Bluetooth mouse

[Klaasjan Brand]

On 12/8/05, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 07 December 2005 17:48, Rick Lim wrote:
> >Anyone using a Bluetooth mouse with linux?
> >Or any other Bluetooth device?
>
> I believe the mouse I'm current using, a microsoft gizmo, is a bluetooth
> device.  Its receiver feeds a usb port and the os accepts it 100%
> transparently.
>
> Its a "Wireless Explorer 2.0" model 1007 FWTW.
>
> Works great, needs fresh batteries here at about 4-6 month intervals, so
> it won't break the bank for batteries either.


If it works transparantly and batteries last >4 months it almost certainly
isn't a bluetooth mouse. The bluetooth receivers need the bluetooth service
running and need to be paired with the mouse. Afaik, Fedora doesn't support
this out of the box, but it's possible to set up.

Klaasjan
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