On Wed, 2013-12-11 at 11:21 +0200, Johan Hedberg wrote: > Hi Brian, Hi Johan, > For one thing, it'd be good to determine whether this is a GUI thing (I > assume you're using the GNOME UI?) Yeah. > or something in BlueZ. The way to do > that would be to use the bluetoothctl tool that's part of BlueZ 5. The > commands you'd give it would go something like: > > agent on > power on > scan on > <wait for mouse to show up> > scan off > pair <mouse addr> (optional if the mouse doesn't support pairing) > connect <mouse addr> > trust <mouse addr> Here is what I get: $ bluetoothctl [bluetooth]# agent on Agent registration enabled [bluetooth]# power on No default controller available [bluetooth]# scan on No default controller available [bluetooth]# $ lsb ... Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth) Unplugging the BT dongle and plugging it back in yields: [ 1472.102375] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, device number 2 [ 1472.102386] usb 2-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 9 [ 1472.127401] usb 2-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 10 [ 1472.141932] usb 2-1.3: USB disconnect, device number 11 [ 1479.644058] usb 2-1: new full-speed USB device number 12 using ohci-pci [ 1479.844081] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0a5c, idProduct=4500 [ 1479.844093] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [ 1479.844099] usb 2-1: Product: BCM2046B1 [ 1479.844104] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Broadcom [ 1479.847670] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found [ 1479.850082] hub 2-1:1.0: 3 ports detected [ 1480.151074] usb 2-1.1: new full-speed USB device number 13 using ohci-pci [ 1480.250070] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0a5c, idProduct=4502 [ 1480.250077] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber [ 1480.260236] input: HID 0a5c:4502 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/usb2/2-1 [ 1480.261860] hid-generic 0003:0A5C:4502.0004: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Key [ 1480.330068] usb 2-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 14 using ohci-pci [ 1480.430070] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0a5c, idProduct=4503 [ 1480.430079] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber [ 1480.441241] input: HID 0a5c:4503 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/usb2/2-1 [ 1480.442349] hid-generic 0003:0A5C:4503.0005: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Mou [ 1480.513076] usb 2-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 15 using ohci-pci [ 1480.626069] usb 2-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0a5c, idProduct=2148 [ 1480.626081] usb 2-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber [ 1480.626088] usb 2-1.3: Product: BCM92046DG-CL1ROM [ 1480.626093] usb 2-1.3: Manufacturer: Broadcom Corp [ 1480.626098] usb 2-1.3: SerialNumber: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Cheers, b. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html