Connect your Bluetooth Mouse to Ubuntu 7.04 Linux

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Logitech Bluetooth Mouse M-RBB93I have a Logitech M-RBB93 Bluetooth Mouse for my Dell Latitude D620. I just installed Ubuntu Feisty last night and was puzzled on how to connect my mouse to the computer. So with a little research on Ubuntu Forums, I found the answer. Its really pretty easy:

Go to your console and type in:

daniel@d620:~$ hcitool scan

Make sure your mouse is in pairing mode. For me, I had to push and hold the Reset button on my mouse for just over a second and a green light started blinking. Thats when I knew it was in paring mode.

So the command will search for any Bluetooth devices in paring mode.

Scanning …
00:XX:61:XX:F9:XX Bluetooth Travel Mouse

So here was hav, the device found with its MAC Address.

Now we need to have the computer pair with the device.

to do that type the following command (of course substituting for your MAC Address)

daniel@d620:~$ sudo hidd –connect 00:XX:61:XX:F9:XX

Now your Bluetooth mouse should work.

Going through that process every time you turn your computer on would be a major pain in the ass, so lets make it so it does it automatically. To do that type in this command:

sudo gedit /etc/default/bluetooth

Look for and replace

HIDD_ENABLED=0
# HIDD_OPTIONS=”-i AA:BB:CC:DD:EE –server”

with:

HIDD_ENABLED=1
HIDD_OPTIONS=”-i 00:XX:61:XX:F9:XX –server”

Save and close and now your mouse should connect automatically each time you use your computer.

=)

  • http://www.tungsai.com tungsai

    I am attempting to do this with this mouse, but an IBM Thinkpad X60s. The result, when attempting the “hidd -connect –:–:–:–:–:–” is, “Can’t get device information: Host is down”.

    Hmm……

  • http://www.tungsai.com tungsai

    WOW! It just decided to work now. I simply had to do it a few times. UGH! perhaps some warning of some sort might be in order. suffice to say, now it works.

  • http://www.DanielBrincat.com Daniel

    Glad to hear it worked! =)

  • mike

    the mac address is also on the bottom of the mouse :) i have that same mouse.

  • http://josef.kyrian.cz Josef Kyrian

    Your guide works well but when I turn off the mouse and turn on again it does not work.
    hidd –search founds nothing because the mouse is already paired and hidd –connect fails with “Can’t get device information: Host is down”.
    The only way to make it working again is to press reset button on the mouse and pair it with hidd –search
    I have the same mouse as you.
    Can anybody help? :-(

  • http://josef.kyrian.cz Josef Kyrian

    Everything is ok now! :-) I run
    echo hidp | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
    and set
    HIDD_OPTIONS=”–connect 00:XX:61:XX:F9:XX –server”

  • Balage

    The “sudo hidd –search” command resolved everything :) . But the mouse must is in in pairing mode!