onlinespending Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I have a working Clover Yosemite install on an Intel DH77DF motherboard. I'm using a generic USB bluetooth dongle (Cambridge Silicon Radio / CSR based) that works fine except for the fact that I am required to unplug it and replug it back in to get it to work (there's a squiggly line over the bluetooth menu bar icon prior to doing so). And this is after powering off/on and doing a warm reboot as well. Below are the details of the bluetooth dongle as seen by System Profile. Is there a way to achieve the same thing as unplugging and plugging the dongle back in through software? Or a set of drivers that won't have this problem? (FYI, I didn't add anything special to get it to work with the Clover Yosemite install) Thanks! Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 4.3.1f2 15015 Hardware, Features, and Settings: Name: XXX Address: XX-XX-XX-XX-XX Bluetooth Low Energy Supported: No Handoff Supported: No Instant Hotspot Supported: No Manufacturer: Cambridge Silicon Radio Transport: USB Firmware Version: 3164 Bluetooth Power: On Discoverable: Off Connectable: Yes Auto Seek Pointing: On Remote wake: On Vendor ID: 0x0A12 Product ID: 0x0001 HCI Version: 0x3 HCI Revision: 0xC5C LMP Version: 0x3 LMP Subversion: 0xC5C Device Type (Major): Computer Device Type (Complete): Mac Desktop Composite Class Of Device: 0x0104 Device Class (Major): 0x01 Device Class (Minor): 0x01 Service Class: 0x00 Auto Seek Keyboard: On Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304153-bluetooth-dongle-requires-unplugging-and-replugging-back-in-to-work-after-warmcold-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power Mac Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I have the same problem with a Trust bluetooth dongle, Mac compatible. I think that's not a hackintosh-related problem (the bluetooth, at least on my hackintosh, actually works after a reboot but my Apple keyboard and mouse don't work correctly) as you can see here. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304153-bluetooth-dongle-requires-unplugging-and-replugging-back-in-to-work-after-warmcold-boot/#findComment-2106030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlinespending Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 I have the same problem with a Trust bluetooth dongle, Mac compatible. I think that's not a hackintosh-related problem (the bluetooth, at least on my hackintosh, actually works after a reboot but my Apple keyboard and mouse don't work correctly) as you can see here. Interesting. I have another Bluetooth dongle that I can try. I also currently have the one I'm using plugged into a USB 3.0 port. Not sure if switching to a slower USB 2.0 might solve the problems I'm having. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304153-bluetooth-dongle-requires-unplugging-and-replugging-back-in-to-work-after-warmcold-boot/#findComment-2106153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power Mac Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Try the other one, maybe it's "more compatible". The problem cannot be the USB 3.0, for I have your problem with USB 2.0 only ports. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304153-bluetooth-dongle-requires-unplugging-and-replugging-back-in-to-work-after-warmcold-boot/#findComment-2106156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlinespending Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 Seems that using the USB 2.0 ports on the back survive a reboot (previously I was using the front USB 3.0 ports). I also did a full re-install using a sysdef that better matched my hack hardware, so I'm not sure if this also contributed to it working better this time around. However, the bluetooth range is so bad on some of these dongles, that even with it placed just 2 feet from the bluetooth mouse seems to cause connectivity issues (at least the mouse feels laggy at times). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304153-bluetooth-dongle-requires-unplugging-and-replugging-back-in-to-work-after-warmcold-boot/#findComment-2106703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power Mac Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 That's strange. My Trust dongle does survive several stops, but hardly a reboot. I think that some dongles are Mac-ready (maybe yours), others are supposed to work only with Windows (as mine). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304153-bluetooth-dongle-requires-unplugging-and-replugging-back-in-to-work-after-warmcold-boot/#findComment-2106794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlinespending Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 I spoke too soon. The bluetooth dongle I was using was clearly a piece of a {censored}. Shoddy connectivity that required I place it in the front USB port, since apparently being 2 feet away from the Trackpad wasn't close enough. But even that wasn't really reliable. Doing any multitouch gestures on the Trackpad caused the pointer to freeze without fail. Eventually after clicking, pressing on the Trackpad power button, and/or unplugging the bluetooth dongle did it start up again. But it'd often freeze regardless. So I gave up and ordered the IOGear GBU521 dongle. Already arrived and works like a charm. No issues with multitouch gestures or the pointer locking up. I can use it in a back USB port and it even allows it to wake up the hack from sleep (previously that was grayed out in the Bluetooth settings). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304153-bluetooth-dongle-requires-unplugging-and-replugging-back-in-to-work-after-warmcold-boot/#findComment-2107201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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