send something TO a hid device

Stefan `Sec` Zehl sec at 42.org
Mon May 14 23:42:44 UTC 2007


Hi,

On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 10:59 +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Does someone of you if the new one works? I'm talking about the new  
> slim black one with touch sensors for the loudness which is very  
> expensive but would do great in my living room in the media center...  
> I want to buy it, but so far my brain tells me it is too expensive to  
> just give it a try and hope it works well with FreeBSD.

I'm sorry, I only have the old one here. So I can't tell for sure.

But honestly, as the old one conforms to the HID spec, I would assume
that the new one does, too.

> >And yes, Eye-candy is what I'm after. That and some kind of
> >new-mail-or-something indicator :)
> 
> The black one is clearly an eye-candy thing... if someone tells me it  
> doesn't work, I save 150 bucks. If it works, I have to come up with  
> another reason to not buy it... :)

The media keys won't work out of the box. The bthidd needs to learn
about these keys first, but that shouldn't be easily fixable.

CU,
    Sec
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