autoconnect bluetooth mouse?

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sat, 2015-03-14 at 17:45 -0600, jd1008 wrote:
> 
> On 03/14/2015 05:40 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Sat, 2015-03-14 at 13:39 -0400, Neal Becker wrote:
> >> Just got a logitech bt m557 mouse.  Using it on F21 (kde).
> >>
> >> One annoyance, it does not automatically connect when the machine wakes.  To
> >> connect, I have to go to the bluetooth icon on my panel (without a mouse)
> >> and select the mouse, and click 'connect'.  Any ideas?
> > I have a similar situation. The mouse used to autoconnect under F20, and
> > under F21 when I used KDM, but I switched to SDDM and Plasma 5 and now
> > it occasionally works but mostly doesn't. This is annoying as I need to
> > keep another mouse on hand to be able to click on the Bluetooth icon and
> > enable the BT mouse. Which is ridiculous.
> >
> > I've reported this and other issues with Plasma 5 to BZ several weeks
> > ago and had no feedback whatsoever. See
> > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343875
> >
> > poc
> >
> Just chiming in that I have had nothing but trouble using BT mice
> on every version of linux I used - specifically problems with
> how long it took to pair, and once the BT went to sleep, or the mouse
> went to sleep, BT never woke up.
> I am wondering why windows does a better job at it??

In fact my experience has been mostly positive, apart from the problem
already mentioned. I've used several Logitech mice plus my current one
(made by Sondstrom). I do have a current issue with sleeping (see
parallel thread) but the mouse has never failed to wake up.

As to why Windows does it better (assuming it actually does): almost
certainly because it has manufacturer-supplied drivers for each model.

poc