Re: [Bluez-users] Why do I have to pair my headset each time?

David Abrahams
2007-07-21T18:09:42Z

on Mon Jul 16 2007, Thilo Riessner <thilo-AT-riessner.de> wrote:

> Am Freitag, 13. Juli 2007 23:19 schrieb David Abrahams:
>> on Tue Jul 10 2007, Thilo Riessner <thilo-AT-riessner.de> wrote:
>> > Am Dienstag, 10. Juli 2007 00:00 schrieb David Abrahams:
>> >> My cellphone remembers its relationship to my bluetooth headset, but
>> >> it seems the computer does not. Is there some trick I'm missing?
>> >>
>> >> TIA,
>> >
>> > Sounds like a similar problem I've had with my bluetooth mouse (see
>> > thread: "HP Bluetooth PC Card Mouse"). I solved it by starting the hidd
>> > with the following options:
>> > --connect 00:02:76:00:D0:3E --master --server
>> > (with your correct bluetooth address of course)
>> > openSuSE 10.2 to starts the hidd during system boot with the arguments
>> > found in the variable HID_DAEMON_ARGS in the file
>> > /etc/sysconfig/bluetooth. I guess, other distributions have similar
>> > mechanisms. So you need not to set this options every time after a
>> > restart.
>>
>> Yes, that's what I do with my mouse. But I was under the impression
>> that the BT device (mouse in that case) had to be on at startup for
>> the above to work. My headset is often not on, or not nearby. Does
>> that make a difference?
>
> No, it works like you would expect to. No matter weather it is switched on by
> hand, or wakes up after a sleep, it works after a about 2 seconds.
> Much luck

Thilo,

is there some test I can do to experience the difference you think I
ought to see once this is done? Maybe my usual test (using skype)
couldn't work anyway, so I want to see if your suggestion made any
difference at all.

Thanks,

--
Dave Abrahams
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