Help me before I jump off the cliff. Ok maybe just throw the bluetooth keyboard or n900.


I have this external keyboard: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/49-key-...e-mobile-55401 model is an ITON PA-BK03. And it drives me crazy.

I don't have bluetooth turned on all the time. That would just kill the battery. I turn bluetooth on whenever I want to use the keyboard. I have extkb installed. I turn bluetooth on, and then pressing a key on the device wont register on the n900. If I then remove the device, reconnect the device, it will work again, for a while, until I turn bluetooth off.

In frustration, I decided to remove the extkb app, and also removed the keyboard from the n900. Then, I reinstalled extkb and re-paired it with the n900. It comes up saying "pairing complete" at the top, followed by "connection failed to Bluetooth mini keyboard". Going into the device properties in the bluetooth menu shows it is not connected, despite me putting in the correct passphrase. I then uninstalled extkb, unpaired the device, and tried just pairing without installing extkb. No luck.

How can I get a permanent solution working?

edit: found an app in extras-devel called bt hid scripts. this allowed me to pair it and get it working. but if i turn bluetooth off, then on again, it stops working.