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mighty mouse bluetooth not pairing

Bug #1328260 reported by Vincent Gerris
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Bug Description

Using the default GUI, I cannot pair my Apple Mighty Mouse.
The mouse is detected, but when trying to pair, nothing happens and it is impossible to connect.

It seems there should be an agent running to handle the pairing/pin stuff, I found that here:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/453655/ubuntu-14-04-bluetooth-magic-mouse-doesnt-pair-no-agent-available

It might be an issue with more devices, I did not test it.

So the fix:
In a terminal as a normal user do:
bluez-simple-agent
then use pin 0000 (worked in my case).

Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Release: 14.04

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Vincent Gerris (vgerris) wrote :

assigned to best candidate for this (imho)

affects: gparted (Ubuntu) → bluez (Ubuntu)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in bluez (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Michael Whtiis (mdwhitis) wrote :

In using the workaround from the thread above this is what I get....

 # bluez-simple-agent
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/bluez-simple-agent", line 138, in <module>
    adapter.RegisterAgent(path, capability)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 70, in __call__
    return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 145, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.bluez.Error.AlreadyExists: Already Exists

 This is my build: Linux MintyMacBookPro 3.13.0-37-generic #64-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 22 21:28:38 UTC 2014 x86_64

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Oscar Xavier (oscarxavier-ox) wrote :

I was getting this same thing with a Microsoft Designer Mouse but after running `bluez-simple-agent` and using pin 0000 the mouse pairs and the 'New Device Setup' says "Succesfully set up device 'Designer Mouse'" but it doesn't work. In the Bluetooth devices it says 'Paired Yes' but the 'switch' on Connection is set to OFF and is disabled.

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Eric Lambart (ubuntu-nomeaning) wrote :

I was also finally able to get an Apple "Magic Mouse" to work using the command line hack mentioned by the reporter, with Ubuntu 14.04. It's working on a Mac Mini, incidentally, which finally has a decent OS on it.

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Vincent Gerris (vgerris) wrote :

A decent OS would just pair with a mouse and implement the workaround or structurally fix the bug. The bug is confirmed, so it's up to someone to fix it. Complain at the mouse vendor or at the developer and pick your hardware carefully and Linux is fun and nice.

I reported this bug almost 2 years ago on an LTS release, I would have hoped for a fix by now.
Instead I have a laptop that freezes now on the new soon to be released LTS.
Had to rant a bit because I have had that a lot in the past. I don't see why a command line action is acceptable,for Linux to be great, these things should just work.

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