Hi there,
If anyone is interested I got my Bluetooth mouse ( a Medion, a cheapie from Aldi's ) to work in my install of PcLinuxOS 2011.6 .
It seems that the KDE bluetooth does not configure a " hcid.conf" file so the bluetooth scans but does not lockon or authorise properly. So I opened up konsole and changed to root, in the terminal I ran
hcitool scan
this gave me the MAC address of my mouse in the form XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX, note this down.
next I changed directory to /etc/bluetooth
then
vi hcid.conf
as there isn't one there it will show up as a new empty file,
now type ( hit i to insert text )
device XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX {
name "Bluetooth Mouse";
auth enable;
encrypt enable;
}
hit the esc key and type :wq to save your file.
now run
hidd --search
this will find your mouse and authorise it . Well it worked for me, and I have tried a lot of searches with little joy.
By the way all the credit must go to the people on the Ubuntu forum from a couple of years ago who gave a great run down on hcitool and how to setup bluetooth from the terminal.
I hope this can help someone.
