This is NOT a bug. The USB Bluetooth dongle for the Logitech MX5500 Revolution is a fully functional Bluetooth hub as well as having a "failover" mode for slave USB keyboard/mouse emulation. It is not just a connector for the keyboard/mouse like many other such dongles, it is a fully functional Bluetooth hub instead.
On recent versions of Ubuntu, the dongle is recognized for its full capability (as a Bluetooth hub) and enabled by default. Unplugging/replugging the dongle puts it into USB keyboard/mouse emulation and establishes a factory "fallback" connection to the keyboard and mouse. That is not the best way to use the device in Linux. THE SOLUTION: Use another keyboard and/or mouse to log in to Ubuntu, leaving the Logitech Bluetooth USB dongle connected. The Bluetooth notification icon should be present in the notification area. Next, add the keyboard and the mouse to the system as independent Bluetooth devices through the Bluetooth Preferences utility which can be launched at System -> Preferences -> Bluetooth. Press the red "Connect" buttons on the bottom of both the keyboard and the mouse, then press the [+] button in the Bluetooth Preferences dialog to add devices to the list. The Bluetooth Device Wizard will launch, press Next to start searching. They keyboard and mouse should both appear in the list as available devices. Select the keyboard, select automatic PIN code selection, then click Next. The autoselected PIN code will appear, enter it into the MX5500 keyboard itself (as prompted on the built-in LCD display) and press enter. Press the [+] button again to relaunch the Bluetooth Device Wizard and repeat the steps to add the Revolution mouse, though no PIN code will be necessary. Congratulations... you should now have a properly functional Logitech MX5500 Revolution keyboard and mouse that will persist across reboots. Enjoy! -- Logitech MX5500 keyboard/mouse does not work with 8.10 at bluetooth services start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/291269 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
