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Ubuntu Gutsy Bluetooth

August 23rd, 2007 Posted in Bluetooth, Gutsy Gibbon, Ubuntu

Along with the WiFi issue there are also problems with Bluetooth from a usability side. There is no graphical manager to handle the installation/paring of bluetooth devices and you need to use the command line. Which is a pain.

To get my shiny Logitech DiNovo keyboard/mouse set working I had to figure out how to do it from the command line.

Thankfully there are a lot of others out there with the same issue.

First put your devices in discovery mode.  At the command prompt type

hcitool scan

Which will try and find all the devices and give you their name & MAC address.  To pair them you can then type

sudo hidd –connect <MAC Address>

Which gives you a decent keyboard and mouse to use other than the laptop keyboard (which in my case is raised and a pain in the bum to use in it’s normal home.

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