On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 06:44:30PM -0400, Gabriel Farrell wrote: > On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 10:34:19PM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > I'm not really sure how it looks to the system, but lsmod shows: > > hci_usb 13812 0 > > bluetooth 41732 1 hci_usb > > which I assume means it is handled like (or maybe is) a USB device. > > On my system, lsmod | grep bluetooth: > bluetooth 44228 6 rfcomm,hidp,l2cap,hci_usb
Mine is closer to that since I did the 'apt-get install bluetooth': [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod | grep blue bluetooth 41732 7 rfcomm,l2cap,hci_usb Its now just seems to be the hidp modules which I don't have loaded, although it is there in /lib/modules so perhaps will get loaded as a side effect of using a bluetooth device.. > > dmesg shows: > > mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice > > Bluetooth: Core ver 2.8 > > NET: Registered protocol family 31 > > Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized > > Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized > > Bluetooth: HCI USB driver ver 2.9 > > usbcore: registered new driver hci_usb > > My dmesg shows: > usbcore: registered new driver usbfs > usbcore: registered new driver hub > Bluetooth: Core ver 2.7 > NET: Registered protocol family 31 > Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized > Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized > Bluetooth: HCI USB driver ver 2.8 > usbcore: registered new driver hci_usb > ... > usbcore: registered new driver usbhid > ... > Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.7 > Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized > Bluetooth: HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver 1.1 > Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.5 > Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized > Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized Yes - everything but the HIDP entry is showing up for me too now. > That probably matches pretty much what you're getting now. I think > the hidp is all I'm using as far as the mouse goes. > > > > [1] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16826125026 > > > > Looks like it would do the trick, though I would rather like to > > find a traditional three button mouse like my old PS/2 Logitec. > > I suppose I am going to have to settle for the 'wheel as middle > > button' compromise... > > Yeah, you might have to compromise. When I was looking I didn't see > any traditional three-button bluetooth mice. Aside from that, though, > this Kensington mouse has been just right. Big and comfortable. Thanks again. I think that is enough evidence to justify handing some money over for some hardware and giving it a try. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin digbyt(at)digbyt.com http://www.digbyt.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
