Comment 15 for bug 1094744

Very good article!

But how to avoid user to make this steps? I'm look around KDE, because my
solution is ideal for a patch. But sure, is Gnome related.

Best regards.

2013/6/20 Rostislav Georgiev <email address hidden>

> Hello All,
>
> I'm using Kubuntu 12.04 and neither the Blueman solution, nor selecting
> the mouse as trusted in BlueDevil worked. Obviously as this is Kubuntu with
> KDE the solution of Marcos Barbosa is not working too.
> However I've managed to get the mouse working like a charm using this
> article:
> http://designcreateplay.com/hardware/2013/04/19/persistent-bluetooth-connections-on-ubuntu-12-10
>
> This solution is more distribution agnostic as it works at Bluez level and
> not at higher level.
> Basically you need to put your mouse in discoverable mode and then run the
> following commands in the console:
>
> hcitool scan
> bluez-simple-agent hci0 XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
> bluez-test-device trusted XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX yes
> bluez-test-input connect XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
>
> Where XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX is your mouse Bluetooth MAC address as given by
> hcitool scan.
>
> Best Regards,
> Rostislav Georgiev
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1094744
>
> Title:
> MS Sculpt Touch Mouse needs to be re-paired periodically
>
> Status in “bluez” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in “bluez” package in Fedora:
> Unknown
>
> Bug description:
> When you don't use the mouse for a long enough time, the mouse
> disconnects and won't reconnect. I have to go into bluetooth settings,
> remove it, and re-pair it.
>
> 1)
> ~ % lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
> Release: 12.04
>
> 2)
> ~ % apt-cache policy bluez
> bluez:
> Installed: 4.98-2ubuntu7
> Candidate: 4.98-2ubuntu7
> Version table:
> *** 4.98-2ubuntu7 0
> 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64
> Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> 3)
> I expected the mouse to reconnect automatically, or at least after I try
> to reconnect manually through the bluetooth settings.
>
> 4)
> I have to re-pair the mouse in order to use it again. Turning the mouse
> off and on doesn't work either.
>
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