I have Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) running on my Dell
XPS-M1330 laptop. Bluetooth seems to be installed
because the Bluetooth icon displays at the upper right
border. I also have a Dell Bluetooth Travel Mouse
that works fine under Vista, but Dell supplies no Linux
driver for that mouse. Is there some other brand or
generic form of driver that I could download for it?

*TimDaniels*

Timothy Daniels illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> I have Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) running on my Dell
> XPS-M1330 laptop. Bluetooth seems to be installed
> because the Bluetooth icon displays at the upper right
> border. I also have a Dell Bluetooth Travel Mouse
> that works fine under Vista, but Dell supplies no Linux
> driver for that mouse. Is there some other brand or
> generic form of driver that I could download for it?

Have you tried connecting to it via the icon?

Right click and select "Browse Device"

To clear out the "noise" select "mouse" from the drop down type.

If it doesn't show, you may well be out of luck, but bluetooth is a
"standard". Anything that doesn't work with it is likely to be
none-standard anyway.

HTH

--
"I got a letter from the IRS. Apparently I owe them $800. So I sent
them a letter back. I said, "If you'll remember, I fastened my return
with a paper clip, which according to your very own latest government
pentagon spending figures will more than make up for the difference." ~
Emo Philips

"Moog" replied:
> Timothy Daniels illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>> I have Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) running on my Dell
>> XPS-M1330 laptop. Bluetooth seems to be installed
>> because the Bluetooth icon displays at the upper right
>> border. I also have a Dell Bluetooth Travel Mouse
>> that works fine under Vista, but Dell supplies no Linux
>> driver for that mouse. Is there some other brand or
>> generic form of driver that I could download for it?
>
> Have you tried connecting to it via the icon?
>
> Right click and select "Browse Device"
>
> To clear out the "noise" select "mouse" from the drop down type.
>
> If it doesn't show, you may well be out of luck, but bluetooth is a
> "standard". Anything that doesn't work with it is likely to be
> none-standard anyway.
>
> HTH

I checked that the Wireless Switch was in the "1" position, then
I turned on the Travel Mouse and pressed its transmit button and
it flashed its blue LED, and then I rt-clicked the Bluetooth icon and
selected Browse Device. "Dell BT Travel Mouse" was the only
menu entry - which I selected - and then I clicked Connect.
An error box popped up with the error msessage:

"'obex://[00:07:61:b8:36;e3]' is not a valid location
Please check the spelling and try again."

Any idea what this means?

*TimDaniels*

"Timothy Daniels" wrote
> "Moog" replied:
>> Timothy Daniels illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>>> I have Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) running on my Dell
>>> XPS-M1330 laptop. Bluetooth seems to be installed
>>> because the Bluetooth icon displays at the upper right
>>> border. I also have a Dell Bluetooth Travel Mouse
>>> that works fine under Vista, but Dell supplies no Linux
>>> driver for that mouse. Is there some other brand or
>>> generic form of driver that I could download for it?
>>
>> Have you tried connecting to it via the icon?
>>
>> Right click and select "Browse Device"
>>
>> To clear out the "noise" select "mouse" from the drop down type.
>>
>> If it doesn't show, you may well be out of luck, but bluetooth is a
>> "standard". Anything that doesn't work with it is likely to be
>> none-standard anyway.
>>
>> HTH
>
> I checked that the Wireless Switch was in the "1" position, then
> I turned on the Travel Mouse and pressed its transmit button and
> it flashed its blue LED, and then I rt-clicked the Bluetooth icon and
> selected Browse Device. "Dell BT Travel Mouse" was the only
> menu entry - which I selected - and then I clicked Connect.
> An error box popped up with the error msessage:
>
> "'obex://[00:07:61:b8:36;e3]' is not a valid location
> Please check the spelling and try again."
>
> Any idea what this means?
>
> *TimDaniels*


I've had some success (with the help of 2 guys in the Ubuntu Forums).
Rt-clicking on the Bluetooth icon brings up a drop-down menu. Selecting
Preferences | Services | un-checking, checking "Input service" brings up
the Add window. With the BT Travel Mouse set to broadcast, the entry
for the mouse should appear in the window - select it and click the "+ Add"
button. Then rt-click the Bluetooth icon again, and select "Browse Devices".
Select the BT Travel Mouse entry and then click Connect.

For me, that got the pointer and the left- and right-click buttons working.
Still dysfunctional are the Forward/Back buttons and the Left/Right wobble
of the spin wheel. Any ideas for those?

