[Intrepid Alpha 6] Pairing BT mouse fails

[Christoph Langner]

Binary package hint: bluez-utils

I'm using here a FSC Lifebook S-6120 with a up to date Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex Alpha-6. With Hardy Heron i was able to par my Anycom BTM-100 bluetooth mouse with Ubuntu. With Intrepid it fails

$ dpkg -l bluez-utils
[...]
ii bluez-utils 3.36-1ubuntu2 Bluetooth tools and daemons

When i set the mouse into paring mode and try to pair it with ubuntu, it fails

$ sudo hidd --search
Searching ...
 No devices in range or visible

The mouse can't be found. This worked with Hardy, and it still works when i try to do this with my desktop pc, which runs with Hardy. So the problem here is intrepid. Are there logs which i might include in this bug?

[Matti Lindell (mlind)]

Hi Christoph,

There's an ongoing effort to switch into bluez 4.x stack in Intrepid. It would be great if you could test if your mouse pairs and functions as expected with the newer bluez version. Details are in bug #274950. You need to be using Intrepid and enable bluetooth team's PPA.

Any positive/negative feedback appreciated.

[Christoph Langner (chrissss)]

Installed bluez 4.x through the PPA. The results...

The good side

 * Pairing works again
 * The mouse feels much better. In Hardy i always thought "does a bt mouse always feels so sluggy?". The mouse now feels like a normal cable bound mouse.
 * I had some strange entries inside the services tab, since the dialog is completely changed, this bug is gone

The bad side

 * Transmitting a file to a WM6 pda via BT still fails (didn't work before)
 * Browsing a WM6 pda via BT still doesn't work (didn't work before)

Later i can test file transfers and browsing with a SE W660i cell phone.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

OK Since Bluez 4.x is entering intrepid right now, i'm marking this bug fixed.

bluez (4.12-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Initial Release. (LP: #274950)
    - This package replaces bluez-utils and bluez-libs source packages.
    - It was generated by merging the contents of bluez-utils and bluez-libs
      and updating content.
    - Legacy functionality for hidd, dund, and pand are not present, and
      have been removed from all configuration files.
  * This release introduces encryption (LP: #182191)
  * debian/patches:
    - bluez-utils-oui-usage.patch was borrowed from the Fedora 10 packaging.
    - sco-connect-git.patch was taken from bluez git shortly after 4.12 release.
      It should "help" with some sco headset issues.
  * debian/control:
    - Update different packages per upstream's recommendations.
    - Update conflicts/replaces for earlier packages.
    - Add a transitional bluez-utils package to help with the transition.

 -- Mario Limonciello < <email address hidden>> Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:10:29 -0500

[don hardaway (don-hardaway)]

Sorry but I am still having the problem with pairing with all updates made in Intrepid. What should I do?