I'm having a problem pairing with an Apple Wireless Keyboard. The wizard says "Connecting to $device now ..." and hangs there. If I press Return on the keyboard (or type a random PIN and press Return), the " Please enter the following PIN code: 0000" prompt appears and then immediately is replaced by "Pairing with $device failed." Now, if I type the PIN 0000 and press Return, the "Please enter the following PIN code: 0000" prompt appears again, but this time the wizard successfully pairs with the device. This is vaguely similar to Bug 464446. [root@kraid ~]# sdptool browse 00:0A:95:3E:67:79 Browsing 00:0A:95:3E:67:79 ... Service Name: Apple Wireless Keyboard Service Description: Apple Wireless Keyboard Service Provider: Apple Computer, Inc. Service RecHandle: 0x10000 Service Class ID List: "Human Interface Device" (0x1124) Protocol Descriptor List: "L2CAP" (0x0100) PSM: 17 "HIDP" (0x0011) Language Base Attr List: code_ISO639: 0x656e encoding: 0x6a base_offset: 0x100 Profile Descriptor List: "Human Interface Device" (0x1124) Version: 0x0100 [root@kraid ~]# hcitool info 00:0A:95:3E:67:79 Requesting information ... BD Address: 00:0A:95:3E:67:79 OUI Company: Apple Computer, Inc. (00-0A-95) Device Name: timp’s keyboard LMP Version: 1.1 (0x1) LMP Subversion: 0x7b00 Manufacturer: Broadcom Corporation (15) Features: 0xbc 0x02 0x04 0x00 0x08 0x00 0x00 0x00 <encryption> <slot offset> <timing accuracy> <role switch> <sniff mode> <RSSI> <power control> <AFH cap. slave> [root@kraid ~]# sdptool search --bdaddr 00:0A:95:3E:67:79 SP Searching for SP on 00:0A:95:3E:67:79 ... [root@kraid ~]#
I believe the problem is that we set the PIN to be 0000 for that device, thinking it's an Apple mouse. If that's the case, this build should fix the problem: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=881107 If that doesn't work, I'm getting one such keyboard some time this week hopefully...
We discussed on IRC, but for the record - That build doesn't help. The main problem is that the "Please enter the following PIN code: XXXX" prompt doesn't seem to happen until we can connect to the keyboard. Except it seems that bluetooth keyboards - unlike headsets or mice or phones - are not connectable until *after* you type a PIN on them. So with that new build, the Bluetooth Wizard generates a random PIN, but it doesn't show it until the keyboard is connectable - which happens *after* you've typed in a PIN on the keyboard. So unless you guess the PIN before it is shown, the authentication request will always fail. I guess the sequence could go something like: 1) generate random PIN 2) tell user to type that PIN (and Return) on the keyboard, and click Forward when done 3) authenticate/pair with now-ready keyboard, using PIN from step 1 but maybe you can figure out something simpler once you've got some hardware to play with.
Received the hardware for it, should have something tomorrow.
It's testy, but there's no bugs in the wizard or anywhere on the Linux side. It's just that the device is so badly documented (it came without a single piece of documentation for me) that it doesn't surprise me you had trouble getting it working. I had to remove the batteries for it to allow me to pair again. Leave the power button pressed until the LED was blinking, selected it in the wizard, entered the pin code as requested followed by enter (not sure that's needed?), and there it was paired. I closed the wizard using the newly paired keyboard... The one thing I can do is add documentation for that keyboard... Could you please retest?
The battery removal as well as pressing the Return key are definitely needed, this is what the Apple support docs mention: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1809 I'll start putting together documentation on the Fedora wiki. Removing from the F10 desktop target.
Documented: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Documentation/Bluetooth