On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 10:58 +0100, 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. > > Klaasjan > hi I run the Logitech DiNovo keyboard, mouse media pad using bluetooth. you can set it up as a straight forward hid device through the usb port, which is how the hub connects, but to use the bluetooth properly you have to set it up as a hci device and use the bluez software. you can find this on sourceforge at http://sourceforge.net/projects/bluez Laurence
