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How do i use a bluetooth mouse?

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How can i use my bluetooth mouse on Ubuntu? It came with a cd to install for windows but it works fine on windows without it. Also i installed the driver from the cd using WINE to no avail.

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Evan Boldt (echowarp) said : 		#1

WINE won't help.
WINE will not allow you to install drivers.

Do you have the gnome-bluetooth package installed?

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MONODA (danyhaddad43) said : 		#2

yes i have it installed. but how do i set up the mouse?

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Alan (mrintegrity) said : 		#3

What kind of mouse is it?

On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 15:17 +0000, MONODA wrote:
> Question #14336 on gnome-panel in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+question/14336
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> Status: Needs information => Open
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> MONODA gave more information on the question:
> yes i have it installed. but how do i set up the mouse?
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MONODA (danyhaddad43) said : 		#4

it is a bluetooth targus mouse

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Evan Boldt (echowarp) said : 		#5

Their website doesn't offer any drivers for linux.

How is this connected to the computer? With one of those USB adapters?
I may be mistaken, but shouldn't it Linux recognize it as a USB mouse?
If that were true, it really shouldn't need any drivers.

Does your USB even work? Can you plug in like a memory stick and find out?
(sorry for all those questions)

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MONODA (danyhaddad43) said : 		#6

no it just connects via bluetooth to the computer when i use windows and it works perfectly. and yes my USB drives work perfectly

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Alan (mrintegrity) said : 		#7

We have this nice document here for configuring bluetooth mice that are not autoconfigured:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=227057

Not as easy as it could be but it's the best you can do right now.

Alan

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