Problem with bluetooth mouse- 8.10

[John]

--- On Mon, 11/24/08, Jared Greenwald <greenwaldjared at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Jared Greenwald <greenwaldjared at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Problem with bluetooth mouse- 8.10
> To: jmuielewicz at yahoo.com, "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 8:49 PM
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 9:37 PM, John
> <jmuielewicz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Mon, 11/24/08, Karl Larsen
> <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com>
> >> Subject: Re: Problem with bluetooth mouse- 8.10
> >> To: jmuielewicz at yahoo.com, "Ubuntu user
> technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >> Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 3:28 PM
> >> John wrote:
> >> >
> >> > --- On Mon, 11/24/08, John
> >> <jmuielewicz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> From: John <jmuielewicz at yahoo.com>
> >> >> Subject: Re: Problem with bluetooth
> mouse- 8.10
> >> >> To: jmuielewicz at yahoo.com
> >> >> Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 2:22 PM
> >> >> --- On Sun, 11/23/08, John
> >> <jmuielewicz at yahoo.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>> From: John
> <jmuielewicz at yahoo.com>
> >> >>> Subject: Problem with bluetooth
> mouse- 8.10
> >> >>> To: "ubuntu list"
> >> >>>
> >> >> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >> >>
> >> >>> Date: Sunday, November 23, 2008,
> 10:15 PM
> >> >>> In Ubuntu 8.10 I am having trouble
> getting my
> >> >>>
> >> >> bluetooth
> >> >>
> >> >>> mouse working. My bluetooth keyboard
> works
> >> fine. Both
> >> >>>
> >> >> work
> >> >>
> >> >>> fine in windows xp.
> >> >>> I switch on the mouse, put it in
> discoverable
> >> mode.
> >> >>>
> >> >> Start
> >> >>
> >> >>> the computers discoverable mode. The
> computer
> >> finds
> >> >>>
> >> >> the
> >> >>
> >> >>> mouse and says its configured but
> never loads
> >> any
> >> >>>
> >> >> driver for
> >> >>
> >> >>> the mouse and the mouse doesn't
> leave
> >> discoverable
> >> >>>
> >> >> mode.
> >> >>
> >> >>> It is stuck in it and I have to boot
> back to
> >> windows
> >> >>>
> >> >> to fix
> >> >>
> >> >>> the mouse.
> >> >> I got it working. I installed the bluez3
> utils
> >> package and
> >> >> installed the mouse by using hidd. I
> typed sudo
> >> hidd -s and
> >> >> it found and enabled the mouse. There
> must be some
> >> bug in
> >> >> bluez4. I looked in /var/lib/bluetooth
> and
> >> didn't find
> >> >> any info about the mouse, in spite of the
> fact the
> >> compuetr
> >> >> said it was configured, but the keyboard
> had full
> >> config
> >> >> info there.
> >> >>
> >> >> john
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>    Please tell us more. Are you using a USB Dongal
> that is
> >> your Bluetooth device for the computer? It works
> with
> >> Windows because you have drivers for windows. But
> there are
> >> no drivers for Linux. Bluetooth is very nice but
> it is not
> >> available for many things.
> >
> > I did a little more research and I believe the problem
> is in hcitool. Whenever I try to pair using it it always
> fails. I type in hcitool cc btaddr and it fails to activate
> the mouse. However when I use it to scan for the mouse it
> does find it.
> >
> > john
> >
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> 
> I noticed that I was having some connection issues with my
> BT mouse
> (Logitech Travel Mouse) and after poking around in the
> preferences
> (right click on the BT icon in the notification area in the
> panel and
> select Preferences) I noticed that there was a setting to
> change the
> visibility to "always visible" and that seemed to
> straighten it out.
> Not sure if  that's related to your problem but figured
> it might be
> helpful.

Thanks for the suggestion. I already have mine set to always visible. It does detect the mouse just fine but will not configure it.

I am using a 'Think Oustside' Stowaway Travel Mouse.