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    Setting up Bluetooth Mouse

    I've tried two different Bluetooth adapters, not having luck with either one of them. Initially, in System Settings>Bluetooth there was an error message saying no adapters were found.

    After running this command -

    Code:
    sudo apt-get remove --purge bluez bluez-tools bluetooth && sudo apt-get install bluez bluez-tools bluetooth
    From here - https://askubuntu.com/questions/7723...n-16-04-server

    I've lost the Bluetooth section is System Settings and am now just lost.

    I also get "command not found" when attempting to run hidd and bluez-simple-agent. Which may not be the right thing to run in the first place.
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    You'll probably want to reinstall "bluedevil" package to bring back the kde/plasma bluetooth parts (including the systemsettings module)...the command you ran will remove it (since it depends on the bluez package which you removed)...but doesn't install it back.

    For troubleshooting your bluetooth issue, I'd first check that your bluetooth adapter is not hardware or software blocked by running "rfkill list bluetooth"
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      Originally posted by kubicle View Post
      You'll probably want to reinstall "bluedevil" package to bring back the kde/plasma bluetooth parts (including the systemsettings module)...the command you ran will remove it (since it depends on the bluez package which you removed)...but doesn't install it back.

      For troubleshooting your bluetooth issue, I'd first check that your bluetooth adapter is not hardware or software blocked by running "rfkill list bluetooth"
      O.K., making progress. Bluedevil is re-installed, and it picked up my adapter this time. It sees the mouse I'm trying to add but the setup fails.

      Running rfkill list bluetooth returns -

      Code:
      0:  hci0:  Bluetooth
            Soft blocked:  no
            Hard blocked:  no
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        The mouse I'm trying to connect is a Microsoft Optical Desktop Elite for Bluetooth - link

        These instructions seem relevant, except that they're for Ubuntu 7 - Link

        Kubuntu doesn't have an hcid.conf file. Is input.conf what I'm looking for? What else s different?
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