Hi! I'm using the latest Ubuntu (11.04) minimal installation with XBMC and I try to make a Logitech Cordless MediaBoard Pro work with it. The keyboard-/touchpad-combination designed for the PS3 worked just fine with a "normal" install of Ubuntu 10.10 with the Gnome desktop environment (and I guess it should work with 11.04/Unity, also). My special problem now is, that I don't use any kind of desktop environment any more, it's just X and the XBMC-GUI. I tried to use "blueman" to configure the bluetooth connection, but it doesn't seem to start - just getting some weird errors. So, I totally depend on the console-tools of bluez and dbus - but, hey, this is linux and it shouldn't be a problem, right? Well, partly, it actually isn't. Pairing and connecting the keyboard works right away. But if I reboot the computer or try to reconnect the keyboard for other reasons, I'm forced to pair the devices again and again, which isn't exactly the spirit of using bluetooth devices. :) My goal is to make the keyboard connect to my PC whenever I need it. All I achieved is that the connection only works if the PC initialises it. I used an entry from the arch linux wiki for my configuration, which only uses console-commands, mainly dbus-specific: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth_mouse_configuration I tried this: 1) Pressing the reset button of the Logitech-device to make it discoverable to the PC. 2) Scanning for the Logitech-device with "hcitool scan". I get this answer from the kyeboard: 00:07:61:F6:97:F7 Logitech Cordless MediaBoard Pro(TM) 3) Getting the dbus adress of the BT-Dongle: $ dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.bluez "/" org.bluez.Manager.ListAdapters method return sender=:1.23 -> dest=:1.26 reply_serial=2 array [ object path "/org/bluez/1926/hci0" ] 4) Create the bluez-device for the keyboard: $ dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.bluez "/org/bluez/1926/hci0" org.bluez.Adapter.CreateDevice string:00:07:61:F6:97:F7 5) Give keyboard permission to connect the PC: $ dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.bluez "/org/bluez/1926/hci0/dev_00_07_61_F6_97_F7" org.bluez.Device.SetProperty string:Trusted variant:boolean:true I can connect the Logitech-device with hidd --connect 00:07:61:F6:97:F7, now, but if the connection somehow breaks, it's not possible to reconnect from the keyboard (by just pressing a button or turning the device off and on, f.e.) This is the state of dbus/bluez/the PC system, now: $ dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.bluez "/org/bluez/1926/hci0" org.bluez.Adapter.GetProperties method return sender=:1.23 -> dest=:1.28 reply_serial=2 array [ dict entry( string "Address" variant string "00:19:86:00:3C:65" ) dict entry( string "Name" variant string "dog-0" ) dict entry( string "Class" variant uint32 4849920 ) dict entry( string "Powered" variant boolean true ) dict entry( string "Discoverable" variant boolean false ) dict entry( string "Pairable" variant boolean true ) dict entry( string "DiscoverableTimeout" variant uint32 0 ) dict entry( string "PairableTimeout" variant uint32 0 ) dict entry( string "Discovering" variant boolean false ) dict entry( string "Devices" variant array [ object path "/org/bluez/1926/hci0/dev_00_07_61_F6_97_F7" ] ) dict entry( string "UUIDs" variant array [ string "00001000-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb" string "00001001-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb" string "00001112-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb" string "0000111f-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb" string "0000110a-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb" string "0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb" string "0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb" string "00001103-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb" ] ) ] $ dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.bluez "/org/bluez/1926/hci0/dev_00_07_61_F6_97_F7" org.bluez.Device.GetProperties method return sender=:1.23 -> dest=:1.31 reply_serial=2 array [ dict entry( string "Address" variant string "00:07:61:F6:97:F7" ) dict entry( string "Name" variant string "Logitech Cordless MediaBoard Pro(TM)" ) dict entry( string "Alias" variant string "Logitech Cordless MediaBoard Pro(TM)" ) dict entry( string "Class" variant uint32 9536 ) dict entry( string "Icon" variant string "input-keyboard" ) dict entry( string "Paired" variant boolean false ) dict entry( string "Trusted" variant boolean true ) dict entry( string "Blocked" variant boolean false ) dict entry( string "Connected" variant boolean true ) dict entry( string "UUIDs" variant array [ string "00001124-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb" string "00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb" ] ) dict entry( string "Services" variant array [ ] ) dict entry( string "Adapter" variant object path "/org/bluez/1118/hci0" ) ] I've done everything like described in the wiki-entry except for one thing: The author recommends using a non privileged user, I did everything with root. And just another deviation: In the article of the arch-wiki it is said, that the dbus address reflects the pid of bluetoothd. Under Ubuntu this is not true! Now here is my question: What else can I do to reach my goal? And then: What's your opinion: Is there a bug in the Ubuntu version of bluez? Thanks for any hints! And greetings! Mitsch
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