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codelitt

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Registered: 2013-08-06

Posts: 2

Bluetoothctl utility will not pair with Apple Magic Mouse

I'm having an incredible amount of difficulty pairing to an Apple Magic Mouse. I'm running Arch on a Macbook Pro.

It will pair and then unpair almost immediately. Then I will try to pair again and it gives me authentication errors.

[bluetooth]# trust 28:CF:DA:BE:C6:D4
Changing 28:CF:DA:BE:C6:D4 trust succeeded
[CHG] Device 28:CF:DA:BE:C6:D4 Trusted: yes
[bluetooth]# pair 28:CF:DA:BE:C6:D4
Attempting to pair with 28:CF:DA:BE:C6:D4
[CHG] Device 28:CF:DA:BE:C6:D4 Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 28:CF:DA:BE:C6:D4 Modalias: usb:v05ACp030Dd0306
Pairing successful
[CHG] Device 28:CF:DA:BE:C6:D4 Modalias: usb:v05ACp030Dd0306
[CHG] Device 28:CF:DA:BE:C6:D4 UUIDs has unsupported type
[CHG] Device 28:CF:DA:BE:C6:D4 Paired: yes
[bluetooth]# 0000
Invalid command
[CHG] Device 28:CF:DA:BE:C6:D4 Paired: no
[CHG] Device 28:CF:DA:BE:C6:D4 Connected: no
[bluetooth]# pair 28:CF:DA:BE:C6:D4
Attempting to pair with 28:CF:DA:BE:C6:D4
Failed to pair: org.bluez.Error.AuthenticationRejected 

WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 8,414

Re: Bluetoothctl utility will not pair with Apple Magic Mouse

I had similar issues with a non-magic apple mouse (I think it was just mighty not magic ).  So I eventually broke down and used a graphical helper with bluez4. 

There should be no reason for you to be using bluez (5) quite yet.  The porting process is not yet complete, as bluez4 stuff is incompatible with bluez5.  So the bluez (5) package is provided simply because it is going to be the new way, and potential developers and other early adopters/tinkerers can install it to play with.  For now though regular users should use bluez4 until that porting process is over.

I remember having some kind of an issue with the Apple stuff wanting a pairing key (or password or whatever it calls it).  Of course, it is impossible to set a passkey on a device with no numerical pad.  So I remember it being either 0000 or 1234 or something super simple and seemingly obvious once I figured it out.

codelitt

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Registered: 2013-08-06

Posts: 2

Re: Bluetoothctl utility will not pair with Apple Magic Mouse

Thanks for the input. I rolled back to bluez4, but am still having problems using the hidd --search/--connect tool.

hidd --connect 28:CF:DA:BE:C6:D4 0000
Can't create HID control channel: Connection refused

I am running AwesomeWM. What graphical helper do you recommend? I tried blueman but got no joy out of it. It was producing even more errors.

WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 8,414

Re: Bluetoothctl utility will not pair with Apple Magic Mouse

Have you checked this out? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth#Pairing