[SOLVED] Bluetooth error message "obex"?

[bamalynn]

Okay, here's a question for all you out there that know what an "obex" is, as I do not. I know very little about Linux in general. I just got a Dell mini and tried to connect the Dell bluetooth mouse to it and I get an error message that states:

Couldn't display "obex://[00:07:61:E9:B7:73]/"
Error: host down
Please select another viewer and try again.

Is this an issue with the mouse not being compatible? They are both Dell products! I know my internal bluetooth is working, as I have transferred files from my mini to my other computer. My bluetooth does recognize the mouse and shows it as bonded, (I deleted the trust in hopes of re-initializing it and now I can't get the trust back, it already says it's been recognized.) So now what? I don't have the trust/bond for the mouse now, it won't pair up to the mouse's mac address and the mouse does work on my other computer, so I know it's not defective. Please help me try to fix this as I have tried just about everything I know how to do. I just got my email and wireless connection going finally! Whew, I didn't realize how dependant I was on Windows products! The cord has officially been cut!

Attached is a screen print of what pops up after I click on the "connect" button to try and pair my mouse to my mini.

[D-cat]

"OBEX" means Object Exchange, it's the file transfer protocol commonly used on BlueTooth devices. A mouse should not be giving you this error.

Have you checked the following link for clues?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothSetup

[jmadero]

Howto Setup Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse in Ubuntu|Ubuntu Geek

[bamalynn]

Howto Setup Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse in Ubuntu|Ubuntu Geek

This did it! Thank you! Though this command in the instructions didn't work for me:

sudo /etc/init.d/bluez-utils restart

I had to eventually skip it and luckily, it didn't matter anyway. I tried it so many different ways, with and without spaces and /, you name it. Anyway, thanks for the link! My frustration on using this super sensitive mouse pad has been alleviated for the time being! Yeah! Any thoughts on how to turn the mousepad off when an peripheral mouse is being used? I know how to do it on my Windows based machine, but not my Linux based one.

Thanks.

[jmadero]

This did it! Thank you! Though this command in the instructions didn't work for me:

sudo /etc/init.d/bluez-utils restart

I had to eventually skip it and luckily, it didn't matter anyway. I tried it so many different ways, with and without spaces and /, you name it. Anyway, thanks for the link! My frustration on using this super sensitive mouse pad has been alleviated for the time being! Yeah! Any thoughts on how to turn the mousepad off when an peripheral mouse is being used? I know how to do it on my Windows based machine, but not my Linux based one.

Thanks.

You mean the touchpad? I'm not sure if there is an auto way to do it but here are instructions to do it manually, you could make two quick buttons to do it for you

Disable Synaptics Touchpad Ubuntu Blog

[bamalynn]

This did it! Thank you! Though this command in the instructions didn't work for me:

sudo /etc/init.d/bluez-utils restart

I had to eventually skip it and luckily, it didn't matter anyway. I tried it so many different ways, with and without spaces and /, you name it. Anyway, thanks for the link! My frustration on using this super sensitive mouse pad has been alleviated for the time being! Yeah! Any thoughts on how to turn the mousepad off when an peripheral mouse is being used? I know how to do it on my Windows based machine, but not my Linux based one.

Thanks.

Okay, I spoke too soon! I turned off my computer, turned it back on, and it won't recognize my mouse now. Tried to use the find button on the mouse, and it still says it's recognized within the System>Preferences>Bluetooth settings. Now what to do need to do?

Thanks.

[jmadero]

If you follow the instructions again will it work again? Depending on your answer I'll look into it. What version of Ubuntu are you running again?

[bamalynn]

If you follow the instructions again will it work again? Depending on your answer I'll look into it. What version of Ubuntu are you running again?

Ubuntu 8.04 on a Dell Mini Inspiron

Per the full instructions below, I'm wondering if there is a misprint or something omitted. The part about auth and encrypt isn't in the mouse section. Should it be?


device KEYBOARD_ADDR {
name “Microsoft Wireless Keyboard”;
auth enable;
encrypt enable;
}

device MOUSE_ADDR {
name “Microsoft Mouse”;
}

Now you need to restart the bluetooth subsystem so that it refreshes it’s configuration file.

sudo /etc/init.d/bluez-utils restart

* Restarting Bluetooth services… [ ok ]

I have done this twice and my mouse only is recognized until I turn off my computer. Upon restart it won't work. It says it's still connected but the mouse won't operate.

Also, the following line in the instructions isn't working for me. Comes back as command not found:

sudo /etc/init.d/bluez-utils restart

[jmadero]

okay this is a bit of a lame fix but it might work for the time being until I find something better.

do this in terminal:

sudo gedit /etc/rc.local
password

then add this before the exit 0

sudo hciconfig hci0 up
sudo hciconfig hci0 reset
sudo hidd --connect <MAC_addr_mouse>

make sure to put in your mac address of the mouse in there. That should configure it every time it starts up, let me know how that works, it's a weak fix but it'll function

[bamalynn]

okay this is a bit of a lame fix but it might work for the time being until I find something better.

do this in terminal:

sudo gedit /etc/rc.local
password

then add this before the exit 0

sudo hciconfig hci0 up
sudo hciconfig hci0 reset
sudo hidd --connect <MAC_addr_mouse>

make sure to put in your mac address of the mouse in there. That should configure it every time it starts up, let me know how that works, it's a weak fix but it'll function

Wow! You rock! So far so good and I didn't have to use the "find" button on the bottom of my mouse! Will I ever need to permanently "fix" this issue or can this script just continue to run? A side note, I did a right click on the terminal icon under Accessories and clicked on "Add this launcher to desktop" and me being the "Windows" user I am, I expect it to be on the "desktop". What does Linux consider the "desktop" if it isn't where I view the wallpaper?

Thanks again for all your help in getting this fixed for this Newbie!