From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 29 19:09:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 482171065672 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:09:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gamato@users.sf.net) Received: from slimak.dkm.cz (smtp.dkm.cz [62.24.64.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B0C588FC1C for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:09:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gamato@users.sf.net) Received: (qmail 83062 invoked by uid 0); 29 Apr 2008 18:42:51 -0000 Received: from r5h15.net.upc.cz (HELO ?192.168.11.3?) (86.49.7.15) by smtp.dkm.cz with SMTP; 29 Apr 2008 18:42:51 -0000 Message-ID: <48176C2A.8020700@users.sf.net> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:42:50 +0200 From: martinko User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080402 SeaMonkey/1.1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: gmane.os.freebsd.stable To: Kevin Oberman References: <20080428165514.191E545010@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: <20080428165514.191E545010@ptavv.es.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Torfinn Ingolfsen , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Ronald Klop Subject: Re: bluetooth keyboards and /etc/rc.d/bluetooth X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:09:34 -0000 Kevin Oberman wrote: >> From: "Ronald Klop" >> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:33:28 +0200 >> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >> >> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:52:52 +0200, Torfinn Ingolfsen >> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Today I set up a bluetooth keyboard on a FreeBSD machine for the first >>> time. The machine is running FreeBSD 7.0-stable: >>> root@kg-vm# uname -a >>> FreeBSD kg-vm.kg4.no 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #10: Sat Apr 12 >>> 21:42:55 CEST 2008 root@kg-vm.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC >>> amd64 >>> >>> I used the Handbook chapter about bluetooth[1] (which needs updating as >>> it doesn't mention bthidd at all) and mailing list messages as my guide. >>> Basically, I found out that I needed to set up hcsecd(8) and bthidd(8) >>> in order for this to work. You can read more ramblings about this >>> experience on my "various hardware"[3] page. I wrote a mini how-to >>> about the setup here[2], in case anyone is interested. >>> >>> I haven't worked with netgraph before. Netgraph devices aren't >>> supposeed to create device node (names) in /dev, right? >>> >>> where does /etc/rc.d/bluetooth fit in the picture? Do I need to use >>> that at all? >>> >>> References: >>> 1) http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-bluetooth.html >>> 2) http://geekinfo.net/article.php?story=20080427222204364 >>> 3) http://tingox.googlepages.com/freebsd_various_hw >> You can mail to freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org to. There are some >> responsive people with the right knowledge overthere. > > rc.bluetooth was "retired" a year ago and is no longer a part of recent > releases. > > That said, I am also unsure of how to get Bluetooth working for my Treo > as the handbook is clearly out of date. I see several Bluetooth files in > /etc which probably allow things to work without rc.bluetooth, but I am > unsure of how to configure them. There is a man page on hcsecd which I > am reading. > > In any case, the handbook is clearly out of date in this area and I will > try to figure it out as available time allows. I think you need to load vkbd (though I'm not 100% sure now). It can be loaded from loader.conf[.local] Then you always need hcsecd loaded and configured and bluetooth hosts file configured is useful. And the same for bthidd if you want to use BT mouse and/or keyboard. M.