Isn't bluetoothctl the current alternative to hidd?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to bluez in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/281580 Title: [Intrepid] New Bluetooth Wizard fails to pair with devices: reintroduce hidd Status in Mactel Support: Invalid Status in bluez package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: bluez With the latest updates to Intrepid testing, the new bluetooth device setup wizard (which is an excellent improvement over the previous setup methods) fails to pair with my Apple Keyboard (pre-aluminum, broadcom based). No debug information or error messages are given other than "failed to pair". Further making this an issue is the fact that the recent bluetooth updates also removed the hidd binary from Ubuntu (again). This method seems to be the only thing that works for Apple Bluetooth Keyboards recently: http://idebian.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/manage-hid-bluetooth-devices-in-linux/ Notice that it requires hci to be reset, but cannot use hid2hci to do this. The keyboard was working fine previous to the update using the method in the above link. Removing reliable and useful software from the repos that can be useful for workarounds when new software is introduced is not a good idea. The hidd binary has been removed several times from Ubuntu and each time it has been requested that it is put back. Please make this binary available in the repos via other means so that it can be used as a fallback in the future. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mactel-support/+bug/281580/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
