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Bluez-users Walt 2 participants 3 messages Aug 26, 2004 1 message not in the archive Bluetooth drivers

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I dual boot with windows xp, and use the MS wireless desktop bluetooth. When I switch to windows, i get a message about a bluetooth device requesting authorization. I have to manually remove the device, hold the reset button on the keyboard, and then rescan for the keyboard. When I switch back to linux, all I get is the following in my log:
localhost hcid[8848]: link_key_request (sba=00:50:F2:7D:43:AF, dba=00:50:F2:80:32:90)
I hold the reset, then hidd -connect 00:50:F2:80:32:90. The mouse works great through all of this.

My guess is that the keyboard requires authentication: in windows i must type in a set of numbers and press enter or it doesnt work. At least, thats the only difference that I can see with the way it connects.

Currently using 2.6.8-mh1, bluez-libs/utils-2.10

Thanks,
Walter

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Hi Walter,

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I dual boot with windows xp, and use the MS wireless desktop bluetooth. When I switch to windows, i get a message about a bluetooth device requesting authorization. I have to manually remove the device, hold the reset button on the keyboard, and then rescan for the keyboard. When I switch back to linux, all I get is the following in my log:
localhost hcid[8848]: link_key_request (sba=00:50:F2:7D:43:AF, dba=00:50:F2:80:32:90)
I hold the reset, then hidd -connect 00:50:F2:80:32:90. The mouse works great through all of this.

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My guess is that the keyboard requires authentication: in windows i must type in a set of numbers and press enter or it doesnt work. At least, thats the only difference that I can see with the way it connects.

actually dual booting with a Bluetooth keyboard is not really possible unless you store the link key on the Bluetooth dongle. Do you enabled the auth option in hcid.conf?

Regards

Marcel

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Hi Walter,

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No, should I?

No.

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    # PIN helper
    #pin_helper /usr/bin/bluepin;
    /etc/bluetooth/pin;
    # D-Bus PIN helper
    #dbus_pin_helper;

But this part is wrong here. Use "pin_helper /usr/bin/mybluepin;" and make mybluepin a script that echos "PIN:1234" where 1234 is your actual PIN.

Regards

Marcel

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