Slackware-13.1-Hacks-Bluetooth Mouse Logitech
Posted 03-05-2011 at 11:43 PM by arniekat
Logitech Bluetooth Mouse
NOTE - Blueman applet 1.21 is a GTK based Bluetooth manager. I could not even get the dialog box open in KDE. I used GNOME 2.30 and it worked great. LXDE will probably work also.
The hardware used for this example are:
1. I/O Gear GBU221 USB Bluetooth Dongle
2. Logitech V470 Bluetooth Mouse
Be sure that /etc/rc.d/rc.bluetooth is executable so that bluetooth service will start when your machine is rebooted. If it is not, you can make it executable by the following command:
# chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.bluetooth
Plugin the USB dongle and turn on your Slackware box, the kernel should detect the dongle. Here is part of the dmesg showing that the bluetooth dongle was detected.
$ dmesg
Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: Generic Bluetooth USB driver ver 0.6
usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
Now, when your desktop appears, you will see the Blueman applet 1.21 in your system tray.
Right-click on the Blueman applet, select "Setup new device" and click Forward
When you are at the Device Dialog Box, click the "Connect" button on the base of the mouse
Click the "Search for devices" icon in the lower left-hand corner of the dialog box
You should see "Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse" in the dialog box
Highlight it and click Forward
At the Pairing dialog box, select "Proceed without pairing" and click Forward
Adding device...
At the Connect To dialog box, select Connect to: Input Service
Finished, device added and connected successfully
Click Close
Left-click the Blueman applet, highlight Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse, then click the star which is "Mark this device as trusted"
Reboot your box and login. When your desktop appears, your mouse will be paired automatically and should work. After syncing it for the first time, whenever I want to run Slackware, I just turn the mouse on with the On-Off switch at the bottom, and it works when my desktop appears.
If you didn't mark your mouse as "trusted", when you reboot and your desktop is up and running, you will have a message from the Blueman applet with the heading "Bluetooth Authentication", some information on the bluetooth mouse, and 3 choices with regards to pairing with the mouse. Select "Always accept this connection"
If you lose the connection for any reason, be sure your mouse is turned on (you do not need to hit the connect button on the mouse), left-click the Blueman applet, highlight "Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse", then click the Setup button.
Pairing Dialog Box > Select pairing method to use > CHECK Proceed without pairing
Click Forward
Connect Dialog Box > Connect to: > Input Service
Click Forward
Close Dialog Box
Here is the message when it pairs upon booting up.
$ dmesg | grep bluetooth
bash-4.1$ dmesg | grep bluetooth
input: Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:11/input9
generic-bluetooth 0005:046D:B008.0001: input,hidraw0: BLUETOOTH HID v3.13 Mouse [Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse] on 00:02:72:0C:E2:E2
NOTE - Blueman applet 1.21 is a GTK based Bluetooth manager. I could not even get the dialog box open in KDE. I used GNOME 2.30 and it worked great. LXDE will probably work also.
The hardware used for this example are:
1. I/O Gear GBU221 USB Bluetooth Dongle
2. Logitech V470 Bluetooth Mouse
Be sure that /etc/rc.d/rc.bluetooth is executable so that bluetooth service will start when your machine is rebooted. If it is not, you can make it executable by the following command:
# chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.bluetooth
Plugin the USB dongle and turn on your Slackware box, the kernel should detect the dongle. Here is part of the dmesg showing that the bluetooth dongle was detected.
$ dmesg
Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: Generic Bluetooth USB driver ver 0.6
usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
Now, when your desktop appears, you will see the Blueman applet 1.21 in your system tray.
Right-click on the Blueman applet, select "Setup new device" and click Forward
When you are at the Device Dialog Box, click the "Connect" button on the base of the mouse
Click the "Search for devices" icon in the lower left-hand corner of the dialog box
You should see "Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse" in the dialog box
Highlight it and click Forward
At the Pairing dialog box, select "Proceed without pairing" and click Forward
Adding device...
At the Connect To dialog box, select Connect to: Input Service
Finished, device added and connected successfully
Click Close
Left-click the Blueman applet, highlight Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse, then click the star which is "Mark this device as trusted"
Reboot your box and login. When your desktop appears, your mouse will be paired automatically and should work. After syncing it for the first time, whenever I want to run Slackware, I just turn the mouse on with the On-Off switch at the bottom, and it works when my desktop appears.
If you didn't mark your mouse as "trusted", when you reboot and your desktop is up and running, you will have a message from the Blueman applet with the heading "Bluetooth Authentication", some information on the bluetooth mouse, and 3 choices with regards to pairing with the mouse. Select "Always accept this connection"
If you lose the connection for any reason, be sure your mouse is turned on (you do not need to hit the connect button on the mouse), left-click the Blueman applet, highlight "Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse", then click the Setup button.
Pairing Dialog Box > Select pairing method to use > CHECK Proceed without pairing
Click Forward
Connect Dialog Box > Connect to: > Input Service
Click Forward
Close Dialog Box
Here is the message when it pairs upon booting up.
$ dmesg | grep bluetooth
bash-4.1$ dmesg | grep bluetooth
input: Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:11/input9
generic-bluetooth 0005:046D:B008.0001: input,hidraw0: BLUETOOTH HID v3.13 Mouse [Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse] on 00:02:72:0C:E2:E2
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