Bluetooth woes (again)

[Joseph Loo]

On 10/26/2015 04:26 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sun, 2015-10-25 at 23:23 -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 11:50:40PM +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>> On Sun, 2015-10-25 at 14:05 -0600, jd1008 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 10/25/2015 01:57 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 2015-10-25 at 12:08 -0600, jd1008 wrote:
>>>>>> Had a similar problem. I changed the batteries with brand new
>>>>>> one
>>>>>> (Super Alkaline) and it worked.
>>>>> New battery made no difference.
>>>>>
>>>>> poc
>>>> Have trie re-authenticatinig the password? Usually 4 zeroes?
>>>
>>> The mouse is already paired. Furthermore, IIRC it has never asked
>>> me
>>> for a key.
>>
>> In the past when I had problems connecting to a device that "used to
>> work" I would deleted it from BT's list of known devices.
>>
>> However, recently I discovered that "deleting" and "unpairing" are
>> distinct operations.  I could not move a kbd to a different system
>> by deleting it from the first, I had to unpair the kbd before it 
>> would pair with the new system.
> 
> How do you unpair it? There is no such option in the settings dialogue
> in KDE, nor in Gnome. There is an option for removing it, which I've
> already tried.
> 
> poc
> 
Most blue tooth mouse has a button to enable connection to a blue tooth
device. Generally, you need to push the button , typically underneath
the mouse and force the mouse to start the pairing action.

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Joseph Loo
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