From owner-freebsd-bluetooth@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 27 20:38:51 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97FA916A4C9 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:38:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net) Received: from mailgate1b.savvis.net (mailgate1b.savvis.net [216.91.182.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9120444852 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:19:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mailgate1b.savvis.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 143A53C273; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:20:26 -0600 (CST) Received: from mailgate1b.savvis.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailgate1b.savvis.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 22603-01-79; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:20:25 -0600 (CST) Received: from [10.12.163.251] (unknown [10.12.163.251]) by mailgate1b.savvis.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DBCC3C227; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:20:25 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <456B4888.5060903@savvis.net> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:20:24 -0800 From: Maksim Yevmenkin User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060906) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eric Anderson References: <20061126005413.0faaea7b@localhost> <1164502329.816.8.camel@RabbitsDen.RabbitsLawn.verizon.net> <456B292D.3000509@savvis.net> <456B43CC.1000107@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <456B43CC.1000107@centtech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at savvis.net Cc: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org, Jona Joachim Subject: Re: Support for Bluetooth Keyboards? 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: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:38:51 -0000 Eric Anderson wrote: > 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: [...] hmm... could you please post hid descriptor from your microsoft bluetooth explorer mouse? also, binary hci dump (that captures detach/reattach event) would be nice. thanks, max