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qon

Member

Registered: 2008-11-17

Posts: 5

bluetooth keyboard KeySonic

hi,

I am new to Arch, and so far i have gotten most things i need to run by using the wiki/google.
I am however stomped at getting my bluetooth keyboard to work.
I got started out with this: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth_Mouse
But im stuck.

Its a:   KeySonic ACK-340 BT

I have the following  kernel modules loaded
   hci_usb  bluetooth  hidp  l2cap  rfcomm
Verified by lsmod

my /etc/conf.d/bluetooth:

# Bluetooth configuraton file

# Bluetooth services (allowed values are "true" and "false")

# Run the hcid daemon (default: true)
#DAEMON_ENABLE="true"

# Run hid2hci (default: false)
#HID2HCI_ENABLE="false"

# Run the sdp daemon (default: false)
# If this is disabled, hcid's internal sdp daemon will be used
#SDPD_ENABLE="false"

# Run the bluetooth HID daemon (default: false)
HIDD_ENABLE="true"

# Activate rfcomm ports (default: false)
#RFCOMM_ENABLE="false"

# Run bluetooth dial-up networking daemon (default: false)
#DUND_ENABLE="false"

# Run bluetooth PAN daemon (default: false)
#PAND_ENABLE="false"

# hcid configuration file (default: /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf)
#DAEMON_CONFIG="/etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf"

# rfcomm configuration file (default: /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf)
#RFCOMM_CONFIG="/etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf"

# Options for hidd, dund and pand (default: none)
#HIDD_OPTIONS=""
#DUND_OPTIONS=""
#PAND_OPTIONS=""

I have run as root:
# /etc/rc.d/bluetooth start

i have run the following and gotten:
# hciconfig hci0 up
# hcitool dev
Devices:
        hci0    00:15:83:12:3F:81

running the following gives me:
# hidd --search
Searching ...
        Connecting to device 00:18:00:00:96:83
# hcitool inq
Inquiring ...
        00:18:00:00:96:83       clock offset: 0x4f1c    class: 0x002540
# hidd --connect 00:18:00:00:96:83
# hidd --show
00:18:00:00:96:83 PSTC Bluetooth Keyboard [0dc6:3752] connected

The keyboard is not working(as in typing gives no result).
What am i missing???

I would be grateful for any help.

qon

Member

Registered: 2008-11-17

Posts: 5

Re: bluetooth keyboard KeySonic

anybody??!?!?

tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: bluetooth keyboard KeySonic

Are you looking in other places as well? You may get help here, but this is not an Arch-specific problem, so there might get an answer quicker somewhere else.

tim

Member

From: Sweden

Registered: 2006-10-29

Posts: 98

Re: bluetooth keyboard KeySonic

OK first, instead of using hidd to connect have you tried:

# hcitool cc xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

Second have you tried enabling hid2hci i.e.
#HID2HCI_ENABLE="true"

Third are you running a KDE or GNOME and if so have you used the gui bluetooth device managers?