Re: bluetooth keyboard
On 2020-07-18 01:11, deloptes wrote:
mick crane wrote:
added myself to input group but no joy.
keyboard has sticker "Generic Bluetooth Apple keyboard".
I use wireless mouse which Just Works.
Bluetooth Dongle I think was described as for Apple.
keyboard and dongle worked on macmini.
I'd have thought that Blueman would see the adapter.
[bluetooth]# show
gives the controller (the dongle)
[bluetooth]# discoverable on
enables visibility
[bluetooth]# scan on
searches for devices
when (and if) found do the pairing and trust the device.
root@slinky:~$ lsusb
....
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 046d:c31c Logitech, Inc. Keyboard K120
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth
Dongle (HCI mode)
....
root@slinky:~$ hciconfig
hci0: Type: Primary Bus: USB
BD Address: 00:1A:7D:DA:71:11 ACL MTU: 679:9 SCO MTU: 48:16
DOWN
RX bytes:2296 acl:0 sco:0 events:120 errors:0
TX bytes:1472 acl:0 sco:0 commands:120 errors:0
root@slinky:~$ hciconfig -a hci0 up
Can't init device hci0: Operation not supported (95)
root@slinky:~$ systemctl start bluetooth
root@slinky:~$ bluetoothctl
Agent registered
[bluetooth]# show
No default controller available
seems a lot have people have trouble with this cheap bluetooth dongle
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth
Dongle (HCI mode)
As I don't really know what I'm doing I give up, I'll move the PC.
mick
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