Problem with bluetooth mouse- 8.10

[Aart Koelewijn]

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:01:38 -0800, John wrote:

>
>     I need to say this. I am interested in the software driver for
> Bluetooth in Ubuntu and linux in general. Is it a normal part of Ubuntu?
> Which Bluetooth hardware does it work with?
> 
>     My Bluetooth Dongle which is a small USB device has windows but no
> Linux drivers that I can find. So I did a Google search with
> "linux,bluetooth,drivers" and got some hits but they were all from
> people trying to FIND a driver.
> 
>     So how do you get the thing working? I assume you know the standard
> password is 0000.
> 
> Karl

In my case, I just stick my USB Bluetooth dongle into my desktop (8.04) 
or laptop (8.10) and it works. I use it with my cellphone, for instance 
to connect to internet with my laptop when I'm away from home, or to copy 
photo's from my phone to my desktop.

kernel.log:  usb 2-7: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and 
address 4
NetworkManager: <debug> [1227626362.805999] nm_hal_device_added(): New 
device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/
usb_device_a12_1_noserial_if0_bluetooth_hci_805a46639d').

Dongle from Conceptronic

Aart