IV Needle » jaunty http://www.ivneedle.com Injecting Tech into the Vein Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:38:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Getting my Bluetooth mouse to work with Ubuntu http://www.ivneedle.com/2009/09/getting-my-bluetooth-mouse-to-work-with-ubuntu/ http://www.ivneedle.com/2009/09/getting-my-bluetooth-mouse-to-work-with-ubuntu/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:48:17 +0000 Heavymeddler http://www.ivneedle.com/?p=155 Microsoft Bluetooth Mouse 5000

Bluetooth Mouse From Hell

I have a Microsoft 5000 Bluetooth Mouse. Unfortunately it has been a total headache to get it to work with Ubuntu and stay working. Below are the steps I have taken to remedy the issue:

  1. Turn on your mouse and make it discoverable
  2. Open a terminal and enter the command: hcitool scan
  3. It should return a list of bluetooth devices in range (mine returned something like: 00:1D:D8:92:FE:45     Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000)
  4. Enter: sudo gedit /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
  5. Add the following entry to the file (remember the name is the same returned in the previous step):
    device HardwareAddressHere {
    name “Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000”;
    }
  6. Run the command: sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart
  7. Verify that you get a message indicating that stopping and starting bluetooth is OK
  8. Run the command: sudo apt-get install bluez-compat
  9. With your mouse still in discovery mode, run the command: sudo hidd --search
  10. Your mouse should now be paired and working. (this includes after reboot, it should automatically pair)
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