Odd behavior is still present in Natty.  I use the Logitech MX-5500
Revolution combo, and the bluetooth dongle does not show up as a
Bluetooth device by default in Natty at all, though the keyboard/mouse
do work by default in Logitech's "fallback" mode which connects the
devices as pseudo-wired when the dongle is hotplugged.

The problem is that in fallback mode, I have been getting random
disconnections with the standard Natty configuration, which still splits
kernel conditions into hiddev and hidraw.  The device does not stay
connected for more than two hours or so, and I need to re-hotplug it.

By commenting out the leading kernel conditions entirely and leaving the
two declarations starting with ATTRS, as suggested here and in the
original bug report #444420, it is now being detected as a Bluetooth
dongle and allows me to do a proper pairing with the devices from within
Ubuntu.  So far this has been MUCH more stable and gives me greater
range as well.


Is the issue just that the default behavior desired by the devs was "just 
works" plug and play?  Relying on Logitech's fallback functionality for 
standard keyboard/mouse connection is less than desirable for real daily use.  
Maybe a device-specific recommendation through the Additional Drivers detection 
process, along with an installable package to switch the default configuration 
for the dongle device to native Bluetooth functionality, would be a better way 
to approach it to "solve" the issue for everyone.  It could even include a 
description of the pairing process for the two devices as part of the package 
install.

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Title:
  udev fails to call hid2hci for Logitech USB Bluetooth adapter

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