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