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

Thilo Riessner
2007-07-16T11:03:29Z

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