Lose Bluetooth At Gnome Start

[Sir Nikon]

I have been using a Logitech diNovo bluetooth keyboard on Ubuntu 7.04 for some time. I am using the bluetooth USB dongle to connect the keyboard and mouse combo to my system.

It seems that when the system is booting, the keyboard works perfectly fine. I have noticed that as soon as Gnome is loaded, the keyboard and mouse are no longer connected.

To resolve this issue, I have been removing the USB dongle from the USB port and plugging it back in to another USB port.

Any ideas?

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you? Thanks in advance.

[Sir Nikon (omnineko)]

Yes, this is still an issue.

To reiterate:

Once the system has been booted and the Gnome login screen is displayed, I lose my Bluetooth keyboard+mouse functionality. The only way to resolve this issue is by removing the USB Bluetooth dongle and plugging it into a different USB port (for some reason, when I plug it into the same port, the issue is not fixed).

The odd part I have noticed is that for a few seconds after the login screen is displayed, both the keyboard and mouse work fine but then suddenly stop and that is when I have to remove and re-insert the USB dongle.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Could you please add your '/var/log/messages' file after experiencing this issue? It would be great if you could unplug it, plug it in the same USB port and then plug it in a different USB port. Thanks again!

[Sir Nikon (omnineko)]

Here it is. I rebooted and at the login screen, lost BT connectivity. Unplugged then plugged BT adapter into same USB port. Nothing. Moved to a different port, works fine.

I also remember in the past, after logging in, the BT would lose connectivity again, and again, I would have to plug the USB into a different port. So I had to repeat the same process to regain functionality.

[Sir Nikon (omnineko)]

I found this thread which may offer a solution:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=186462

I have not yet tried it but will be posting my results shortly.

[Sir Nikon (omnineko)]

The link posted above states that by removing the bluez package, the DiNovo set will work fine (without having to remove and re-insert the USB Bluetooth dongle).

I can confirm that this is true. After removing that package, I am no longer having this issue.

This leads me to believe that I no longer have Bluetooth support on my system and the keyboard and mouse are working because the dongle is programmed to work w/o a Bluetooth driver (hence the reason why I can enter and edit my CMOS options whenever needed or change boot options).