Apple Magic Trackpad requires PIN to pair, fails manual pairing
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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bluez (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: bluez
The Apple Magic Trackpad requires a PIN to pair upon first activation. Such PIN is '0000' which can be entered on a regular keyboard. Once connected, it also requires granting authorization to connect again. See the two attachments for such dialogs.
When trying to setup this device manually (after moving it from another system, for example), by default Ubuntu will propose a random 6-number PIN, which can't be entered on the trackpad, which then means pairing fails.
This trackpad should connect automatically, although I don't personally know enough about bluetooth to suggest how this should happen.
I have documented a workaround to pair this device here:
https:/
Once paired the device does not need pairing each time the system is used / restarted, it will remember it.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: bluetooth (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-15-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Aug 16 15:24:53 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100812)
InterestingModules: rfcomm sco bnep l2cap btusb bluetooth
MachineType: Acer Aspire R1600
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: bluez
dmi.bios.date: 06/17/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P01-A1
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: FMCP7A-ION
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.name: Aspire R1600
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
hciconfig:
hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB
BD Address: 00:0F:3D:3D:7C:5C ACL MTU: 192:8 SCO MTU: 64:8
UP RUNNING PSCAN
RX bytes:7619 acl:369 sco:0 events:124 errors:0
TX bytes:551 acl:12 sco:0 commands:50 errors:0
rfkill:
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.