Comments on: Howto Setup Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse in Ubuntu

By: Mike Potapoff

Mike Potapoff — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:24:17 +0000

I found the easiest solution was to simply uninstall & purge the bluetooth libraries and let the iMac hardware take care the mouse and keyboard. The only problem with this is it won’t allow you any other bluetooth devices, but it will allow you to use the mouse and keyboard. The only thing you have to do to get them to connect is to click the mouse, and to tap a key on the keyboard and they will connect without the need to pair or anything.

By: dnz

dnz — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 09:59:46 +0000

dave, you are a fuckhead, go back to windows, these commands make perfect sense.

By: Jim Mears

Jim Mears — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:34:36 +0000

Also, I second what Dave said.

By: sera

sera — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:39:44 +0000

ok i have a mini mac and my keyboard and mouse are wireless and my sisters smart phone asked to sync with my internet and i thought it was her laptop and i said yes, well after it took the sync off to the mouse and keyboard… and i tried going to settings to re sync the bluetooth but the option is not there anymore….. what do i do?

By: bronskiy

bronskiy — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:58:56 +0000

i have microsoft mouse 5000 and acer aspire one with ubuntu 10.04
mouse work, but sometimes it has restarted. charge of battery is lowing faster, than in winxp.

ps. sorry, for my English

By: GS

GS — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:29:41 +0000

Dell mini 9 with ubuntu 8.04 pairs with the razer proclick mouse but then it won’t connect to the device using the blutooth manager. i tried manually adding mac address to config file and still can’t get it to connect.

By: Dow H

Dow H — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:55:23 +0000

Laptop Dell XPS M1530 w/native Ubuntu 8.04

Found that reconnection after turning mouse off and then on, did not automagically happen. So, I added the lines described above to /etc/init.d/bluetooth and that worked. Now if bluetooth on the laptop is enabled, then turning on the mouse and clicking a button causes the mouse to get reconnected.

By: Dow H

Dow H — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:47:31 +0000

Laptop Dell XPS M1530 w/native Ubuntu 8.04
has bluetooth enabled.

Above procedure worked perfectly with MS Bluetooth Mouse 5000 OEM version.

By: NorViking

NorViking — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:36:27 +0000

just wanted to say in the new Linux Mint version and probably in ubuntu, its much easier now!

1. Turn on your mouse and push the “connection” button on the mouse so its flashing red and green.

2. Click on the bluetooth logo on the desktop.

3. Choose “set up new device”

4. Locate the mouse and press forward.

Now the mouse should work. If not do the guide above.

By: Dave T

Dave T — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:41:56 +0000

I too have a bluetooth mouse (kensington) and cannot get it to pair or sync.

The above directions is exactly why Linux will never be accepted as a Mainstreem OS.

I find it hard to believe that it is almost 2010 and we still have to deal with cryptic command line commands to get a mouse to work.

My 2 cents.

Dave

By: Stephen Hanson

Stephen Hanson — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:12:29 +0000

I purchased a Razr ProClick Bluetooth Mobile Notebook Mouse about a month ago and have had a hell of a time trying to get it to work with my HP Mini 110 with MIE Ubuntu Hardy. I have read through this guide as well as many others and just cannot get the computer to locate the device…

I have tried hcitool scan, it returns :No Such Device.
I have tried hidd --search, it says Searching…and then goes to the next line and never finds anything. Both of these commands are issued after pressing the Connect button on the mouse.

Does anyone have any advice for me? It would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

By: Bill Salyers

Bill Salyers — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:34:14 +0000

Just thought I’d try one more time. I’m booting into Vista more and more and my Ubuntu Jaunty (I upgraded) less and less, simply because my mouse won’t function completely in Jaunty. It’s a real pain when trying to scroll through a document or trying to play a round of Scorched 3D.

Thanks.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:53:50 +0000

mjkal, It is accepting input from your keyboard, but it turns of the echo for security purposes. Just type your password, even if you do not see it showing up.

By: Bill Salyers

Bill Salyers — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:11:46 +0000

Hi, all;
This was very helpful. I have my Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 connecting to my Ubuntu 8.10 Asus laptop without issue. However, I have partial functionality. The two main buttons work, but the scroll wheel and additional buttons do not. I’ve tried reinstalling bluez to no avail. Anyone with a similar experience or suggestions?
Thanks in advance.

By: mjkal

mjkal — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:34:04 +0000

got through stage 1 scaning and found address but once i enter sudo gedit it asks for the password but disables the keyboard i receive aflashing black cursor which will not accepet any input from keyboard i use laptop samsung x22 any ideas

By: Stoffe

Stoffe — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:29:19 +0000

I also have that double keypress thing in 8.10 with the bluetooth keyboard, wierd. It didn’t do that earlier? Guess I’ll have to see if there’s a bug for this.

By: Murphy

Murphy — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:58:38 +0000

I’m on Debian Lenny.

“man hidd” shows that “-i” sets the _LOCAL_HCI_DEVICE_OR_BD_ADDRESS_ rather than the remote device address…

HIDD_ENABLED=1
HIDD-OPTIONS=”-i AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF --server”

changed to

HIDD_ENABLED=0
HIDD_OPTIONS=”--connect AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF --server”

Now it works for me beautifully~

Debian based distros should try “--connect” than “-i”.

By: DrFunn

DrFunn — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:44:28 +0000

I am running Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron and pairing my Microsoft Bluetooth Mouse to my Dell Latitude D800 was this simple:

1) Press “make connection” button on the bottom of the mouse
2) open a terminal window from the Applications > Accesories > Terminal
3) type “sudo hidd --search” and your admin password when sudo asks for authority to mess with the system

hidd identified the MAC address of the mouse AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF and immediately connects.

1) To make it permanent type “sudo gedit /etc/default/bluetooth” to launch a text editor with the bluetooth config file
2) midway down enable the hidd server and point it to your bluetooth device:
# HID daemon

HIDD_ENABLED=1
HIDD_OPTIONS=”-i AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF --server”

where you should edit in your actual Mouse MAC address (example 00:0d:3a:a2:75:bf) in place of AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF

3) save the file and exit

That worked quite well for me!

- Dr Funn -

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:53:37 +0000

I’m using ubuntu 8.1. Got it working thanks to the guide, bluetooth keyboard and mouse would work at boot. But had a power failure, then it stopped working automatically. I’ve been through the files etc. I log on using a PS2 keyboard and mouse then try to restart bluetooth etc. It just doesn’t seem to start them up. If I unplug bluetooth adaptor and re plug it back in again all starts up. Once they are running I can stop bluetooth services and they still continue to work.

Any ideas.

Also sometimes I get the first key I press on a line will be a double character ie jason@jason-desktop:~$ lls

I’ve only type ls, but it comes out double. Gets a little annoying sometimes as I have to go back and delete.

By: Josef

Josef — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:23:28 +0000

In Ubuntu 8.04, the config file changes above were not necessary for me. To get the mouse working, just:

- Right/click the bluetooth icon and choose Preferences.
- Switch to the Services tab.
- Select the list item Input service. A new field appears on the bottom half of the form.
- Click on Add. (You may need to click on the connect button of your mouse at this stage).
- Select the mouse that should have appeared in the popup-list and click Connect.

This worked for me at least, and I have connected to Microsoft mice and one Logitech.

In case it can help anyone. Josef.