adding bluetooth mouse to ubuntu

As of ubuntu 8.04, the gnome bluetooth utility does not work by itself to enable a bluetooth mouse.

Here are the steps I had to go through to get my razer pro|click mobile working with my eee pc running eee ubuntu 8.04:
push the button on the bottom of the mouse

sudo hidd –search
Copy the mac address
sudo nano /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf

add this at the bottom, replacing MOUSE_ADDR with device mac address:

device MOUSE_ADDR {
name “Bluetooth Mouse”;
}

save and exit file

/etc/init.d/bluetooth restart

sudo hidd –search

spokenword.org – excellent RSS tool

SpokenWord.org is a website which takes shared web content into a new paradigm. It allows you to make a custom rss feed that is a conglomeration of feeds, which can be based on your own feeds, published feeds, or others’ spokenword custom feeds. I see it making podcasting truly useful for me.

The whole thing is really a database that links content from many places, runs it through filters, and spits out just what you want. It is amazing.

Dell Precision 4300 Suspend resolved with Ubuntu 8.04

I’ve had hibernate working from day one, but suspend never quite worked properly. With a few tweaks that I found on this page, I have it suspending on shutting the lid and resuming on open. It takes a little longer than I’d prefer to resume, but it is fine.