Logitech Dinovo Edge Bluetooth keyboard no longer working after update to 11.95.1

ehoitinga · April 1, 2024 at 8:59 PM

Hi,

After updating LibreElec to version 11.95.1 my Dinovo Edge keyboard no longer works.

When switching on the keyboard the green Bluetooth indicator turns green for a moment
indicating the keyboard is connected. In LibreElec --> Bluetooth it says that the keyboard
is connected. Tried to delete it and pair it again, but no luck.

Anyone else having problems with bluetooth keyboards?

Thank you,

Erik

**chewitt** · April 2, 2024 at 2:03 PM

Time to change the batteries?

ehoitinga · April 2, 2024 at 3:57 PM

That was the first thing I tried ;-). I charged it to full.

It connects to my IPhone and I can use it, so keyboard looks OK. However, it does not connect to my Mint laptop, what is strange.

ehoitinga · April 2, 2024 at 5:44 PM

Some update:

LibreElec installed on Intel NUC7I5BNK.

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mediacenter:~ # bluetoothctl show
Controller F8:63:3F:25:FD:18 (public)
    Manufacturer: 0x0002 (2)
    Version: 0x08 (8)
    Name: mediacenter
    Alias: mediacenter
    Class: 0x000c0104 (786692)
    Powered: yes
    PowerState: on
    Discoverable: no
    DiscoverableTimeout: 0x000000b4 (180)
    Pairable: yes
    UUID: A/V Remote Control        (0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
    UUID: Audio Source              (0000110a-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
    UUID: PnP Information           (00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
    UUID: Audio Sink                (0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
    UUID: A/V Remote Control Target (0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
    UUID: Generic Access Profile    (00001800-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
    UUID: Generic Attribute Profile (00001801-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
    UUID: Device Information        (0000180a-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
    Modalias: usb:v1D6Bp0246d0549
    Discovering: yes
    Roles: central
    Roles: peripheral
Advertising Features:
    ActiveInstances: 0x00 (0)
    SupportedInstances: 0x05 (5)
    SupportedIncludes: tx-power
    SupportedIncludes: appearance
    SupportedIncludes: local-name
mediacenter:~ #

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mediacenter:~ # bluetoothctl devices
Device 65:A1:D3:FC:B2:93 65-A1-D3-FC-B2-93
Device 00:1F:20:04:44:38 Logitech diNovo Edge
Device E7:A7:BD:33:69:8E 846B213F84AC33ADE9
mediacenter:~ #

Looks like it is connected, however keystrokes are not arriving.

**chewitt** · April 3, 2024 at 3:33 PM

Google shows this patch being advised/required in a couple of places: https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source…435523d2f374161

So the probable reason it doesn't work is: LE doesn't include that patch, or the udev rules file it's modifying, or the hid2hci binary that would be used if we did.

Simple binaries that aren't compiled/linked against other libraries can often be copied from e.g. Ubuntu and used on LE. So I would try copying hid2hci to /storage/bin/ and the 70-hid2hci.rules file to /storage/.config/udev.rules.d/ and then mod the rules file (with the changes in the patch) so it runs "/storage/bin/hi2hci" (explicit path) not "hid2hci" (which relies on the binary being in $PATH).

**mglae** · April 4, 2024 at 6:40 PM

LE is including the patch in the source but bluez require --enable-hid2hci since 5.55.

hid2hci was only included until LE 9.2.8.

Should be easy to add again but have to test it first (currently fighting against xz 5.4.6 source archive not being available, maybe someone can upload it to the LE source mirror).

ehoitinga · April 4, 2024 at 8:33 PM

Quote from mglae

LE is including the patch in the source but bluez require --enable-hid2hci since 5.55.
hid2hci was only included until LE 9.2.8.
Should be easy to add again but have to test it first (currently fighting against xz 5.4.6 source archive not being available, maybe someone can upload it to the LE source mirror).

This one?: https://sourceforge.net/projects/lzmau…ar.bz2/download

ehoitinga · April 4, 2024 at 9:21 PM

Quote from chewitt

Simple binaries that aren't compiled/linked against other libraries can often be copied from e.g. Ubuntu and used on LE. So I would try copying hid2hci to /storage/bin/ and the 70-hid2hci.rules file to /storage/.config/udev.rules.d/ and then mod the rules file (with the changes in the patch) so it runs "/storage/bin/hi2hci" (explicit path) not "hid2hci" (which relies on the binary being in $PATH).

