Re: [Bluez-users] MS Optical Desktop for bluetooth - Stops working after a time

Daniel Scott
2004-09-17T09:57:21Z

Hi Marcel,

Thanks for your quick reply,

> show us the output of "hciconfig -a".
>

Here it is, I see there are quite a few errors, is this the problem?

hci0: Type: USB
BD Address: 00:50:F2:E4:C2:F5 ACL MTU: 192:8 SCO MTU: 64:8
UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
RX bytes:543843 acl:38475 sco:0 events:262 errors:0
TX bytes:4403 acl:176 sco:0 commands:36 errors:0
Features: 0xff 0xff 0x0f 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3
Link policy:
Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT
Name: 'SCOTTD'
Class: 0x000000
Service Classes: Unspecified
Device Class: Miscellaneous,
HCI Ver: 1.1 (0x1) HCI Rev: 0x1f9 LMP Ver: 1.1 (0x1) LMP Subver: 0x1f9
Manufacturer: Cambridge Silicon Radio (10)

> > Another minor problem is that I tend to leave my system running
> > constantly, after ~2 days, the mouse stops working and will not
> > restart, I have tried replacing the batteries, reconnecting the
> > devices and restarting the hci0 device (hciconfig hci0 down, hciconfig
> > hci0 up).
> >
> > Would restarting hidd help, I cannot find a 'clean' way to shut it
> > down and I will try killing it and restarting it the next time that it
> > happens. The only solution that I currently have is a reboot.
> >
> > Thanks for your time, as I said, they are only minor problems so,
> > don't worry about it too much.
>
> In general the mouse should disconnect after 12 minutes and reconnect
> when it is needed again.
>

OK, I will investigate this further and try to figure out what is
happening when the mouse stops working.

Thanks,

Dan