my "microsoft bluetooth notebook mouse 5000" doesnt work under Ubuntu 9.04, (it works well in Ubuntu 8.10)

[Andreas Bartusch]

Binary package hint: bluez

I used this Bluetooth Mouse in Ubuntu 64 8.10. After installation of Ubuntu 64 9.04 (Alpha6) i was unable to connect the mouse succesfully. The mouse is automatically disconnected after connection.
I use the device on a Lenovo Thinkpad W500.

[jasonq (jason-quinn)]

My Microsoft 5000 Bluetooth mouse also does not work under Ubuntu 9.04 (i386 desktop beta). I only semi-works under 8.10. In 8.10 the mouse is found and will connect. But after a reboot, it doesn't work and I have to delete the entry and reconnect. In 9.04, it detects the mouse and even says it connects but the connection is never really made.

[Peng Deng (d6g)]

Please refer to this comment <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/343727/comments/29> which includes some bluetooth communication dump during the connection establishment.

[Mad Max (tunsel)]

My experience:

Samsung NC10 - Ubuntu Remix (9.04) - Microsoft Mouse 5000

First, follow this procedure:

http://blog.chinthaka.org/2008/09/getting-microsoft-bluetooth-mouse.html

until step 3 (included). Then, instead of step 4, install the bluez-compat package with synaptic: this package is deprecated by Canonical but it is working for now.
Next, proceed to step 4 of the guide but just before "sudo hidd --search" push the connect button on the mouse until the red/green light.

Working by two days with no problems.

Hope this help.

[Steve Belardi (stevebelardi)]

Thanks Mad Max, it works, but only until i reboot, and then i have to input the "sudo hidd --search" command again. Is this what you're experiencing? This is a real pain in the butt; I'm very new to Linux/Ubuntu, and although I'm very impressed, this seems like a really glaring bug. Something that's been unfixed from previous versions, from what I've seen on forums going back a few years.