Return-Path: From: Bastien Nocera To: BlueZ Hackers Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:44:36 +0100 Message-Id: <1181925876.31424.326.camel@cookie.hadess.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: [Bluez-devel] HID initiated connections and input service Reply-To: BlueZ development List-Id: BlueZ development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: bluez-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Heya, (As promised to Claudio) 2(3) HID devices I own have the same problem with BlueZ when using the input service. Both use HID initiated connections, rather than the Host initiated connection use case you would see when addind a Bluetooth mouse to a laptop for example. * First device: Logitech MX5000 mouse/keyboard combo When not switched into HCI mode, the device works as a normal USB HID. On boot, hid2hci is run, and the 2 devices (mouse and keyboard) try to connect to bluetooth dongle (ex-USB wireless dongle). There's no bluetooth-applet, or other services, and the requests are dropped to the floor, and I end up with a Bluetooth HCI device, and no keyboard or mouse (unplug/replug "fixes" the problem though). Could we integrate hid2hci into the input service, so that it would only be started when a session is available? I'm not sure how to handle the pairing without a keyboard or mouse though... * Second device: Sixaxis PS3 Bluetooth joypad Again, 2 connections modes. Firstly, there's no pairing, the joypad knows about the computer when one runs sixpair when the pad is connected via USB, as per: http://www.pabr.org/sixlinux/sixlinux.en.html (Marcel talked about integrating this with udev, which should be pretty straight forward) Once disconnected from USB, and turned on, the device will try to connect to the computer. bluetooth-applet will request auth, and ask us whether we want to allow the connection. But as the device was never discovered/setup using CreateDevice, the get_store_device_info in input/server.c will fail. You can't use CreateDevice with the device, as it's either connecting to our computer, or off, and connection requests will fail. Any idea on how to handle those type of devices using the Input Service and giving good user experience? Cheers -- Bastien Nocera ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bluez-devel mailing list Bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-devel