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

Mon Oct 12 11:19:10 BST 2009

http://www.serenux.com/2009/08/howto-get-a-microsoft-bluetooth-
notebook-5000-mouse-working-under-ubuntu-jaunty/

QUOTE:

The Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook 5000 mouse is an affordable, compact
mouse that worked really well under Ubuntu up until Jaunty 9.04 when the
Bluetooth stack changed so drastically that the mouse would not pair or
work anymore.

While the Ubuntu-provided Bluetooth stack has not been updated to
correct this problem yet, the Blueman Project that Ubuntu uses keeps
marching on in development and the latest version of of the Bluez stack
and Blueman applet finally corrects this problem.

Here’s how to employ it on your own setup.

EDIT October 2009: I have tested and found that the Microsoft Bluetooth
Notebook 5000 mouse pairs and resumes successfully with the Ubuntu 9.10
Karmic Koala Beta release without any changes or upgrades required to
the Bluetooth software. This HowTo therefore only applies to Ubuntu 9.04
Jaunty Jackalope.

   1. First we need to add the Blueman Project’s PPA to your Ubuntu
Jaunty installation. Open a terminal and type in:

      $ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/blueman.list

   2. You will be presented with a blank text editor. Type or copy &
paste the following lines in:

      deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
      deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

   3. Save your changes and exit the editor.
      .
   4. Now update your package lists with:

      $ sudo apt-get update

   5. At the end you will see a NO_PUBKEY error because your setup does
not yet have the GPG key for the Blueman repository to authenticate the
packages with. To fix this, import the key with:

      $ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys
6B15AB91951DC1E2

   6. Update your package lists again as per Step 4 and you should find the NO_PUBKEY error is gone now.
      .
   7. By now your system is probably prompting you that there are updates to the Bluetooth stack available to install. We may as well stay at the terminal and do the updates there:

      $ sudo apt-get upgrade

   8. Once that completes, the Bluetooth stack is now up to date, but we
now need to install the Blueman applet to replace the Gnome version of
it:

      $ sudo apt-get install blueman

      (this will automatically uninstall the bluez-gnome package as we don’t want it anymore)
   9. Once that completes, logout and log back in again so that the new applet loads up to replace the old one.
      .
  10. Now, switch the mouse into paring mode by holding down the pairing button on the base of the mouse until the LED on top of the mouse starts to alternate between red and green illumination.
      .
  11. Now do a left-click on the Bluetooth icon in the system tray. The Bluetooth Devices window should appear. Within a few seconds of that window opening, you should see your mouse and any other nearby Bluetooth devices listed in the window.
      .

      BTApplet
      BTDevicesNotPairedYet.
  12. Do a right-mouse click on the Microsoft Mouse entry and choose “Bond” (or ensure the Microsoft Mouse entry is selected and click on the “Bond” button in the toolbar).
      .BTDevicesBeginBonding
      .
  13. You will be prompted for the PIN number of the mouse. Like most accessory items, this is just “0000″, so type that in and hit Enter, or press OK.
      .

      BTDevicesEnterPIN
      .
  14. Once the mouse is bonded, you will see some signal coloured bars appear next to the Microsoft Mouse entry in the Bluetooth Devices window (which represent the Received Signal Strength, Link Quality and the Transmit Power Level). But you can’t use the mouse just yet.
      .

      BTDevicesBondedMouse
      .
  15. Click on the “Trust” button in the toolbar. This will allow your mouse to reconnect without prompting you for permission when you turn it off and back on again (or when you reboot).
      .
  16. Now do a right-mouse click on the Microsoft Mouse entry again and choose “Connect to Input Service” (or click on the “Setup” button in the toolbar and follow the Wizard). After a brief delay, you should now find that your mouse now moves the mouse pointer!
      .
      BTDevicesConnectInputService
      .
  17. You can now close the Bluetooth Devices window. Pat yourself on the back. You’re done.

Your mouse should automatically reconnect upon reboot, PC or Mouse power
saving events (such as suspend), and if you turn on the mouse after
booting up your system.

I haven’t played with the Ubuntu Karmic Alpha yet to know if a more
recent version of the Bluez Bluetooth stack is included. One presumes it
will be, but if not, these instructions will probably work for Karmic as
well.

EDIT October 2009: I have tested this mouse with the Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic
Koala Beta release and it pairs first time perfectly and also resumes
perfectly. There will be no need to use this HowTo with Karmic.

P.S.: This is the best way to get rid of this annoying bug.Tried on a
PS3, installed KARMIC bluez and libbluetooth, but I could not find a way
to update all the packages that are required to install blueman! I need
to try the latest GNOME BLUETOOTH applet, because the bluetooth stack is
fixed in the KARMIC beta... because even with the latest bluez package,
probably the bluetooth applet does not know how to access the new lib
properly!

Hope this is a definitive fix for your systems!!!

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[Jaunty] Cannot connect to a Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000
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