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bmentink

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From: New Zealand

Registered: 2009-08-23

Posts: 442

Bluetooth problem with Wii remote after latest upgrade.

Hi Guys,

I have an Arch media box that has a Wii remote connected using bluetooth and wminput ... which worked fine uptill the latest upgrade.

I am getting a connection 1st time after power-up fine, i.e

sudo wminput -w
Put Wiimote in discoverable mode now (press 1+2)...
Ready.
Exiting.

This is the 2nd time through.

sudo wminput -w
Put Wiimote in discoverable mode now (press 1+2)...
Bluetooth device inquiry error
error finding wiimote

I am running Gnome3, I found that if I use turn bluetooth off/on with the gui accessable from the top bar, it works again .... so it looks like either the bluetooth driver is getting lost, or the gui is taking over once it sees an initial connection, stopping my second attempt with wminput ..

Any Idea's?

Last edited by bmentink (2011-08-22 03:57:26)

bmentink

Member

From: New Zealand

Registered: 2009-08-23

Posts: 442

Re: Bluetooth problem with Wii remote after latest upgrade.

Anyone?

schlehmil

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Registered: 2010-10-01

Posts: 19

Re: Bluetooth problem with Wii remote after latest upgrade.

Having the same problem with a fresh install. The inquiry error also happens if you run "hcitool scan" multiple times. Could you tell me what packages you upgraded? Trying to figure out if it is kernel module related or a problem with bluez.

bmentink

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From: New Zealand

Registered: 2009-08-23

Posts: 442

Re: Bluetooth problem with Wii remote after latest upgrade.

I just did a "pacman -Syu" not sure what packages got upgraded ... will try and look back in the log.
[EDIT] Looked through the long list of upgraded files and the only relevant files are: kernel,dbus,udev, I would say it is a kernel driver issue. 

... and I see a lot of these messages with dmesg ....

Looks like a 1/2 million devices are being created ...

""
[2025483.685349] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401706
[2025483.734010] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401707
[2025483.777537] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401708
[2025483.822090] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401709
[2025483.885945] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401710
[2025483.923681] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401711
[2025483.971212] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401712
[2025484.014980] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401713
[2025484.056582] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401714
[2025484.095030] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401715
[2025484.134779] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401716
[2025484.194863] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401717
[2025484.234754] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401718
[2025484.275573] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401719
[2025484.319326] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401720
[2025484.351276] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401721
[2025484.389668] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401722
[2025484.435474] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401723
[2025484.475635] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401724
[2025484.509143] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401725
[2025484.556821] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401726
[2025484.596403] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401727
[2025484.645170] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401728
[2025484.692000] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401729
[2025484.713153] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401730
[2025484.751551] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401731
[2025484.789898] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401732
[2025484.851441] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401733
[2025484.895768] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401734
[2025484.934964] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401735
[2025484.976089] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401736
[2025485.009118] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401737
[2025496.762895] input: Nintendo Wiimote as /devices/virtual/input/input401738

Last edited by bmentink (2011-09-17 20:46:22)

beeender

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Registered: 2011-09-03

Posts: 9

Re: Bluetooth problem with Wii remote after latest upgrade.

I have the same problem on my Asus E35M1-M.
I have tried to downgrade bluez to 4.94, it doesn't help.
I even tried to downgrade the btusb module to a earlier version (released in July i think), doesn't help....

Does anyone have update on this issue?