Bluetooth woes (again)

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Mon, 2015-10-26 at 05:12 -0700, Joseph Loo wrote:
> 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.

I've done that more times than I can count. Makes no difference.
Likewise turning the mouse off and on again, replacing the battery etc.

BTW the dongle *does* pair with my BT headphones. Go figure.

poc