On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 08:53:37PM +0200, Mourad De Clerck wrote: > On 24/07/06 13:19, Filippo Giunchedi wrote: > > Could you try with newest bluez-utils package? (3.1-2, but 3.1-3 is > > imminent) > > If it still doesn't work we should talk to upstream and try to figure this > > out. > > with 3.1-2: > > # hid2hci --tohci > Switching device 046d:c704 to HCI mode was successful > > # hid2hci --tohid > No devices in HID mode found > > (by the way, I think this error message is wrong - I'm trying to switch > _to_ HID mode, so it should say "No devices in HCI mode found" - unless > I'm misinterpreting it, I should check with upstream if that's intentional) > > > On 28/11/05 19:28, Marcel Holtmann mentioned something relevant on the > bluez-users mailinglist, see: > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=18102606 > > >> There are two problems I wanted to ask about: > >> 1. The dongle doesnt reset to HID mode when system is shut off ... so I > >> have > >> no ability to use the keyboard in grub! I need to write a script to reset > >> it > >> to hid mode when the system is shut off. How can i do this? The hid2hci > >> program supposedly provides an option to switch back to hid mode ... but > >> it > >> doesn't work. I get the error "No devices in hid mode found" (obviously!). > > > > we don't know the magic sequence to switch it back into HID mode. > > > I'm assuming the situation hasn't changed in the mean time.
indeed, ideally hid2hci might switch to HCI only devices which can switch back to HID (and do it nevertheless if --force is present) comments/ideas? filippo -- Filippo Giunchedi - http://esaurito.net PGP key: 0x6B79D401 random quote follows: What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness. -- Lev Tolstoj
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