Automatically connect to Bluetooth devices?

[Caleb Katz <c2.katz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey,

How do I make a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse connect automatically on system startup? If that is not possible (and I would understand security reasons why it would not be), how do I make Bluez/bluetoothd automatically accept their connections?

In a slightly longer form:

My Bluetooth keyboard and mouse are able to behave as a standard USB keyboard/mouse (where the Bluetooth connection is hidden from the hardware/software) but the extra features like the scroll wheel and media keys do not work. In order to use them, I have to configure both as Bluetooth devices.

It is easy enough to get them working. My distro (Slackware) already starts bluetoothd at boot, and the command "hidd --search --master" can find both after I press the "Connect" button on each. But that is the problem. I have to run a command after telling them to find the computer. When this combo is the only keyboard and mouse available, it is a little difficult to do that, especially when they automatically disconnect after a timeout in order to conserve battery power.

Last night I got frustrated and wrote a short script that is launched into the background by the local init script. I'm attaching it (rocketfish.sh) for critique but it does increase my system load slightly. Please tell me there is a better way.

I have the hardware address for the keyboard and mouse and have added this to my /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf as someone elsewhere recommended (I have been unable to find documentation for it):

device 00:02:76:03:3A:EA {
	name "RocketFish Keyboard";
	auth enable;
	encrypt enable;
}

device 00:02:76:0A:D2:2E {
	name "RocketFish Mouse";
}

When I run "bluetoothd -n -d," there are messages that indicate it detects the keyboard and mouse -- even when a key is pressed -- but then it removes their temporary entry.

Obligatory system information:
Slackware 13/kernel 2.6.29.5 (kernel was from pre-release)
Bluez v4.47
Keyboard and Mouse are models RF-BTKB2 and RF-BTMSE2
My main.conf and hcid.conf are both attached.

Thanks,

Caleb

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