Comments on: Epox Bluetooth Mouse and Linux

By: bt

bt — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:45:22 +0000

thanks! it works. yea, no more usb transmitters to keep track of for a wireless mouse.

i'm running the 2.6.18-4-686 kernel that ships with debian etch. all i needed to do was:

hcitool scan
write down the bd address; and
hidd --connect bd_[put bd address here]

(actually i didn't need #2.)

this makes my week! i'm so happy finally to be in the "bluetooth world." better late than never!

oh, i forgot to mention my bluetooth mouse is a "mogo." it stores and recharges in the pcmcia (pc card)slot. sweet!

By: bt

bt — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:36:59 +0000

thanks! it works. yea, no more usb transmitters to keep track of for a wireless mouse.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:43:22 +0000

I got it to work without doing the hidd thing by following this guide. Now it works every time I start X, with no need to fiddle with commands.

By: tyler

tyler — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 03:57:35 +0000

I see you’ve had this mouse for almost a year now…do you still like it? Does it scroll smoothly? It seems pretty popular cause it’s sold out at newegg and at chiefvalue :)

By: chris

chris — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 18:06:28 +0000

Mathias -

You don't have to do the hidd thing every time you want to use the mouse. In my experience the association stays around until the next time you restart X (I think).

Honestly I haven't used my mouse much in the last few months and never with X.org or the latest kernels. Things may have changed.

By: Mathias

Mathias — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 09:29:43 +0000

Hi,

i´ve did something else with a anycom BTM100. It works and that´s fine. But must i do a hidd --connect XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX every time i want to use the mouse? Is there a possibility to connect at boot time? I didn´t find anythig for that. I´m using a Suse 9.2 on a nexoc laptop. Regards, mathias