bluetooth kbd on intel mac mini hardware

[Raoul]

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:34:45 +0100 (BST)
Iain Hibbert <plunky at rya-online.net> wrote:

>> On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Raoul wrote:
Hi Iain,

First of all, sorry for this late reply, i was off.

>> i installed current on intel mac mini
>> (2009 version).
>>
>> six months ago, bluetooth was not detected,
>> and the bluetooth keyboard was driven by the bios and was working fine.
>> now, (i do not used it for some times),
>> bluetooth is detected, but the keyboard detach.

> first, I'm not clear what version of the OS you are running.. you
> installed a current as of 2009 and have not upgraded since?

it is R225448M (current BETA2, and even r225946M).

> I don't know about intel mac mini hardware, but it sounds as if the normal
> state is that the Bluetooth controller operates in what is known as HID
> mode, in that it is pre-paired with the keyboard (or, just finds one to
> talk to with no pairing) and presents to the host OS as a USB device, so
> they don't need to do anything about Bluetooth.

may be, but then why two usb devices are detached!
i have not the box with me, but next time, i will see with usbconfig.

> But, what has happened is that the device is now in Bluetooth mode, where
> it presents as a full Bluetooth controller and expects the host OS to
> handle the connection stuff.

> The logfile seems to show that the keyboard has connected and is sending
> data which the OS does not understand, as you do not have bthid running
> (or indeed, perhaps not even enabled the ubt device or paired)
isn't bthid compiled in generic by default?
i think it is. my kernel is generic.

> there is a program in ports to switch between HID and Bluetooth mode,
> perhaps it would be worth trying that if you did not want to configure the
> Bluetooth controller (which I don't really know how to do, there are
> examples in the list archives though)

i try this and report the result.

thanks.

Raoul
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