[Bluez-users] Automatically accepting pairing from a mouse?

[Joe Emenaker <joe@emenaker.com>]

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Please forgive the newbie question... I'm still a little new to how 
bluetooth devices interact.

I've got bluez-utils running on my debian laptop and I can use it to 
find my bluetooth mouse.
I can run "hcitool scan" and, provided that I've clicked the little 
"pairing" button on my mouse, the scan finds it.
Then, I can run "hidd --connect aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff" (not the actual hw 
address I use) and it connects!

However, I'd like to avoid having to open a konsole window and do this 
pairing every time I boot my laptop. Furthermore, the mouse I have likes 
to go to sleep after about 5-10 minutes of inactivity... at which point 
it requires pairing again.

It would be nice if I could just click the pairing button on my mouse 
and have the rest happen automatically.

In an attempt to do this, I've changed my "HIDD_OPTIONS=--master 
--server" to "HIDD_OPTIONS=-i aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff --server", but this 
doesn't seem to have done anything.

So now, I'm kinda stuck. I guess I'm looking for a bluetooth equivalent 
to "waproamd" for WiFi, where it periodically scans for available 
devices and connects to them if it has a configuration for it.

Is there anything in bluez-utils that does auto-scan-and-connect like that?

If not, what's the alternative? Do I have to find a mouse that can 
scan-and-connect from *it's* end?

Lastly, does anyone have any suggestions for a better mouse? My current 
one is pretty nifty, though. It has an on/off switch so that I can save 
batteries when the laptop is packed away. And it's a mini-style. But the 
timeout-sleep thing is just killing me....

- Joe

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