[gnome-bluetooth] PIN issue with Microsoft Mouse
t39m at advalvas.be
t39m at advalvas.be
Sat Dec 6 14:47:39 GMT 2003
Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>>I have purchased a Microsoft Mouse (Bluetooth) last month and I have
>>some difficulty to get it working in Fedora Core 1. I know that
>>Bluetooth is installed correctly because I can exchange data with my
>>Ericsson T39m. Here is a list of devices displayed when doing `hcitool
>>scan':
>>
>>Scanning ...
>> 00:50:F2:E3:07:F1 Microsoft Mouse
>> 00:80:37:FE:4D:8D Ericsson T39m
>>
>>When I do `sdptool browse 00:50:F2:E3:07:F1', a window entitled
>>Bluetooth PIN Code appears and I have no idea what to type in. When I
>>leave the PIN entry field empty and click Accept, the following error
>>message is displayed in the terminal:
>
>
> I think you have auth and/or encrypt activated. Check this with
> hciconfig and disable them. A HID mouse doesn't support authentication
> nor it supports encryption.
>
> Regards
>
> Marcel
Hi Marcel,
You're right on. I disabled auth en encrypt in /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
and then ran `service bluetooth restart'. After this, the device works
perfectly. Many thanks!
Regards,
t39m
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