bthidd filling my logs

[Maksim Yevmenkin]

On 3/28/07, Eric Anderson <anderson at centtech.com> wrote:
> On 03/28/07 11:39, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote:
> > On 3/27/07, Eric Anderson <anderson at centtech.com> wrote:
> >> Ok, I'm getting tired of my logs rolling because of these messages:
> >>
> >> Mar 27 13:31:05 neutrino bthidd[956]: Could not connect to
> >> 00:0c:55:12:ba:ae. Host is down (64)
> >> Mar 27 13:31:30 neutrino bthidd[956]: Opening outbound session for
> >> 00:0c:55:12:ba:ae (new_device=1, reconnect_initiate=1)
> >>
> >> Can we mute those, or show them only the first time, or something?  They
> >> pop up every 30 seconds.
> >
> > if you are not using  00:0c:55:12:ba:ae device, just remove it from
> > your bthidd.conf
>
>
> The thing is, I do use it.  Just not all the time.  I use one mouse at
> the office, and another one when traveling, at home, etc.  That's what's
> nice about this - I can configure 10 if I want, and use whichever  one
> is near me without carrying them all around.

the thing is, you did not configure it :) i.e. bthidd thinks its a new
device. usually mice and keybords have reconnect initiate to 1, so
bthidd does not try to contact them

> The fact is that it is really useless to log it every 30s that it can't
> see it.  Logging it once on initial connect, or for the first time after
>   a previously running connection was disconnected is however useful.
> I'm not sure the right way to patch it though, I've already been looking
> at it.

well, yes, i agree. i will look into it when i have spare time

max