*TimDaniels*

Timothy Daniels illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> "Timothy Daniels" wrote
>> "Moog" replied:
>>> Timothy Daniels illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>>>> I have Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) running on my Dell
>>>> XPS-M1330 laptop. Bluetooth seems to be installed
>>>> because the Bluetooth icon displays at the upper right
>>>> border. I also have a Dell Bluetooth Travel Mouse
>>>> that works fine under Vista, but Dell supplies no Linux
>>>> driver for that mouse. Is there some other brand or
>>>> generic form of driver that I could download for it?
>>>
>>> Have you tried connecting to it via the icon?
>>>
>>> Right click and select "Browse Device"
>>>
>>> To clear out the "noise" select "mouse" from the drop down type.
>>>
>>> If it doesn't show, you may well be out of luck, but bluetooth is a
>>> "standard". Anything that doesn't work with it is likely to be
>>> none-standard anyway.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>
>> I checked that the Wireless Switch was in the "1" position, then
>> I turned on the Travel Mouse and pressed its transmit button and
>> it flashed its blue LED, and then I rt-clicked the Bluetooth icon and
>> selected Browse Device. "Dell BT Travel Mouse" was the only
>> menu entry - which I selected - and then I clicked Connect.
>> An error box popped up with the error msessage:
>>
>> "'obex://[00:07:61:b8:36;e3]' is not a valid location
>> Please check the spelling and try again."
>>
>> Any idea what this means?
>>
>> *TimDaniels*
>
>
> I've had some success (with the help of 2 guys in the Ubuntu Forums).
> Rt-clicking on the Bluetooth icon brings up a drop-down menu. Selecting
> Preferences | Services | un-checking, checking "Input service" brings up
> the Add window. With the BT Travel Mouse set to broadcast, the entry
> for the mouse should appear in the window - select it and click the "+ Add"
> button. Then rt-click the Bluetooth icon again, and select "Browse Devices".
> Select the BT Travel Mouse entry and then click Connect.
>
> For me, that got the pointer and the left- and right-click buttons working.
> Still dysfunctional are the Forward/Back buttons and the Left/Right wobble
> of the spin wheel. Any ideas for those?

Hi Tim.

I don't use a bluetooth mouse here, nor have any access to one.
The following webpage may give you a few pointers.

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-setu...in-ubuntu.html

Good luck.

--
"I was with this girl the other night and from the way she was
responding to my skillful caresses, you would have sworn that she was
conscious from the top of her head to the tag on her toes." ~ Emo
Philips

"Moog" wrote:
> Timothy Daniels illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>> "Timothy Daniels" wrote
>>> "Moog" replied:
>>>> Timothy Daniels illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>>>>> I have Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) running on my Dell
>>>>> XPS-M1330 laptop. Bluetooth seems to be installed
>>>>> because the Bluetooth icon displays at the upper right
>>>>> border. I also have a Dell Bluetooth Travel Mouse
>>>>> that works fine under Vista, but Dell supplies no Linux
>>>>> driver for that mouse. Is there some other brand or
>>>>> generic form of driver that I could download for it?
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried connecting to it via the icon?
>>>>
>>>> Right click and select "Browse Device"
>>>>
>>>> To clear out the "noise" select "mouse" from the drop down type.
>>>>
>>>> If it doesn't show, you may well be out of luck, but bluetooth is a
>>>> "standard". Anything that doesn't work with it is likely to be
>>>> none-standard anyway.
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>
>>> I checked that the Wireless Switch was in the "1" position, then
>>> I turned on the Travel Mouse and pressed its transmit button and
>>> it flashed its blue LED, and then I rt-clicked the Bluetooth icon and
>>> selected Browse Device. "Dell BT Travel Mouse" was the only
>>> menu entry - which I selected - and then I clicked Connect.
>>> An error box popped up with the error msessage:
>>>
>>> "'obex://[00:07:61:b8:36;e3]' is not a valid location
>>> Please check the spelling and try again."
>>>
>>> Any idea what this means?
>>>
>>> *TimDaniels*
>>
>>
>> I've had some success (with the help of 2 guys in the Ubuntu Forums).
>> Rt-clicking on the Bluetooth icon brings up a drop-down menu. Selecting
>> Preferences | Services | un-checking, checking "Input service" brings up
>> the Add window. With the BT Travel Mouse set to broadcast, the entry
>> for the mouse should appear in the window - select it and click the "+ Add"
>> button. Then rt-click the Bluetooth icon again, and select "Browse Devices".
>> Select the BT Travel Mouse entry and then click Connect.
>>
>> For me, that got the pointer and the left- and right-click buttons
>> working.
>> Still dysfunctional are the Forward/Back buttons and the Left/Right wobble
>> of the spin wheel. Any ideas for those?
>
> Hi Tim.
>
> I don't use a bluetooth mouse here, nor have any access to one.
> The following webpage may give you a few pointers.
>
> http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-setu...in-ubuntu.html
>
> Good luck.


Thanks for the link. I did what it said (as it applied to a mouse), and
although it didn't cause any harm, it didn't enable the Fore/Back or the
Left/Right Scroll Wheel Tilt. My Dell BT Travel Mouse has the most
functions of any BT mouse that I've seen advertized, so it's not surprising
that generic Linux mouse drivers don't cover all the functions.

