Comment 137 for bug 32415
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| Amedee Van Gasse (amedee) wrote Re: [Bug 32415] Re: Bluetooth Mouse and Keyboard Broken in Dapper/Edgy/Feisty | #137 |
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On Sun, March 23, 2008 01:42, ChaseNeveu wrote:
> After searching the internet for solutions to my particular bluetooth
> problem, I've come across dozens of these bug reports. It's the same for
> each one:
>
> "My keyboard/mouse won't reconnect after reboot/
>
> And the response has been the same too:
>
> "Try entering this into your configs and/or uninstall bluetooth
> entirely." ('this' being a reference to instructions posted in one
> particular thread I've been directed to about 12 separate times;
> http://
>
> I've read through all these bug reports for a solution, tried the
> workarounds--I'm still unable to get my keyboard or mouse to
> consistently connect on boot. It's not a viable option for me to find
> another keyboard every time I need to LOG IN. It wouldn't make me so
> upset if this was a relatively new occurrence. It's not. It's been
> around for a long while. Dapper, Feisty, Gusty, and now symptoms on
> Hardy too. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought these bug reports were
> supposed to fix bugs, not direct people to workarounds that don't work.
>
> If there are so many reports, how is this problem not yet fixed? How is
> this on the back burner, while other negligible problems are being
> solved? Or maybe I'm the only one who needs a keyboard or mouse to
> operate Ubuntu--I don't think that's the case, considering the
> prevalence of laptops and wireless solutions touted in this modern age.
> These problems need to be fixed, especially if usability is of concern
> here.
>
> It's not very welcoming to boot into Linux, only to be greeted by a
> login screen with no input method.
>
ACK all the way.
I will give a Logitech bluetooth keyboard+mouse to the developer who can
solve this problem, or I will donate the value of that keyb+mouse to a
charity of his/her choice. That is an incentive of about 100 if I'm not
mistaken. If there are others who are also willing to donate, I'll set up
a pledge site to get this bug fixed.