On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 12:51 AM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>wrote:
> For a year and a half I have been using a Razer bluetooth mouse with my > Thinkpad T61, currently at Jaunty x86_64. It has always "just worked." > > At the meeting tonight I booted my computer and discovered that the > mouse did not function. I tried all kinds of hcitool and hidd commands, > but could not get it to function. However, "sudo hcitool scan" did see > it and display its address. And when I changed the command to "sudo > hcitool cc <address>," the command appeared to work correctly. > Nevertheless, the cursor did not move. > > I also have a bluetooth capable phone and I was able to access it from > the computer. Therefore, apparently the built-in bluetooth device in > the laptop is functioning. > > I am now at home. I have another bluetooth mouse (Logitech V270) that > has sat on the shelf for a long time. It worked fine except that it > interfered with my bluetooth headphones, so I replaced it with the > Razer, which did not display such annoying behavior. Thinking that the > Razer may have just reached the end of its life, I put batteries in the > Logitech and used hcitool to scan for it. That worked - hcitool found > it and reported its address. However, just as with the Razer earlier in > the evening, hcitool was unable to connect to it. The command appears > to work (no error messages), but the cursor still does not move. > > Since I can't get either bluetooth mouse to work I am currently using a > USB mouse. Yes, the laptop has a touchpad, but I have a slight handicap > with my right hand and I can't use a touchpad very well. I can continue > to use the USB mouse, but they are annoying because the receiver stick > is in the way due to the locations of the USB ports on this computer. I > want my bluetooth mouse back. I'll buy a new Razer if necessary, but > since the Logitech displays the same problem as the Razer, I suspect > there is really nothing wrong with the Razer. > > Something has gone wrong, but what could have gone wrong all by itself > merely by shutting down and restarting? I have done that hundreds of > times, and the Razer always worked as soon as the boot process ended. I > am out of ideas. I need a brainstorm here. Any suggestions are welcome. > Even if you don't have a winning answer, your suggestion may lead my > addled brain to think of something else. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug Doesn't sound like a bluetooth problem at all but rather a problem with X and bluetooth John. Since 2 BT mice don't work but the phone does and X is the difference in the equation I'd check /var/log/X.log.* when you have the issue with the BT mice. HTH, Drew- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
