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

Bug #346111 reported by Andreas Bartusch
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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.

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jasonq (jason-quinn) wrote :

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.

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Peng Deng (d6g) wrote :

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.

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Mad Max (tunsel) wrote :

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.

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Steve Belardi (stevebelardi) wrote :

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.

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