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Help using Bluetooth mouse

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How do I get the Bluetooth manager to recognize my Bluetooth mouse? Works fine under Windows XP Pro on the same platform. Dell D620 with built-in (Toshiba?) bluetooth.

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Best Jonathan Clarke (jooooooon) said : 		#1

Hi,

Have you checked out the instructions on this page?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothMouse

Good luck!

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Mathieu Brethes (mathieu-brethes) said : 		#2

Hi,

For some reason, the instructions above do not work for me (Bluetooth on ASUS W7J laptop and bluetooth Asus mouse). The mouse never shows up after typing "sudo hidd --search" . There's one device that shows up when I do "hciconfig" which is "hci0" with a bluetooth address, but when I try to use "sudo hidd --connect" with that specific address it show me "Can't get device information: No route to host." Strange, isn't it?

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Bilbo (rneindorff) said : 		#3

I have not had time to implement this solution as I am dealing with a different problem right now. However, I have a fair bit of confidence that this solution will work. I could not locate the documentation on the process before. My mouse is a Kensington PilotMouse Mini Bluetooth. How easily does yours connect under whatever version of Windows your laptop came with?

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Mathieu Brethes (mathieu-brethes) said : 		#4

Yes, it works now :). I found that the mouse wasn't broadcasting its address in "connect" mode and I specified it to HIDD. Now I am happy :-). It's nice to see that bluetooth works well, it would be even better if it was user-friendly!

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#5

Blueetooth IS user-friendly.
Its just picky about whose his friends are ......

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Bilbo (rneindorff) said : 		#6

Thanks Jonathan Clarke, that solved my question.

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JohnL (jwillar) said : 		#7

I'm trying to get my bluetooth 'DELL BT Keyboard & Mouse' to work after reboot. When following steps above, after restarting the bluetooth service I get a "KDE Bluetooth" error stating "failed to connect to the SDP server'. Also, why does the Bluetooth in System settings not list anything paired? Is the System GUI Bluetooth tool work? Does it matter?

jwillar

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Bilbo (rneindorff) said : 		#8

JohnL wrote:
> Your question #5936 on kde-systemsettings in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde-systemsettings/+question/5936
>
> JohnL posted a new comment:
> I'm trying to get my bluetooth 'DELL BT Keyboard & Mouse' to work after
> reboot. When following steps above, after restarting the bluetooth
> service I get a "KDE Bluetooth" error stating "failed to connect to the
> SDP server'. Also, why does the Bluetooth in System settings not list
> anything paired? Is the System GUI Bluetooth tool work? Does it
> matter?
>
> jwillar
>
>
 I continue to have on again/off again success with my Kensington mouse
after following all of the instructions. Opening a terminal window and
doing repeated "sudo hidd --search" commands usually does the trick.
Other times it is discovered and works without intervention. I do
notice that it is the mouse that needs to be "reset" (the laser diode
remains lit) when the connect fails after several tries.

--Richard

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Bilbo (rneindorff) said : 		#9

I finished upgrading to Ubuntu 7.10 a little after midnight last night (Never try a network upgrade on the first day of a new release!) and now all difficulties I had with my Dell D620 laptop and Kensington bluetooth mouse are gone. The 1200x800 screen size was immediately recognized without having to add the 915resolution file and the bluetooth software/hardware now recognize the mouse without having to type "sudo hidd --search" into a terminal window even after editing the bluetooth startup file as outlined in the help page. Thank you all who worked on this release.