[Bug 1094744] Re: MS Sculpt Touch Mouse needs to be re-paired periodically

[Marcos Barbosa]

Very good article!

But how to avoid user to make this steps? I'm look around KDE, because my
solution is ideal for a patch. But sure, is Gnome related.

Best regards.


2013/6/20 Rostislav Georgiev <pisaro at mail.bg>

> Hello All,
>
> I'm using Kubuntu 12.04 and neither the Blueman solution, nor selecting
> the mouse as trusted in BlueDevil worked. Obviously as this is Kubuntu with
> KDE the solution of Marcos Barbosa is not working too.
> However I've managed to get the mouse working like a charm using this
> article:
> http://designcreateplay.com/hardware/2013/04/19/persistent-bluetooth-connections-on-ubuntu-12-10
>
> This solution is more distribution agnostic as it works at Bluez level and
> not at higher level.
> Basically you need to put your mouse in discoverable mode and then run the
> following commands in the console:
>
> hcitool scan
> bluez-simple-agent hci0 XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
> bluez-test-device trusted XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX yes
> bluez-test-input connect XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
>
> Where XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX is your mouse Bluetooth MAC address as given by
> hcitool scan.
>
> Best Regards,
> Rostislav Georgiev
>
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> Title:
>   MS Sculpt Touch Mouse needs to be re-paired periodically
>
> Status in “bluez” package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
> Status in “bluez” package in Fedora:
>   Unknown
>
> Bug description:
>   When you don't use the mouse for a long enough time, the mouse
>   disconnects and won't reconnect. I have to go into bluetooth settings,
>   remove it, and re-pair it.
>
>   1)
>   ~ % lsb_release -rd
>   Description:  Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
>   Release:      12.04
>
>   2)
>   ~ % apt-cache policy bluez
>   bluez:
>     Installed: 4.98-2ubuntu7
>     Candidate: 4.98-2ubuntu7
>     Version table:
>    *** 4.98-2ubuntu7 0
>           500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64
> Packages
>           100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>   3)
>   I expected the mouse to reconnect automatically, or at least after I try
> to reconnect manually through the bluetooth settings.
>
>   4)
>   I have to re-pair the mouse in order to use it again. Turning the mouse
> off and on doesn't work either.
>
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