Problem with bluetooth mouse- 8.10

[Karl Larsen]

Aart Koelewijn wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:01:38 -0800, John wrote:
>
>   
>>     I need to say this. I am interested in the software driver for
>> Bluetooth in Ubuntu and linux in general. Is it a normal part of Ubuntu?
>> Which Bluetooth hardware does it work with?
>>
>>     My Bluetooth Dongle which is a small USB device has windows but no
>> Linux drivers that I can find. So I did a Google search with
>> "linux,bluetooth,drivers" and got some hits but they were all from
>> people trying to FIND a driver.
>>
>>     So how do you get the thing working? I assume you know the standard
>> password is 0000.
>>
>> Karl
>>     
>
> In my case, I just stick my USB Bluetooth dongle into my desktop (8.04) 
> or laptop (8.10) and it works. I use it with my cellphone, for instance 
> to connect to internet with my laptop when I'm away from home, or to copy 
> photo's from my phone to my desktop.
>
> kernel.log:  usb 2-7: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and 
> address 4
> NetworkManager: <debug> [1227626362.805999] nm_hal_device_added(): New 
> device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/
> usb_device_a12_1_noserial_if0_bluetooth_hci_805a46639d').
>
> Dongle from Conceptronic
>
> Aart
>
>
>   
    Thanks Aart and I will try that today. I am always amazed that Linux 
is way ahead of windows.


Karl



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