*TimDaniels*

Timothy Daniels illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> Thanks for the link. I did what it said (as it applied to a mouse), and
> although it didn't cause any harm, it didn't enable the Fore/Back or the
> Left/Right Scroll Wheel Tilt. My Dell BT Travel Mouse has the most
> functions of any BT mouse that I've seen advertized, so it's not surprising
> that generic Linux mouse drivers don't cover all the functions.
>
> *TimDaniels*

Tim.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

It looks like the BT mouse was desgined purely for that other OS.

You may wish to conact the manufacturer to see if they can supply a
decent open source driver.

--
"I got a letter from the IRS. Apparently I owe them $800. So I sent
them a letter back. I said, "If you'll remember, I fastened my return
with a paper clip, which according to your very own latest government
pentagon spending figures will more than make up for the difference." ~
Emo Philips

"Moog" wrote:
> Timothy Daniels illuminated:
>> Thanks for the link. I did what it said (as it applied to a mouse), and
>> although it didn't cause any harm, it didn't enable the Fore/Back or the
>> Left/Right Scroll Wheel Tilt. My Dell BT Travel Mouse has the most
>> functions of any BT mouse that I've seen advertized, so it's not surprising
>> that generic Linux mouse drivers don't cover all the functions.
>>
>> *TimDaniels*
>
> Tim.
>
> Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
>
> It looks like the BT mouse was desgined purely for that other OS.
>
> You may wish to conact the manufacturer to see if they can supply a
> decent open source driver.

I wish I knew who the manufacturer was. The only company name
that I can find on the mouse and in the User Guide is "Dell", and the
User Guide was printed in China. And interestingly, using the Linux
version of Firefox or Opera, I can't find any websites which have a
horizontal slider control, so the "tilt" of the spin wheel so far would be
useless. "Fore/Back" buttons would be handy, though.

*TimDaniels*

Timothy Daniels illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> "Moog" wrote:
>> Timothy Daniels illuminated:
>>> Thanks for the link. I did what it said (as it applied to a mouse), and
>>> although it didn't cause any harm, it didn't enable the Fore/Back or the
>>> Left/Right Scroll Wheel Tilt. My Dell BT Travel Mouse has the most
>>> functions of any BT mouse that I've seen advertized, so it's not surprising
>>> that generic Linux mouse drivers don't cover all the functions.
>>>
>>> *TimDaniels*
>>
>> Tim.
>>
>> Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
>>
>> It looks like the BT mouse was desgined purely for that other OS.
>>
>> You may wish to conact the manufacturer to see if they can supply a
>> decent open source driver.
>
> I wish I knew who the manufacturer was. The only company name
> that I can find on the mouse and in the User Guide is "Dell", and the
> User Guide was printed in China. And interestingly, using the Linux
> version of Firefox or Opera, I can't find any websites which have a
> horizontal slider control, so the "tilt" of the spin wheel so far would be
> useless. "Fore/Back" buttons would be handy, though.

There must be a way Tim,

The buttons must send a signal back somehow. All it takes is to
interpret those signals and act on them.

The normal way to do this would be via xorg.conf. However, your mouse
is obviously being controlled through the bluetooth driver.

Can you post the mouse section of xorg.conf?

It's a long shot, but we may be able to get you "rocking" (excuse the
pun).

--
On another night, they'd have won 2-2. ~ Ron Atkinson

Moog wrote:
> Timothy Daniels illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>
>> "Moog" wrote:
>>
>>> Timothy Daniels illuminated:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for the link. I did what it said (as it applied to a mouse), and
>>>> although it didn't cause any harm, it didn't enable the Fore/Back or the
>>>> Left/Right Scroll Wheel Tilt. My Dell BT Travel Mouse has the most
>>>> functions of any BT mouse that I've seen advertized, so it's not surprising
>>>> that generic Linux mouse drivers don't cover all the functions.
>>>>
>>>> *TimDaniels*
>>>>
>>> Tim.
>>>
>>> Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
>>>
>>> It looks like the BT mouse was desgined purely for that other OS.
>>>
>>> You may wish to conact the manufacturer to see if they can supply a
>>> decent open source driver.
>>>
>> I wish I knew who the manufacturer was. The only company name
>> that I can find on the mouse and in the User Guide is "Dell", and the
>> User Guide was printed in China. And interestingly, using the Linux
>> version of Firefox or Opera, I can't find any websites which have a
>> horizontal slider control, so the "tilt" of the spin wheel so far would be
>> useless. "Fore/Back" buttons would be handy, though.
>>
>
> There must be a way Tim,
>
> The buttons must send a signal back somehow. All it takes is to
> interpret those signals and act on them.
>
> The normal way to do this would be via xorg.conf. However, your mouse
> is obviously being controlled through the bluetooth driver.
>
> Can you post the mouse section of xorg.conf?
>
> It's a long shot, but we may be able to get you "rocking" (excuse the
> pun).


He can examine the mouse button events with the xev command. It shows
all actions of the mouse when the pointer is inside the window it opens.


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