I copied hid2hci from my Mint laptop to /storage/bin:

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mediacenter:~/bin # ls -l
total 16
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         14568 Nov 29 12:31 hid2hci
mediacenter:~/bin # ./hid2hci
error: --devpath= and --method= must be defined
Usage: hid2hci [options]
 --mode=       mode to switch to [hid|hci] (default hci)
 --devpath=    sys device path
 --method=     method to use to switch [csr|csr2|logitech-hid|dell]
 --help
mediacenter:~/bin #

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copied the 70-hid2hci.rules file to /storage/.config/udev.rules.d and adapted the content using the patch:

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# do not edit this file, it will be overwritten on update
ACTION!="add|change", GOTO="hid2hci_end"
SUBSYSTEM!="usb*", GOTO="hid2hci_end"
# Variety of Dell Bluetooth devices - match on a mouse device that is
# self powered and where a HID report needs to be sent to switch modes
# Known supported devices: 413c:8154, 413c:8158, 413c:8162
ATTR{bInterfaceClass}=="03", ATTR{bInterfaceSubClass}=="01", ATTR{bInterfaceProtocol}=="02", \
 ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="00", ATTRS{idVendor}=="413c", ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="e0", \
 RUN+="/storage/bin/hid2hci --method=dell --devpath=%p", ENV{HID2HCI_SWITCH}="1"
# Logitech devices
KERNEL=="hiddev*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="046d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c70[345abce]|c71[3bc]", \
 RUN+="/storage/bin/hid2hci --method=logitech-hid --devpath=%p"
# Logitech, Inc. diNovo Edge Keyboard
KERNEL=="hidraw*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="046d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c714", \
 RUN+="/storage/bin/hid2hci --method=logitech-hid --devpath=%p"
ENV{DEVTYPE}!="usb_device", GOTO="hid2hci_end"
# When a Dell device recovers from S3, the mouse child needs to be repoked
# Unfortunately the only event seen is the BT device disappearing, so the mouse
# device needs to be chased down on the USB bus.
ATTR{bDeviceClass}=="e0", ATTR{bDeviceSubClass}=="01", ATTR{bDeviceProtocol}=="01", ATTR{idVendor}=="413c", \
 ENV{REMOVE_CMD}="/sbin/udevadm trigger --action=change --subsystem-match=usb --property-match=HID2HCI_SWITCH=1"
# CSR devices
ATTR{idVendor}=="0a12|0458|05ac", ATTR{idProduct}=="1000", RUN+="/storage/bin/hid2hci --method=csr --devpath=%p"
LABEL="hid2hci_end"

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Deleted the keyboard, rebooted and repaired the keyboard. No luck. Still the same problem.

I can successfully pair it and LE says its connected but keystrokes are not arriving. When I disconnect and re connect it in LE, I get the BlueTooth error "br-connection-create-socket".

Probably because bluetoothd is not complied with --enable-hid2hci as mentioned by mglae ?

Thank you very much for the help so far.

**mglae** · April 5, 2024 at 7:06 PM

Quote from ehoitinga

This one?: https://sourceforge.net/projects/lzmau…ar.bz2/download

Thanks.

A few thoughts:

1. Which version did you use before LE 11.95.1?

2. bluetoothctl devices is only listing known devices, please use bluetoothctl info 00:1F:20:04:44:38

3. Executed udev rules can be watched with udevadm monitor

4. After installing system System-Tools Addon evtest list and test available input devices.

ehoitinga · April 5, 2024 at 8:29 PM

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1. Which version did you use before LE 11.95.1?

Latest version on branch 11.0. I believe it was 11.3.1.

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2. bluetoothctl devices is only listing known devices, please use bluetoothctl info 00:1F:20:04:44:38

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mediacenter:~ # bluetoothctl info 00:1F:20:04:44:38
Device 00:1F:20:04:44:38 (public)
    Name: Logitech diNovo Edge
    Alias: Logitech diNovo Edge
    Class: 0x00002540 (9536)
    Icon: input-keyboard
    Paired: yes
    Bonded: yes
    Trusted: yes
    Blocked: no
    Connected: yes
    WakeAllowed: yes
    LegacyPairing: no
    UUID: Human Interface Device... (00001124-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
    UUID: PnP Information           (00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
    Modalias: usb:v046DpB309d011B
mediacenter:~ #

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3. Executed udev rules can be watched with udevadm monitor

System-Tools Addon v11.80.6.1 installed.

