Originally Posted by Ulysses

Is anything changed after the latest firmware update (3.2010.02-8.002) as to what concerns us in this thread, pairing/connecting/remapping bluetooth keyboards?

Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by borgmountain

I seem to get stuck at step five where I get the following error message:

Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Method "Connect" with signature "" on interface "org.bluez.Input" doesn't exist

What do I do wrong.
Can anyone please enlighten me

Kind regards

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Originally Posted by Ulysses

Ah, thanks.
My customizations in /usr/share/X11 were gone after the update, and one needs to re-install xkb-chinook, etc.

I had hoped that something would have happened upstream, and that support for bluetooth keyboards would be official.

I was dreaming. This issue has not received a lot of votes, and it is not a priority for Nokia. Too bad.

Originally Posted by jakoleh

Here is my simple python script to execute setxkbmap when keyboard connects. You can test it if it is any use for you. It is very quick and dirty version, but is working for me. Just change those values to correct ones.

Originally Posted by jakoleh

Here is my simple python script to execute setxkbmap when keyboard connects. You can test it if it is any use for you. It is very quick and dirty version, but is working for me. Just change those values to correct ones.

Code:

import sys
# import python dbus module
import dbus
# import python dbus GLib mainloop support
import dbus.mainloop.glib
import gobject
import thread, time
import re
import commands

#hildon-im-xkbtool --list
KEYBOARDNAME = "Nokia SU-8W"
#Keyboard mac address
DEVICE = "dev_00_0E_xx_xx_xx_xx"
#setxkbmap 
MODEL = "nokiasu8w"
LAYOUT = "fi"

def connected(*args, **kwargs):    
    bus = dbus.SystemBus()
    iface = dbus.Interface(bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.Notifications',
                                     '/org/freedesktop/Notifications'),
                                     'org.freedesktop.Notifications')
    if args[0] == "Connected":
        if args[1] == False:       
            iface.SystemNoteInfoprint(KEYBOARDNAME + " disconnected")
        else:
            iface.SystemNoteInfoprint(KEYBOARDNAME + " connected")
            time.sleep(2)
            testi = commands.getoutput("hildon-im-xkbtool --list")   
            #ID 3, Name: "keyboardname"
            keybId = re.search("ID (\\d+), Name: \"" + KEYBOARDNAME, str(testi)).group(1)
            commands.getoutput("setxkbmap -device " + keybId + 
                        " -I -I/usr/share/X11/xkb-chinook " +
                        "-rules base -model " + MODEL + 
                        " -layout " + LAYOUT)            
                            
    
def main():            
    dbus.mainloop.glib.DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
    # Get the session bus
    bus = dbus.SystemBus()        
    try:       
        #Get default adapter
        manager = dbus.Interface(bus.get_object("org.bluez",
                        "/"),
                        "org.bluez.Manager")
        #dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.bluez / org.bluez.Manager.DefaultAdapter     
        adapter = manager.DefaultAdapter()
    # Get the remote interface for the remote object
        interface = dbus.Interface(bus.get_object('org.bluez',
                                   adapter + "/" + DEVICE), 
                                   "org.bluez.Input")  
        interface.connect_to_signal("PropertyChanged", connected)              
    except dbus.DBusException:        
        sys.exit(1)    
    loop = gobject.MainLoop()    
    loop.run()
    
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Originally Posted by shadow52

Cheers mate, that's great! Could you let me know if I'm using your script the right/best way... I'm doing the following:

1) Boot device, connect keyboard.
2) Open X Terminal, run setxkbmap manually.
3) Slide open built-in keyboard, press key.
4) In X Terminal, run 'nohup python keys.py &' (keys.py is your script). Close terminal.
5) Thereafter, whenever keyboard dis/reconnects, press a key on the built-in keyboard and the map will be reset.

Do you normally have to run setxkbmap manually? Are you placing your script in with the system init scripts or running as user?

Many thanks again

Originally Posted by dcarter

OK, I apologize in advance,
but to run this script (after entering my own personal variables corresponding to my keyboard) should I create a text file with Leafpad?

If so, then how do I run it and make it always run?

dcarter