[Pkg-bluetooth-maintainers] Bug#779405: bluetooth: Bluetooth mouse no longer pairs

[Trey Blancher]

One thing that I need to make clear:  my Bluetooth mouse *did* pair, a
few times over the past week (since I installed Jessie).  Now,
however, it says it's paired, but won't complete the connection (and
the pairing light on the mouse never stops flashing).  Two identical
mice have the same issue, and one of these pairs just fine with my
Retina MacBook Pro issued to me for work.  I do not suspect hardware,
since this was working fine before my upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie.

Thanks,

Trey

On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 00:56:09 -0500 Trey Blancher <trey at blancher.net> wrote:
> Package: bluetooth
> Version: 5.23-2
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
>    * What led up to the situation?
>    I managed to pair my Microsoft Bluetooth Mouse 5000 in jessie, only it did
>    not seem to work when I unlocked my computer.  Repairing would work,
>    but due to me trying some power options in xscreensaver I had to
>    power off my computer.  Neither of the two 5000 mice I have on my
>    desk will pair.
>
>    In wheezy I had no issues after a time.  See
>    http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=107748 for my previous
>    troubleshooting efforts.  Sadly, none of the bluez-utils commands are
>    relevant in jessie, so my previous scripts no longer work.
>
>   I placed the mouse in pairing mode, and ran the following bluetoothctl commands:
>
> $ bluetoothctl
> [NEW] Controller 00:0A:3A:81:68:4B shevek [default]
> [NEW] Device CC:6D:A0:CC:75:44 Roku Player
> [bluetooth]# agent on
> Agent registered
> [bluetooth]# default-agent
> Default agent request successful
> [bluetooth]# scan on
> Discovery started
> [CHG] Controller 00:0A:3A:81:68:4B Discovering: yes
> [NEW] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A RSSI: -53
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A RSSI: -62
> [CHG] Device CC:6D:A0:CC:75:44 RSSI: -81
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A RSSI: -51
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A RSSI: -59
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A RSSI: -51
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A RSSI: -59
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A RSSI: -51
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A RSSI: -60
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A RSSI: -52
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A RSSI: -60
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A RSSI: -51
> [bluetooth]# pair 00:22:48:E1:92:8A
> Attempting to pair with 00:22:48:E1:92:8A
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A Connected: yes
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A Connected: no
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A Connected: yes
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A Paired: yes
> Pairing successful
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A Connected: no
> [bluetooth]# connect 00:22:48:E1:92:8A
> Attempting to connect to 00:22:48:E1:92:8A
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A Connected: yes
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A Connected: no
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A Connected: yes
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A Connected: no
> Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed
> [CHG] Device 00:22:48:E1:92:8A RSSI: -43
> [bluetooth]# info 00:22:48:E1:92:8A