• Registered: 2010-03-21
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Topic: [SOLVED]bluetooth mouse/keyboard help

I can't seem to get my bluetooth mouse and keyboard to work in crunchbang. They work fine in windows 7 (except after trying them in crunchbang I will always lose the sync connection when I go back to windows).

I tried doing these commands here: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … bluetooth/

But the utility can never find the devices when searching (yes I hit the connect button and the bluetooth light is blinking!)

Any help would be appreciated.

Last edited by Firestrider (2010-03-26 22:32:11)

  • Registered: 2010-03-21
  • Posts: 8

Re: [SOLVED]bluetooth mouse/keyboard help

Maybe it would help you if I told you which bluetooth module (adapter) I have. Is there any way to check this in linux? My bluetooth mouse and keyboard are both dell.

I tried using blueman-applet and got a little bit farther in that it found them when searching, but I can never get them fully connected. It says failed to connect when trying to "setup.." with the keyboard. I tried adding and trusting both devices in blueman-applet, but still can't get them to pair and fully connect.

Last edited by Firestrider (2010-03-21 21:49:18)

  • Registered: 2010-03-06
  • Posts: 71

Re: [SOLVED]bluetooth mouse/keyboard help

I'm not familiar with bluetooth devices.  I have a wireless keyboard that plugs into the usb port and uses 2.4ghz and it works instantly.  However, I found this page on setting up bluetooth devices in Ubuntu (and since Crunchbang is built on Ubuntu. . .)

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-setup-b … buntu.html

As far as determining what devices are connected and if you computer sees them, I use xinput.  Go to a console and type "xinput list --short" without the quotes.  If it's not showing up in the list, you'd probably need to follow that guide.  If it is, I have no clue why it isn't working.

  • Registered: 2009-09-08
  • Posts: 139

Re: [SOLVED]bluetooth mouse/keyboard help

Hi

Try this:

(0) Install bluez-compat
(1) Open a terminal
(2) sudo hidd -- search

This may detect your devices.
Press the connect button on your devices before (2)

Last edited by tonyoptical (2010-03-23 07:07:50)

  • Registered: 2010-03-21
  • Posts: 8

Re: [SOLVED]bluetooth mouse/keyboard help

tonyoptical wrote:

Hi

Try this:

(0) Install bluez-compat
(1) Open a terminal
(2) sudo hidd -- search

This may detect your devices.
Press the connect button on your devices before (2)

Awesome! That worked near perfectly. The first time it said host was down for the keyboard, but I power cycled the bluetooth adapter and searched again and both connected.

  • Registered: 2009-09-08
  • Posts: 139

Re: [SOLVED]bluetooth mouse/keyboard help

Hi

Awesome! That worked near perfectly. The first time it said host was down for the keyboard, but I power cycled the bluetooth adapter and searched again and both connected.

Great - just put a [SOLVED] in your thread title and we are all done.
Regards