bluez-git. I don't know for sure if the
manatory xorg patch made it into the experimental packages....

Best regards,

Jelle