Mouse Autoauthorize not working

[Ken Pratt]

Binary package hint: bluez

I have a Dell BT Travel Mouse (Bluetooth). The mouse is not paired with my laptop. I turn on the mouse then move it around and press its buttons. Ubuntu pops up a dialog asking if it should connect and allows one to always grant this permission. I check the box and accept the dialog but the mouse is not connected. Instead, a few moments later, while moving the mouse and pressing its buttons, the same dialog pops up again...

When I manually pair the mouse and the laptop all is well. It just the automatic paring that is failing.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: bluetooth (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 48d893255053224631a12a7b4064254b
CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308
Date: Tue Jun 1 06:56:14 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100406.1)
InterestingModules: rfcomm sco bnep l2cap btusb bluetooth
MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision M6300
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=a4dabb68-bcd9-43ee-8eb0-ea2314865565 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: bluez
dmi.bios.date: 05/16/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A10
dmi.board.name: 0WY897
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd05/16/2008:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionM6300:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0WY897:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Precision M6300
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
hciconfig:
 hci0: Type: USB
  BD Address: 00:1A:6B:F9:37:94 ACL MTU: 310:10 SCO MTU: 64:8
  UP RUNNING PSCAN
  RX bytes:2195 acl:19 sco:0 events:75 errors:0
  TX bytes:792 acl:21 sco:0 commands:35 errors:0
syslog:

[Ronilson Barcellos de Oliveira (ronilsonbarcellos)]

I am with this bug too, actually i use an workaroud with "sudo hidd --connect <Mac bluetooth mouse>". But i don't like use this. I am trying to find a solution for that.

hidd command is in bluez-compat package.

Sorry for my english, is not my native language.

[Konrad Zapałowicz (kzapalowicz)]

This is reported against an old version of Ubuntu and many things has changed since then. Because of that we won't fix this issue however if this behavior repeats on a modern version please fill a bug report against it and we will take it from there.