Comment 72 for bug 343727

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swulf (swulf) wrote : Re: [Bug 343727] Re: [Jaunty] Cannot connect to a Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000

Mihai Olimpiu Cristian wrote:
> I'm using a PS3 - PPC machine with JAUNTY final PPC with a Microsoft
> Notebook 5000 mouse, the only solution is sudo hidd --search. The
> problem with this approach is that exactly like in Ubuntu 8.04 or 8.10,
> the mouse looses connection after a random amount of time so it's not
> really usable (couple of seconds - 40 minutes)!
>
> If I reboot the machine the mouse does not autoreconnect as a user above
> me said, maybe every dongle is treated differently?
>
> I think this bug is pretty important, because it affects a majority of
> laptop users and PS3 users who ussually use bluetooth peripherals. I
> vote for a HIGH on the importance!
>

I agree - issues like this - especially ones that don't get quickly
resolved - really put Ubuntu in a bad light, especially with new or less
experienced users and those coming from Windows, say - where all this
sort of functionality 'just works'.

Who assigns importance to these issues - the package maintainer?