bluetooth keyboard connected but not working

[Lionel Montrieux]

Binary package hint: bluez

I have a Logitech Cordless Mediaboard Pro for PS3 wireless keyboard. I can see it using hcitool scan, and I can pair it with my ubuntu. The dongle appears on lsusb as well. However, I can't seem to be able to type anything, even though it seems to be connected correctly.

here is the output of lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 050d:016a Belkin Components Bluetooth Mini Dongle
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 0a5c:4503 Broadcom Corp.
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0a5c:4502 Broadcom Corp. Keyboard (Boot Interface Subclass)
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:c058 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04f2:0402 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Genius LuxeMate i200 Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: bluez 4.69-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-27.48-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-27-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Mar 15 15:06:54 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
InterestingModules: rfcomm sco bnep l2cap btusb bluetooth
MachineType: Acer Aspire R3610
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-27-generic root=UUID=2564cc2c-a832-4a32-8c76-fc2c5abdccc1 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SourcePackage: bluez
dmi.bios.date: 12/02/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P01-A4L
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: FMCP7A-ION-LE
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP01-A4L:bd12/02/2009:svnAcer:pnAspireR3610:pvr:rvnAcer:rnFMCP7A-ION-LE:rvr:cvnAcer:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Aspire R3610
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
hciconfig:
 hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB
  BD Address: 00:19:0E:09:63:06 ACL MTU: 1021:8 SCO MTU: 64:1
  UP RUNNING PSCAN
  RX bytes:1026 acl:0 sco:0 events:36 errors:0
  TX bytes:1594 acl:0 sco:0 commands:36 errors:0

[Lionel Montrieux (lmontrieux)]

Attached is the output of sudo hcidump -XYt, once the keyboard is connected. I typed a few keystrokes and then stopped the execution of hcidump.

[Sorin Sbarnea (ssbarnea)]

I think I am encountering the same bug with another Bluetooth keyboard the one from Apple.

The keyboard is detected and connected but no input is received from it. In addition I remember that this worked but recently stopped working, probably after an update.

I will be glad to provide more information if needed.

[John Ferlito (johnf-inodes)]

I've had a very similar experience. My Apple bluetooth keyboard stopped working in the last few days. Was working fine before.

It looks like it is constantly connecting and reconnecting. I've attached a hcidump. It works fine in MacOsX and with an iPad

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Benjamin Gift (corn8bit)]

My HP bluetooth keyboard connects using blueman, and I can see that when I type on it it is transfering the information (the bits per second increases a lot), but it is not working for typing.

It does however work if I remove it, restart the computer and repair it. But it stops working again on standby resume. It didn't used to do this.

[Konrad Zapałowicz (kzapalowicz)]

This is reported against an old version of Ubuntu and many things has changed since then. Because of that we won't fix this issue however if this behavior repeats on a modern version please fill a bug report against it and we will take it from there.