Bluetooth mouse in Dapper

Cameron Hutchison lists at xdna.net
Sun May 7 06:24:36 UTC 2006


Matthew Kuiken wrote:
>Cameron Hutchison wrote:
>> I've just booted the Ubuntu Dapper Beta 2 live CD and I'm wondering what
>> I have to do to get my bluetooth mouse (Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer
>> for Bluetooth, Model 1001) working.
>>
>In a terminal, try:
>
>sudo hcitool scan
>
>While the command is running, press the "Connect" button on your mouse  
>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

That all worked beautifully, Matthew. Thank you very much.






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