From owner-freebsd-bluetooth@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 12 03:36:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: bluetooth@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bluetooth@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E5D216A433 for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 03:36:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sean@mcneil.com) Received: from mail.mcneil.com (mcneil.com [24.199.45.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFBD343D49 for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 03:36:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sean@mcneil.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.mcneil.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mcneil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FDB9F280D; Thu, 11 May 2006 20:36:03 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mcneil.com Received: from mail.mcneil.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (triton.mcneil.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id JlKI8sx7DZHT; Thu, 11 May 2006 20:36:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mcneil.com (mcneil.com [24.199.45.54]) by mail.mcneil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C26C0F280B; Thu, 11 May 2006 20:36:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean McNeil To: Eric Anderson In-Reply-To: <4463EB9B.8070304@centtech.com> References: <1147384638.88133.4.camel@triton.mcneil.com> <4463EB9B.8070304@centtech.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 20:36:01 -0700 Message-Id: <1147404961.34394.0.camel@triton.mcneil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: bluetooth@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up a bluetooth mouse on FreeBSD 6 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Using Bluetooth in FreeBSD environments List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 03:36:04 -0000 On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 20:57 -0500, Eric Anderson wrote: > Sean McNeil wrote: > >>From previous emails, I found: > > > > Eric Anderson's blog at > > http://destari.blogspot.com/2006/01/setting-up-bluetooth-mouse-on-freebsd.html > > > > I did this and my mouse works, but unfortunately the middle and right > > mouse buttons are reversed. This is a bluetooth mouse I got with my > > Acer Ferrari lapop. Movement isn't quite as smooth as a USB mouse > > either, but it isn't that bad. > > > > Another odd thing here is that bluetooth is enabled in the standard > > build of -CURRENT, but bthidd and bthidcontrol are not. Will these be > > added in anytime soon? > > There is a patch to bthidd (check gnats, but I've attached the one I > found) to fix that. I'm not sure what Max's plans are to commit or not, > but it's a needed patch for sure. > > I think (but I'm nobody) that bthidd and bthidcontrol should be enabled > on current for greater exposure, and then enabled on -STABLE. I've been > using it for quite some time, and it's been very solid. Yes, this patch fixed my problem. Thanks. Sean