Using Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 on an Intel NUC NUC6i5SYK. (New thread cos previous threads on the designer mouse are for previous versions of Ubuntu/slightly different issues.) Dual booting with Win 10, where the mouse works fine.
Blueman wasn't working so I researched a little and got instructions for bluetoothctl. The results:
:~$ bluetoothctl
[NEW] Controller 00:C2:C6:CB:E5:CA matthew-desktop [default]
[NEW] Device CA:FA:3A:7B:F8:8D Designer Mouse
[NEW] Device 88:C6:26:9C:F6:D4 UE BOOM 2
[bluetooth]# agent on
Agent registered
[bluetooth]# scan on
Discovery started
[CHG] Controller 00:C2:C6:CB:E5:CA Discovering: yes
[NEW] Device 64:27:37:83:35:CD TOM-PC
[CHG] Device CA:FA:3A:7B:F8:8D Connected: yes
[Designer Mouse]# trust CA:FA:3A:7B:F8:8D
Changing CA:FA:3A:7B:F8:8D trust succeeded
[Designer Mouse]# pair CA:FA:3A:7B:F8:8D
Attempting to pair with CA:FA:3A:7B:F8:8D
[CHG] Device CA:FA:3A:7B:F8:8D Paired: yes
Pairing successful
[Designer Mouse]# connect CA:FA:3A:7B:F8:8D
Attempting to connect to CA:FA:3A:7B:F8:8D
Connection successful
[NEW] Device 5D:4D:A6:FB:F4:62 5D-4D-A6-FB-F4-62
[Designer Mouse]#
Which looks good – but moving the mouse doesn't move the cursor, and clicks aren't registered. Otherwise using a Logitech T650, which works fine.
Any ideas what the next step might be in getting this working? Thanks!
Best Answer
I too have the MS designer KB and mouse and have been struggling to get them working until I found this nugget which led me to my solution:
You can use /usr/bin/btmon to observe bluetooth traffic in a terminal" $ sudo /usr/bin/btmon
The settings in my /var/lib/bluetooth/0C:8B:FD:A3:A7:81/C9:DE:3D:0B:5D:AA/info file did not correlate to the info given above so I wondered why? Both devices work fine with a Win10 installation so it cannot be hardware.
Playing with /etc/bluetooth/main.conf I have ended up with these changes to the supplied default settings:
I believe it was the "FastConnectable" set to true that did the trick.
Restart the bluetooth daemon:
Then launch the bluetooth settings window from the panel and I was able to pair and connect first the mouse and then the keyboard.
Both of which are finally now working as I type this.
Here are the settings for the controller:
Here are the settings from the device info files:
Thanks everyone!