Simon Kenyon wrote: > Simon Kenyon wrote: >> Simon Kenyon wrote: >>> Simon Kenyon wrote: >>>> so i decided to start working my way through the code and found >>>> references to uinput in input/device.c >>>> this gave me another keyword to use in google and lo and behold this >>>> popped up: >>>> >>>> Fri Oct 17 2008 - Bastien Nocera <bnocera@xxxxxxxxxx >>>> <mailto:bnocera@xxxxxxxxxx>> - 4.14-2 >>>> - Add script to autoload uinput on startup, so the PS3 remote >>>> works out-of-the-box >>>> >>>> >>>> sure enough i did not have this module in my kernel. >>>> just building now in hope that this might be the issue >>> well that got me nowhere - still no events >>> but at least i now have a /dev/input/uinput >>> >>> will have to dig further and see what bluetoothd does with it >> do i have to have something in one of the /etc/bluetooth/*.conf files >> specific to the BD Remote? >> >> could somebody who has this working please post the contents of >> /etc/bluetooth/*.conf? >> or do i need something to be configured in dbus? >> >> i cannot see how any of the code in input/fakehid.c gets called. i've >> put a lot of debug statements in there; trying to understand the logic. >> i don't see any devices getting registered > > i left bluetooth-wizard running for 10 minutes while i did something else > maybe i pressed <start> and <enter> during that period. i cannot remember. > > anyway, the BD Remote appeared in the bluetooth-wizard setup window. > when i typed forward it said it was successful. what did it do? > > now i try again and the remote is in the window from the start, but when > i select it and go forward, it now says "Pairing with BD Remote Control > failed". > what does that mean? > > still don't know what has happened to /dev/input/event<x> where <x> is > usually 7 in my case. i only ever see it if i type hidd --search and > <start> and <enter> > if i should not use it, why is it built and installed? > > regards > -- > simon Hi Simon, I share your frustrations :-p. I will do some testing with the latest git this weekend. You may want to look at my previous postings in the archive. I advice you to give it a few hours rest and let me do some tesing on Debian SID with the latested bluez-git. I don't know for sure if the manatory xorg patch made it into the experimental packages.... Best regards, Jelle -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
