[opensuse] bluetooth mouse
Hello, Yesterday I could use my bluetooth mouse. Today my 42.3 install says I have no BT adaptor, when the system info says I have a IMC Network usb bluetooth adapter what may I do to recover my mouse? thanks jdd (ASUS N550J) -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 10/06/2017 01:32 AM, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Hello,
Yesterday I could use my bluetooth mouse.
Today my 42.3 install says I have no BT adaptor, when the system info says I have a IMC Network usb bluetooth adapter
what may I do to recover my mouse?
thanks jdd (ASUS N550J)
I've been fighting this problem off and on since 13.2. I've traced it down to a series of commands I could issue that will get it back, which basically amounted to doing a complete reset on the bluetooth stack and dicking around with a bunch of trial and error steps, and occasionally rebooting. Later versions of KDE had a "fix it" option that would occasionally detect this situation and offer to fix it. I was never able to get an answer telling exactly what fix it did. In the end, I noticed that the turning on airplane mode, wait three seconds, then turn it off again, would (on my machine anyway) de-power the wifi and bluetooth chip set, and cause unload of some modules. Then when I turned airplane mode off again, both would come up working. This proved faster than any other method - and ALWAYS worked. Others report no such luck, so its perhaps chipset dependent. -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 06/10/2017 à 21:02, John Andersen a écrit :
Then when I turned airplane mode off again, both would come up working. This proved faster than any other method - and ALWAYS worked.
Others report no such luck, so its perhaps chipset dependent.
after some tests, install of some bluez firmware, the adapter is found as "linux-owxt.suse", but the mouse still do not works yesterday it did (without the firmware) and survived rboot! I suspect some kind of kernel update? to be clear, I try to make the laptop internal bluetooth to work to have an usb adapter freed thanks jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 06/10/2017 à 22:52, jdd@dodin.org a écrit :
to be clear, I try to make the laptop internal bluetooth to work to have an usb adapter freed
right now it works again. Not sure why :-(. since this morning the adapter was seen, the BT mouse also (paired), but didn't work: did not act on the cursor, when I clic on connect with the touchpad, it didn't find anything. I tried to remove this paired mouse, without luck, it was always there in the widget. then I tried the "hardware lock", in fact a key combination (Fn F2), but this didn't seem to change anything (nor to the wifi, nor to the BT). I rebooted at least twice, I also tried to launch bluetoothd manually without success then I installed rfkill to be sure. All said to be open. a new reboot... and it works, the mouse connect and works as wanted will see if it stays so in the future thanks jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 10/06/2017 02:27 PM, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
then I tried the "hardware lock", in fact a key combination (Fn F2), but this didn't seem to change anything (nor to the wifi, nor to the BT).
I have no idea what you mean by hardware lock, unless that is what is commonly called airplane mode (meant to shut down all radios in the computer). Check your bios. Mind (Dell) has settings in the bios to limit that that key combo (fn-f2) really does (mine allows doing nothing, switching only the WIFI, or only the bluetooth, or both. And without rebooting I have no idea which setting I'm using today, probably the Both setting). -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 06/10/2017 à 23:54, John Andersen a écrit :
On 10/06/2017 02:27 PM, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
then I tried the "hardware lock", in fact a key combination (Fn F2), but this didn't seem to change anything (nor to the wifi, nor to the BT).
I have no idea what you mean by hardware lock, unless that is what is commonly called airplane mode (meant to shut down all radios in the computer).
no. Some laptops have a real hardware lock (often a slider). Mine only a keyboard combination, that should disable all radios.
Check your bios. Mind (Dell) has settings in the bios to limit that that key combo (fn-f2) really does (mine allows doing nothing, switching only the WIFI, or only the bluetooth, or both. And without rebooting I have no idea which setting I'm using today, probably the Both setting).
my bios is really minimal :-(, no such setup jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 06/10/2017 à 22:52, jdd@dodin.org a écrit :
to be clear, I try to make the laptop internal bluetooth to work to have an usb adapter freed
well... the magical line could be # rfkill unblock bluetooth even if rfkill list do not show anything blocked at least, right now, this unblocked the device and allowed me to tick the BT check in the widget and the mouse get immediately connected so far so good :-) the "hardware" combination key do not works under 42.3 on this machine jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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