Can't get bluetooth mouse to work in Fedora 8

[Jim]

Jim wrote:
> Donald Reader wrote:
>> On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 09:50 -0800, Mike Iglesias wrote:
>>  
>>> I just got a Dell XPS M1330 laptop, and have set it up as a dual 
>>> boot with Vista and Fedora 8.  I have a bluetooth Dell Travel Mouse, 
>>> and it works with Vista, but I can't get it to work with Fedora.
>>>
>>> When I turn the mouse on, there's no indication that Fedora has seen 
>>> the mouse so I right clicked on the bluetooth icon in the upper 
>>> panel and then selected "Browse Device".  The display shows "Dell BT 
>>> Travel Mouse" and indicates that it's a mouse.  I select that and 
>>> then click connect.  I get this in a window:
>>>
>>>    Couldn't display "obex://[mac addr of mouse]".
>>>    Check if the service is available.
>>>
>>> The input service is running for bluetooth, so I'm not sure what 
>>> "service" needs to be available.  Is there something I should look 
>>> for to make this mouse work?
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Mike Iglesias                          Email:       iglesias at uci.edu
>>> University of California, Irvine       phone:       949-824-6926
>>> Network & Academic Computing Services  FAX:         949-824-2270
>>>
>>>     
>>
>> More than likely I am just putting my foot in my mouth
>> like usual when I try and help but you may need to
>> install openobx in order to get it to work.
>>
>> Maybe it will help
>>
>> Donald Reader
>>
>>   
> Here is howto on Bluetooth printing, this will be helpful in making 
> sure the correct modules are loading and running some test.
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/fedora-35/bluetooth-printer-success-howto-611173/