On Thursday 08 December 2005 04:58, Klaasjan Brand wrote: >On 12/8/05, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Wednesday 07 December 2005 17:48, Rick Lim wrote: >> >Anyone using a Bluetooth mouse with linux? >> >Or any other Bluetooth device? >> >> I believe the mouse I'm current using, a microsoft gizmo, is a bluetooth >> device. Its receiver feeds a usb port and the os accepts it 100% >> transparently. >> >> Its a "Wireless Explorer 2.0" model 1007 FWTW. >> >> Works great, needs fresh batteries here at about 4-6 month intervals, so >> it won't break the bank for batteries either. > >If it works transparantly and batteries last >4 months it almost certainly >isn't a bluetooth mouse. The bluetooth receivers need the bluetooth service >running and need to be paired with the mouse. Afaik, Fedora doesn't support >this out of the box, but it's possible to set up. I'd be willing to bet that the bluetooth to usb is handled in the receiver pod that goes with it. It plugs into a usb port, and is about the size of a mouse. So as far as linux is concerned, its just another usb mouse. There are buttons on both devices that have to be pressed in sequence after a battery change in order for the mouse to resume talking to the receiver, so that may be the configuration you allude to. The mouse itself does put itself to sleep if ignored for long periods and it takes a couple of motions or a button push to 'wake it up' then. >Klaasjan -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.36% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
