Bluetooth mouse in Dapper

[Matthew Kuiken]

Sorry to re-post, but I found an error in my previous mail.

Matthew Kuiken wrote:
> In a terminal, try:
>
> sudo hcitool scan
>
> While the command is running, press the "Connect" button on your 
> mouse  (My mouse is a logitech, yours might have a different name for 
> the button.)
>
> The command should output something like this:
>
> Scanning ...
>        00:13:70:4F:83:3B       Nokia HS-26W
>
>
> The set of numbers is the Bluetooth Device Address, bd_addr for short.
>
> Running the command:
>
> sudo hidd --connect <bd_addr>
>
> should connect the mouse to the computer, and allow the mouse to work.
>
> If this works, and you want it to do this on power-on, change the 
> /etc/default/bluez-utils file by:
>
> Change:
> HIDD_ENABLED=0
> To:
> HIDD_ENABLED=1
>
> Add a line:
> HIDD_OPTIONS="-i AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF --server"
> with AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF being your bd_addr

This should have said:
Add a line:
HIDD_OPTIONS="--connect AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF --server"
with AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF being your bd_addr

>
> If the hidd --connect command does not work, it may be the pairing of 
> your computer with the mouse.  I had already paired the mouse with the 
> computer in that other OS, so I'm not entirely certain how to pull it 
> off in Linux.  In theory, the following commands:
>
> sudo hcitool cc <bd_addr>
> sudo hcitool auth <bd_addr>
>
> and putting in the pin that the mouse asks for in its documentation 
> (probably 0000) should pair the devices.
>
> I say in theory because I am currently trying to do just that with a 
> Bluetooth headset, and I am having very little luck.  I have read that 
> the pin entry in Gnome might be broken, but I cannot find an up to 
> date source of information.  I am currently trying the KBluetoothD 
> stuff under Gnome to see if that will do it.
>
> I will post back here again once I figure out the pairing.  I may even 
> try setting up a wiki how-to if the process is sufficiently difficult 
> to figure out.

-Matt