Switching the keyboard on:

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KERNEL[619.454889] add      /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:256 (bluetooth)
UDEV  [619.460616] add      /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:256 (bluetooth)

Switching the keyboard off:

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KERNEL[660.720462] remove   /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:256 (bluetooth)
UDEV  [660.727544] remove   /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:256 (bluetooth)

Deleting the keyboard:

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KERNEL[685.982996] remove   /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:046D:B309.0001 (hid)
UDEV  [685.990624] remove   /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:046D:B309.0001 (hid)

Switching on and Pairing (connect button) the keyboard:

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KERNEL[1192.205704] add      /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:256 (bluetooth)
UDEV  [1192.212845] add      /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:256 (bluetooth)
KERNEL[1207.450247] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:046D:B309.0002 (hid)
UDEV  [1207.460254] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:046D:B309.0002 (hid)

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4. After installing system System-Tools Addon evtest list and test available input devices.

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mediacenter:~ # evtest
No device specified, trying to scan all of /dev/input/event*
Available devices:
/dev/input/event0:    Sleep Button
/dev/input/event1:    Power Button
/dev/input/event2:    Power Button
/dev/input/event3:    Video Bus
/dev/input/event4:    ITE8708 CIR transceiver
/dev/input/event5:    HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone
/dev/input/event6:    HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3
/dev/input/event7:    HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7
/dev/input/event8:    HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=8
/dev/input/event9:    eventlircd
Select the device event number [0-9]:

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Hmm, I dont' see the keyboard here. Info on keyboard MAC address seems OK. Executed udev rules seems OK.

Further info:

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mediacenter:~ # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Iris Plus Graphics 640 (rev 06)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6 / E3-1500 v5 / 6th/7th/8th Gen Core Processor Gaussian Mixture Model
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 21)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem (rev 21)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI (rev 21)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 21)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port (rev f1)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port (rev f1)
00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port (rev f1)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point LPC/eSPI Controller (rev 21)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC (rev 21)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus (rev 21)
00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (4) I219-V (rev 21)
3a:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 (rev 78)
3b:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
3c:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM961/PM961/SM963
mediacenter:~ # lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0a2b Intel Corp. Bluetooth wireless interface
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
mediacenter:~ #

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Bluetooth wireless interface is present.

**mglae** · April 7, 2024 at 9:46 AM

With the keyboard working in LE11 likely the udeb rule is not needed any more.

For reference I've added a BT keyboard to my test installation. Is working well beside some lagging during installation:

Code: udevadm monitor

KERNEL[239.365255] add      /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.0/usb1/1-5/1-5:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:256 (bluetooth)
UDEV  [239.370690] add      /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.0/usb1/1-5/1-5:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:256 (bluetooth)
KERNEL[251.848427] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002 (hid)
KERNEL[251.848509] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17 (input)
KERNEL[251.848543] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/input17::numlock (leds)
KERNEL[251.848576] change   /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/input17::numlock (leds)
KERNEL[251.848604] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/input17::capslock (leds)
KERNEL[251.848638] change   /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/input17::capslock (leds)
KERNEL[251.848665] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/input17::scrolllock (leds)
KERNEL[251.848698] change   /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/input17::scrolllock (leds)
KERNEL[251.848727] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/input17::compose (leds)
KERNEL[251.848769] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/input17::kana (leds)
KERNEL[251.848802] change   /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/input17::kana (leds)
KERNEL[251.848843] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/event13 (input)
KERNEL[251.848893] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/hidraw/hidraw1 (hidraw)
KERNEL[251.848938] bind     /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002 (hid)
UDEV  [251.850831] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002 (hid)
UDEV  [251.851928] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17 (input)
UDEV  [251.853139] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/input17::numlock (leds)
UDEV  [251.854102] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/input17::capslock (leds)
UDEV  [251.854134] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/input17::kana (leds)
UDEV  [251.854572] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/input17::compose (leds)
UDEV  [251.854594] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/input17::scrolllock (leds)
UDEV  [251.855112] change   /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/input17::scrolllock (leds)
UDEV  [251.855463] change   /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/input17::numlock (leds)
UDEV  [251.855493] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/hidraw/hidraw1 (hidraw)
UDEV  [251.855739] change   /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/input17::kana (leds)
UDEV  [251.856062] change   /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/input17::capslock (leds)
UDEV  [251.950752] add      /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002/input/input17/event13 (input)
UDEV  [251.951256] bind     /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.0002 (hid)

