Logitech Bluetooth Mouse w/PCLOS 2011.6 KDE

[joseywales]

Linux Noob, so be forewarned....

I recently installed PCLinuxOS 2011.6 KDE on my laptop and I'm having issues getting my bluetooth mouse working.The laptop's internal bluetooth antenna is on and functioning, however every time I move the bluetooth Logitech mouse I've used for years (under Windows XP) I get met with a pop-up from BlueDevil asking me what I want to do.  I of course click "Trust and Authorize" but the mouse still doesn't work.  I have to continually revert to the keyboard to continue.

Does anyone know how to resolve this problem?

Kindest Regards In Advance!

joseywales

[TerryN]

First, let me say that I don't have a Bluetooth mouse to test with but have you been to:

Configure Your Desktop->Network and Connectivity->Bluetooth->Devices

and used the wizard to connect the mouse to an input service?

[joseywales]

Thanks for the reply TerryN!

Yes, I have been to the Configure you Computer panel, and even when trying to get my bluetooth mouse to connect this way it simply isn't being discovered.

Every time I move the mouse I get a notification that pops out from the lower right corner of the screen asking me if I want to Trust and Authorize, Authorize or Deny.  Regardless of which I select I still get no further response from the mouse...it's as if it didn't even happen.

I've since tried installing a small USB bluetooth transmitter, foregoing my HP laptop's integrated module, but I'm still having no luck.

The weirdest thing is that when I first installed the distro I was able to use the bluetooth mouse with absolutely no intervention or tweaking.  It's part of the reason I decided to stick with PCLos.  However, since then I've not been able to get it to work.

Again, any and all help is greatly appreciated.  I'm relatively new to Linux, so please be as thorough as you can tolerate in your suggestions.

Kindest Regards,

joseywales

[joseywales]

Well, either no one is able to help (e.g. there's no solution and nobody feels the need to tell me as much) or no one is interested in helping me with my issue.

Either way, being tied to my trackpad on my laptop is a deal breaker to me, and as such I'll be moving on to a different distro.  Thanks goes out to the ONE person who at least replied to my post and tried to help.

So long PClOS, it's been, meh.

[T6]

hello and welcome to the forum!

first, this is a forum, answers are not mandatory to be made immediately, please be patient

second, very few people here has bluetooth mouse, if no one has your problem or knows how to help you, more patience please

"Thanks goes out to the ONE person who at least replied to my post and tried to help.

So long PClOS, it's been, meh."

good luck, it wasn't a pleasure

meh

[Linux_user_18340]

Hi,
I got a very similar problem installing PcLinuxOS 2012 LXDE : my Logitech Bluetooth mouse did'nt work, so I searched here and there, I found your message...with no solution...and
continued searching. I had some recent docs on Bluetooth in Linux. It seemed the mouse was not recognized because she had no COD : Class of Device number. In these cases, the
devices are completely ignored. I found a russian who has a trick to build 'fake' CODs, it gives : 0x80580 for a BT mouse. I wrote this value instead of 0x00100 in /etc/bluetooth/
main.conf  . ( on the line Class = , you must be root to do this ). I downloaded with Synaptic the 'Blueman' bluetooth manager ( be careful this is a Gnome utility, maybe will not work with KDE - sorry ) which enabled me to put the PIN code : 0000 for this mouse. It works. Later I found the 'true' COD of this Logitech Bluetooth mouse M555b : 0x002580 .
These bluetooth configs appear a bit tricky. I hope you'll find my answer useful , if not, I will use it to contact the developer team of 'Blueman', these men have done a good work,
I think they can solve this 'COD' problem. Note the mouse works fine on W7 and Linux Mint12 (Gnome/mate ) without modifications.
Best regards.