bthidd filling my logs

[Eric Anderson]

On 03/28/07 14:20, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote:
> 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

Hmm - seems that at some point recently during an upgrade or crash, I 
think I may have lost the db or some part of it.  I just powered on my 
mouse, and once it initiated, the messages are gone.  So, you are 100% 
correct.


>> 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


Thanks again, and sorry for the noise..

Eric


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Eric Anderson        Sr. Systems Administrator        Centaur Technology
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