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Code: related journal

Apr 06 11:43:15.002183 marsle12gbm kernel: apple 0005:05AC:0239.0002: unknown main item tag 0x0
Apr 06 11:43:15.002492 marsle12gbm kernel: apple 0005:05AC:0239.0002: Fn key not found (Apple Wireless Keyboard clone?),
 disabling Fn key handling
Apr 06 11:43:15.002674 marsle12gbm kernel: input: Anker Bluetooth Keyboard as /devices/virtual/misc/uhid/0005:05AC:0239.
0002/input/input17
Apr 06 11:43:15.002699 marsle12gbm kernel: apple 0005:05AC:0239.0002: input,hidraw1: BLUETOOTH HID v1.1b Keyboard [Anker
 Bluetooth Keyboard] on 20:79:18:70:43:91
Apr 06 11:43:15.103053 marsle12gbm systemd-logind[507]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event13 (Anker Bluetooth Keyboard)

Looks like no kernel driver is loaded for your keyboard although le LE kernel is including the logitech HID drivers.

By not connecting to Mint too I'm out of ideas.

ehoitinga · April 7, 2024 at 11:42 AM

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By not connecting to Mint too I'm out of ideas.

On my mint laptop (21.1, 6.5.0-26) the keyboard doesn't even appear in the search list of blueman app. However, with the bluetoothctl command I see it detected and subsequently deleted and it will not pair.

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erik@laptop-erik:~$ bluetoothctl scan on
Discovery started
[CHG] Controller 9C:B6:D0:D2:A4:4E Discovering: yes
[NEW] Device 46:3B:0B:CE:5C:7D 46-3B-0B-CE-5C-7D
[NEW] Device 00:1F:20:04:44:38 Logitech diNovo Edge
[CHG] Device 46:3B:0B:CE:5C:7D RSSI: -84
[DEL] Device 00:1F:20:04:44:38 Logitech diNovo Edge
[DEL] Device 46:3B:0B:CE:5C:7D 46-3B-0B-CE-5C-7D
^Cerik@laptop-erik:~bluetoothctl pair 00:1F:20:04:44:38
Device 00:1F:20:04:44:38 not available
erik@laptop-erik:~$

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I thought perhaps my keyboard was broken. But is does pair to my IPhone 11 and I can use the keyboard. So I think I can conclude that the keyboard works.

It is a rather old keyboard but I like its backlit Fn functions. I also use "Sybu" on my Iphone but blind typing on a smartphone is somewhat difficult

With the keyboard there was also a USB 2.0 receiver included, but unfortunately I can't find it anywhere. So no possibility to test it.

A bit odd that it stopped working when jumping from v11.3.1 to 11.95.1. Did something change in the Bluez package? It is the only thing I can think of.

**mglae** · April 7, 2024 at 12:44 PM

Quote from ehoitinga

Did something change in the Bluez package?

Sure..

If motivated you can try related older nightly from USB stick with run option.

ehoitinga · April 7, 2024 at 8:19 PM

Quote from mglae

If motivated you can try related older nightly from USB stick with run option.

12.0-nightly-20230309-5426f16: Keyboard working.

12.0-nightly-20240406-4b7642d: Keyboard not working.

Will investigate in between versions to see were it went wrong.

ehoitinga · April 8, 2024 at 8:54 PM

Quote from ehoitinga

12.0-nightly-20230309-5426f16: Keyboard working.
12.0-nightly-20240406-4b7642d: Keyboard not working.
Will investigate in between versions to see were it went wrong.

Ok, after trying 10 builds I figured out that the problem was introduced in LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-12.0-nightly-20240311-86dba4b.img.gz.

In build LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-12.0-nightly-20240309-f3b540d.img.gz the keyboard is working fine.

Just to find out what changed...

HarryH · April 8, 2024 at 9:45 PM

Perhaps the changes regarding Bluetooth in kernel 6.6.21?

Are you able to boot your Mint with an older kernel like 6.5.0-21?

kekomat · April 9, 2024 at 2:37 PM

Sorry that I can't provide any solutions but I would like to point out that the excact same combination of LE and keyboard is still working for me.

kekomat · April 9, 2024 at 3:19 PM

Quote from kekomat

Sorry that I can't provide any solutions but I would like to point out that the excact same combination of LE and keyboard is still working for me.

Sorry for quoting myself, couldnt find any editing option ... Anyway, that's what i forgot to mention:

I am using the provided Logitech USB dongle which makes the whole thing work out of the box without even having to enable bluetooth within LE. Maybe that's why it is still working for me ...