Since bluez 4.98-r1 update, udev always runs hid2hci for Logitech BT receiver at startup. This problem has been posted on Gentoo forum : http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-908028-highlight-.html My keyboard and mouse (MX5500) do not work anymore in HCI mode. Moreover hid2hci seems not to work to revert to HID mode for Logitech BT receiver (it does nothing with option --mode=hid). So I could not add udev rules to activate in HID on boot. Bluez package install this file in udev rules : /lib/udev/rules.d/97-bluetooth-hid2hci.rules I have to comment these lines to my keyboard and mouse work correctly : # Logitech devices KERNEL=="hiddev*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="046d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c70[345abce]|c71[34bc]", \ RUN+="hid2hci --method=logitech-hid --devpath=%p" But it will be overwritten on next bluez update. Is it possible to remove the hid2hci rules from default udev rules ? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: If you have Logitech bluetooth keyboard/mouse : 1. Update bluez to last version 2. Reboot Actual Results: Keyboard and mouse do not work because Logitech BT receiver is in HCI mode. Expected Results: Logitech BT receiver should be in HID mode by default. winz@kakita ~ $ emerge --info Portage 2.1.10.44 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.13-r4, 3.2.1-gentoo-r2 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.2.1-gentoo-r2-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7_CPU_920_@_2.67GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.3 Timestamp of tree: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:15:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.1_p9 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.7.2-r3, 3.1.4-r3, 3.2.2 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.6-r4 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.3 sys-apps/openrc: 0.9.8.4 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.21.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.3-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r1 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.1 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.13-r4 Repositories: gentoo x-portage ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* 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Please report your problem to upstream: http://www.bluez.org/development/lists/ As I don't know why hid2hci is breaking your hardware (if it's known to break, maybe there is some way to make that udev rule skip devices like yours)
Please reopen that bug as it isn't a problem of upstream but a packaging failure. The solution is simple: create a useflag hid2hci which is by default turned off. Please see those two Fedora bugs for explanations and discussions on that topic: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635244 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=836881 Thanks, Alexander Holler
Besides turning it of by default, a warning might be a good idea when it is turned on. E.g. something like: "You might need to pair your Bluetooth keyboard and/or mouse in order to still use it when hid2hci is installed."
Another option to solve this problem would be to install an additional empty udev-rule in /etc/udev/rules.d named 97-bluetooth-hid2hci.rules which overwrites the default rule and therefor disables it. The contents should just be ---- # Delete this rule in order to activate hid2hci ---- Besides that rule, a warning would be necessary: "hid2hci is disabled by default. Please delete 97-bluetooth-hid2hci.rules in /etc/udev/rules.d in order to activate it.
+*bluez-4.101-r8 (01 Dec 2013) + + 01 Dec 2013; Pacho Ramos <pacho@gentoo.org> +bluez-4.101-r8.ebuild, + -bluez-4.101-r5.ebuild, metadata.xml: + Make hid2hci optional and disabled by default (#405903#c2 by Alexander Holler) +
Thanks a lot.
