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    Re: HOWTO: Apple Wireless Keyboard (Bluetooth)

    Great instructions. Worked first time for me, although I never had to use a PIN it just worked....

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    Re: HOWTO: Apple Wireless Keyboard (Bluetooth)

    Worked great for me and now that ive set HID_Enabled=1 it works after a reboot too!

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    Re: HOWTO: Apple Wireless Keyboard (Bluetooth)

    I am having trouble getting this to work. Everything looks like it is working fine. It pairs and everything. Well at least I think it does, it askes me for the pin I entered on my apple keyboard, and after I put it in it says something like bonding created with Jacob's keyboard.



    But then instead of hidd finishing out without saying anything it always says
    Can't get device information: Connection timed out
    if I run
    sudo rm -rf /var/lib/bluetooth/*
    I can pair it again but it always the same.
    Last edited by lhommemagique; September 25th, 2007 at 02:37 AM.

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    Re: HOWTO: Apple Wireless Keyboard (Bluetooth)

    I'm trying to follow this guide to get my Apple BT keyboard to pair to my Gutsy box, but it won't play ball.

    If I try doing it through the system tray utility, it tell me that the BT address "isn't valid" (even though it can see it and identify it happily enough). And if I try and use the guide, I get told, at the final step, "Connecting to device **:**:**:**:**:** Can't get device information: Function not implemented"

    Now I know the keyboard works fine and I can get my 'phone to connect to my computer with this set-up, so I'm guessing I'm doing something wrong, or gutsy is just demonstrating one of its hilarious bugs. Any ideas?
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    Re: HOWTO: Apple Wireless Keyboard (Bluetooth)

    Ah ha! I've figured it out.

    When you type the --connect command, straight after THAT is when you type the PIN of your choice on the BT keyboard. Then click on the pop-up that appears on your sys-tray and repeat with the keyboard that is plugged.

    So, in retrospect, the guide works perfectly. So does Gutsy. And I am a bit of a spaz.

    Hurrah! Business as usual.
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    Re: HOWTO: Apple Wireless Keyboard (Bluetooth)

    bump

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    Re: HOWTO: Apple Wireless Keyboard (Bluetooth)

    Has anyone gotten this to work with the new wireless keyboard (the aluminum one)?

    I got the old one working, But with the new one I'm getting a connection timed out error or connection refused error.

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    Re: HOWTO: Apple Wireless Keyboard (Bluetooth)

    Quote Originally Posted by eric2701 View Post
    Has anyone gotten this to work with the new wireless keyboard (the aluminum one)?

    I got the old one working, But with the new one I'm getting a connection timed out error or connection refused error.
    Yes, today my apple store just got the keyboard in.
    I just picked it up.

    I installed Bluetooth Applet in System Package manager. I'm running Fiesty.

    I ran hcitool scan to get the mac address of my wireless mighty mouse and new aluminum keyboard.

    The mouse was easy. I slide the on off switch on the bottom on, and typed sudo hidd --connect (mac address) and while its connecting tap the mouse just to make sure and it should pop up a password popup and you click it and enter 0000.
    It should say in the popup, bonding created etc......

    The keyboard I kept trying and trying...but then I tried what someone mentioned above. While trying to connect to the wireless keyboard, press 0 four times on the mac keyboard. Only when I did that did a password popup like the mouse pop up, in which I entered 0000 as the passkey and it then the popup said created bonding with keyboard etc.....

    I just typed this post using the keyboard. But I know when I reboot, or something it might not be paired up. I will enter some changes in the boot up files to change that and see what happens later.
    Last edited by LESLIEx317537; October 14th, 2007 at 12:36 AM. Reason: edit sudo hidd --connect (added hidd)

  9. #29
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    Re: HOWTO: Apple Wireless Keyboard (Bluetooth)

    To XFCE Users:

    You probably want to run gnome-panel to get this to work. The pin popup will not happen unless you are running gnome-panel. At least it didn't for me until I ran it. Once you pair it once, you no longer need the panel.

  10. #30
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    Re: HOWTO: Apple Wireless Keyboard (Bluetooth)

    You have to do

    Code:
     sudo hidd --connect BDADDR

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