[ANNOUNCE] btinput - Page 2 - maemo.org

tigas | # 11 | 2012-02-04, 23:22 | Report

Don't worry TOO much, PS3 keypad is missing Ctrl, so it's kind of useless as a replacement keyboard. If you say the pairing is different (could it be because it's a mouse as well?), that's OK, it was just the only thing I had for testing. I have a proper BT Keyboard on order: http://usb.brando.com/mini-bluetooth...4c036d015.html.

tigas | # 12 | 2012-02-09, 17:19 | Report

So, I got that keyboard (Model WKB-1500, FFC ID: GM8WKB1500) and I'm having some bugs:

Keyboard must be in Pair mode to connect ALWAYS, because of this, I believe it goes into a disconnect/reconnect loop sometimes (a message saying "BT Keyboard want to reconnect Yes/No" appears but the keyboard never reconnects - and btinput still shows a green dot next to it.) Most other Bluetooth input devices I have ever used (mice, keyboards) seem to do a "quick reconnect" after pairing for the first time.

Also, what keyboard layout are you using? It seems USA. Is there any way you can recognize the layout, or provide a setting for it? Maybe something based on this, defining a keyboard layout for specific Bluetooth ID? This keyboard is UK layout (maybe because I bought it from Amazon UK, now that I think of it...).

Last edited by tigas; 2012-02-09 at 17:57.

purrcatian | # 13 | 2012-03-07, 09:18 | Report

This worked great the first time I used it. Just about all of the keys worked as expected. However, I have been unable to get it to work again. My bluetooth is on, and btinput can find the keyboard, but typing on the keyboard does not result in character input and it then disconnects shortly there after.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Ian

klinglerware | # 14 | 2012-03-25, 17:10 | Report

Originally Posted by elemental View Post

It also should work with iControlPad. iControlPad has an ability to act as a bluetooth keyboard. If someone has it and could test it, I would be grateful. It would be a nice addition to EmuMaster.

I can confirm that the iControlPad works. Setting the iControlPad to HID keyboard mode, I was able to pair it with the N9 via btinput, use the keyboard mapper function in EmuMaster to map the iControl Pad buttons, and then play NES games flawlessly. I have not tested the other emulators, however.

The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to klinglerware For This Useful Post:
elemental, F2thaK

michaelmhk | # 15 | 2012-05-05, 15:12 | Report

I have 3 Bluetooth keyboard, all of them can only input a-z, special character either wrong mapping or nothing inputted. Anyone can help?

hw9xx | # 16 | 2012-05-05, 15:56 | Report

Originally Posted by michaelmhk View Post

I have 3 Bluetooth keyboard, all of them can only input a-z, special character either wrong mapping or nothing inputted. Anyone can help?

Here is how to set a different keyboard layout:

Go to the store and install "nano" editor.
Enable developer mode
open Terminal
devel-su (password: rootme)
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/nokia.conf

In that file look for this section (i may have omitted some "):

Code:

# Allow configuration of external keyboards.
Section InputClass
             Identifier          external-keyboard
             MatchIsKeyboard     on
             Option              Ignore              off
EndSection

Here you have to add another line before "Endsection":

Code:

            Option               "XkbLayout"      "de"

"de" is for german keyboard layout. Replace it with the value you need.

Save the file and restart your N9

I really wish someone would enhance btinput with an option to set the layout from the UI. The above procedure looks simple but it's a bad idea to have n00bs to root stuff. Also things like nano are not exactly home territory for gui-users.

Last edited by hw9xx; 2012-05-05 at 16:04.

The Following User Says Thank You to hw9xx For This Useful Post:
elemental

michaelmhk | # 17 | 2012-05-05, 18:58 | Report

Originally Posted by hw9xx View Post

Here is how to set a different keyboard layout:

Go to the store and install "nano" editor.
Enable developer mode
open Terminal
devel-su (password: rootme)
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/nokia.conf

In that file look for this section (i may have omitted some "):

Code:

# Allow configuration of external keyboards.
Section InputClass
             Identifier          external-keyboard
             MatchIsKeyboard     on
             Option              Ignore              off
EndSection

Here you have to add another line before "Endsection":

Code:

            Option               "XkbLayout"      "de"

"de" is for german keyboard layout. Replace it with the value you need.

Save the file and restart your N9

I really wish someone would enhance btinput with an option to set the layout from the UI. The above procedure looks simple but it's a bad idea to have n00bs to root stuff. Also things like nano are not exactly home territory for gui-users.

Thanks for suggestion, but all of my keyboard are either international us or us layout and after I add the line below:

Code:

            Option               "XkbLayout"      "us"

Still have the same result. To be more precise, the problem is I can't input number keys, special character map different among different keyboard. All the a-z key are correctly mapped among all my keyboard.
One more thing, one of my keyboard is combination of mouse and keyboard, after connected the touch control goes weird.

Update:
I just found after I input below code in the terminal

Code:

setxkbmap -layout us

Number keys work, all special character are mapped correctly.
And sometime after connect the keyboard, the phone give 1 second of my battery indicator become zero and next second prompt changing/Charge Complete(I am charging my phone), it seems ui related service is restarted. Another feature request is enable the cursor, mouse seems work with btinput.

Last edited by michaelmhk; 2012-05-05 at 19:47.

Kabouik | # 18 | 2012-06-28, 12:46 | Report

I just edited the /etc/X11/xorg.cong.f/nokia.conf to add the following line:

Code:

Option           "XkbLayout"          "fr"

I saved and then rebooted the phone, and now I'm in a reboot loop. It worked very well before that, and was rebooted recently without any issue. Any idea on what to do? Am I the first to have the issue because of adding an external keyboard layout to this file? Is reflashing the only solution? :/

thedead1440 | # 19 | 2012-06-28, 13:04 | Report

no need to reflash; you can fix malf state: http://wiki.meego.com/N950/Fixing_MALF_state

follow till step 7. edit the file you had changed and remove the line you added to it. unmount the rootfs drive and reboot the phone. your problem will be solved...

N.B. a linux live cd or installation will be required before you can proceed.

Last edited by thedead1440; 2012-06-28 at 13:05. Reason: typo

Kabouik | # 20 | 2012-06-28, 16:54 | Report

Thank you for your reply. I'll try that as soon as possible. The links are for N950, and I know it does not use exactly the same Meego than the N9. Can I use the same files anyway?

And why the hell editing the nokia.conf drove me in that reboot loop? I mean, the line I added is right, no?