Ubuntu and Bluetooth

[Robbo]

On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 10:10 -0400, Jeff Tucker wrote:
> Hi, guys. I have a couple of questions about Bluetooth, specifically on
> Ubuntu Hoary.
> 
> I have a Dell Insiron 6000 with integrated Bluetooth. On bootup, the
> Ubuntu kernel loads the Bluetooth drivers (some of them) and I believe
> it detects the Bluetooth device. I have the bluez package from Ubuntu
> installed.
> 
> However, in order to use a Bluetooth mouse, I have to do two things:
> load the hidp module and run the hidd daemon. So, my questions:
> 
> Should the hidp module be loaded automatically? I know I can add it to
> /etc/modules, but should I have to? Is there a udev rule or something
> that should be loading this automatically? If someone can tell me what I
> can provide (logs, USB devices, PCI devices, etc.) I'll be glad to
> provide info so this can be more automatic.
> 
> Should the hidd daemon be started automatically? Is the recommended way
> of doing this just to update the /etc/defaults/bluez-utils directory?
> There doesn't seem to be any way to use debconf to set this up.
> 
> I'm not averse to just manually making changes to my system. I just like
> to do things the "Ubuntu way" to make sure that I take advantage of the
> great updates that Ubuntu has.

Uncomment the line or add..

HIDD_ENABLED=1

in /etc/default/bluez-utils, everything should work automatically on
your next reboot.