Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 in Ubuntu Linux
Microsoft’s most portable wireless notebook mouse connects directly to a Bluetooth® PC without a transceiver, freeing up USB ports for other devices.
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/productdetails.aspx?pid=099
To make this mouse work in Ubuntu Linux, you need to do very simple things:
1. Find the MAC (hardware) address of your mouse
hcitool scan
It is several hexadecimal characters with dashes. Copy the whole number.
2. Add this device to the Bluetooth configuration file
sudo gedit /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
Add this at the end of the file
device 00:12:5A:57:B8:4A {
name "Microsoft Bluetooth Mouse 5000"
}
Substitute 00:12:5A:57:B8:4A with the MAC address that you found in Step 1
3. Restart Bluetooth subsystem
sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart
4. Switch on the mouse and press a special discovery button at the bottom of the mouse (it is opposite the power button). The Bluetooth indicator will flash green and red
Now let’s pair the computer and the mouse
sudo hidd --search
5. To make the computer remember this pairing at startup, I changed the value of HIDD_ENABLED from 0 to 1
sudo gedit /etc/default/bluetooth
I am sorry it is not as simple as in Windows, but it is in fact very simple. Besides, you do not have to install Bluetooth drivers.
This Bluetooth mouse works in Ubuntu Linux seamlessly and is a joy to use.