Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:00:12 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net> Cc: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org, Jona Joachim <jona.joachim@free.fr> Subject: Re: Support for Bluetooth Keyboards? Message-ID: <456B43CC.1000107@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <456B292D.3000509@savvis.net> References: <20061126005413.0faaea7b@localhost> <1164502329.816.8.camel@RabbitsDen.RabbitsLawn.verizon.net> <456B292D.3000509@savvis.net>
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On 11/27/06 12:06, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote: > Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko wrote: >> On Sun, 2006-11-26 at 00:54 +0100, Jona Joachim wrote: >>> Hi! >>> I wanted to know if Bluetooth keyboards are likely to work on FreeBSD. >>> I'm looking at this marvellous object to be precise: >>> http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/8193/ >>> >>> They say that they "were able to get the Bluetooth Virtual Laser >>> Keyboard to work with Mac OSX using the built-in bluetooth support in >>> the OS." > > then it should work in releng_6 and -current. > >> I am running Apple Bluetooth keyboard on -CURRENT. I order to accomplish >> that, I have followed steps outlined by Eric Anderson here >> >> http://destari.blogspot.com/2006/01/setting-up-bluetooth-mouse-on-freebsd.html >> >> There seems to be a quirk in the bthidd which causes it reattach >> keyboard every couple of minutes, so I am accustomed to seeing vkbd >>> 10000 being attached but these seem to be harmless enough. YMMV, >> though. > > hmmm... i'd like to get more information on this. does this happen when > you type on the keyboard? or when keyboard is idle? > > if this happens when the keyboard is idle, then, i'd guess, the keyboard > simply kills the bluetooth connection to conserve battery. if bluetooth > connection was in fact killed then bthidd(8) will close vkbd(4) device > and it will, in turn, detach vkbd(4) keyboard. > > in any case, could you please get an hci dump (binary) when this happens > and sent it to me? or could you please tell me how to reproduce this > locally? I see something like this too, but with mice. I use a microsoft bluetooth explorer mouse, and when it disconnects and goes into battery sleep mode, and then comes back, it registers a new vkbd device. Here's some snippets: Nov 27 07:10:52 neutrino kernel: kbd: new array size 4 Nov 27 07:10:52 neutrino kernel: kbd1 at vkbd0 Nov 27 07:10:52 neutrino bthidd[833]: Accepted control connection from 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 Nov 27 07:10:52 neutrino bthidd[833]: Accepted interrupt connection from 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 Nov 27 08:01:38 neutrino bthidd[833]: Remote device 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 has closed interrupt connection Nov 27 08:05:20 neutrino kernel: kbd1 at vkbd1 Nov 27 08:05:20 neutrino bthidd[833]: Accepted control connection from 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 Nov 27 08:05:20 neutrino bthidd[833]: Accepted interrupt connection from 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 Nov 27 09:09:38 neutrino bthidd[833]: Remote device 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 has closed interrupt connection Nov 27 09:11:46 neutrino kernel: kbd1 at vkbd2 Nov 27 09:11:46 neutrino bthidd[833]: Accepted control connection from 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 Nov 27 09:11:46 neutrino bthidd[833]: Accepted interrupt connection from 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 Nov 27 09:36:33 neutrino bthidd[833]: Remote device 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 has closed interrupt connection Nov 27 09:38:36 neutrino kernel: kbd1 at vkbd3 Nov 27 09:38:36 neutrino bthidd[833]: Accepted control connection from 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 Nov 27 09:38:37 neutrino bthidd[833]: Accepted interrupt connection from 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 Nov 27 10:25:12 neutrino bthidd[833]: Remote device 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 has closed interrupt connection Nov 27 10:26:10 neutrino kernel: kbd1 at vkbd4 Nov 27 10:26:10 neutrino bthidd[833]: Accepted control connection from 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 Nov 27 10:26:10 neutrino bthidd[833]: Accepted interrupt connection from 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 Nov 27 10:34:12 neutrino bthidd[833]: Remote device 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 has closed interrupt connection Nov 27 10:36:13 neutrino kernel: kbd1 at vkbd5 Nov 27 10:36:13 neutrino bthidd[833]: Accepted control connection from 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 Nov 27 10:36:13 neutrino bthidd[833]: Accepted interrupt connection from 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 Nov 27 11:20:16 neutrino bthidd[833]: Remote device 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 has closed interrupt connection Nov 27 12:12:12 neutrino kernel: kbd1 at vkbd6 Nov 27 12:12:12 neutrino bthidd[833]: Accepted control connection from 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 Nov 27 12:12:12 neutrino bthidd[833]: Accepted interrupt connection from 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 Nov 27 13:05:15 neutrino bthidd[833]: Remote device 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 has closed interrupt connection Nov 27 13:40:29 neutrino kernel: kbd1 at vkbd7 Nov 27 13:40:29 neutrino bthidd[833]: Accepted control connection from 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 Nov 27 13:40:29 neutrino bthidd[833]: Accepted interrupt connection from 00:50:f2:e9:a1:f1 Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology An undefined problem has an infinite number of solutions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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