Ok I can't take the credit for this, I found out how to get my mx5000 working via bluetooth from bug reports. I thought I would share with you all.
Got all the info from here thanks to kryilian and amedee
Ok so first thing you should notice when you have a Logitech bluetooth device is at login (gdm) that more or less it does not work. However unplugging and replugging in the adapter puts the device in USB emulation mode but you can not use bluetooth to transfer files for example or use other blue tooth devices with in this mode.
So after going through bluetooth bug reports I finally got my MX5000 working in feisty.
What you need:
you need either a spare keyboard and mouse or need to know your keyboard and mouses mac address. For those of use who dual boot Vista and Ubuntu you can get your devices mac address (if you are using the set over bluetooth of course)
For those who are using a spare keyboard and mouse, or do not use vista you can skip this part. Now you are in vista if you are using the set over bluetooth you should see the bluetooth logo in your systray, when you double click it, you should get a window, displaying all the bluetooth devices connected. In the device properties you should see the devices MAC addresses, now write them down, in fact if you want write down any other devices mac address you intend to use like your wii mote ;p.
now write them down.
Ok if you want to do this the spare keyboard and mouse way, what you do is obviously plug the spare keyboard and mouse in, and the bluetooth mouse and keyboard. Once you get to gdm you obviously have to use the spare keyboard. What you need to do is first set your device in discoverable mode, ie with a phone do it through the settings, or press the connect button on your logitech keyboard or mouse. Now enter hcitool scan in terminal, this should find your device and output the its mac address. I had it once not able to find the device, so I just re-entered the command in terminal, and it found my keyboard and mouse. So just be warned you may need to do it a couple of times.
Now you have your devices mac addresses you now just need to do the following.....
Those who do not have the spare keyboard and mouse, unplug the usb adapter and plug it back in to get the set in the usb emulation mode, log in and then open up terminal.
Those using the spare keyboard and mouse might notice the bluetooth logo in the gnome notification area. Now open terminal and enter;
and I get an output like this;
Code:
hci0 00:07:61:40:CC:77
now what you can do is this, I found that the automatic startup wont connect unless you manually connect at least once. So to do this put the keyboard and mouse in discoverable mode (little red buttons on the bottom of the keyboard and mouse)
in terminal enter this;
this will connect any discoverable bluetooth devices, like your wiimote if you put it in discovery mode as well. Once they are connected continue to make your keyboard and mouse connect automatically.
this basically to my understanding is the bluetooth adapters id and mac address. Not what you want to do is open up /etc/default/bluetooth so;
Code:
gksudo gedit /etc/default/bluetooth
or
Code:
sudo nano /etc/default/bluetooth
now look for a section that looks like this
Code:
############ HIDD
#
# To have Bluetooth mouse and keyboard support, get the
# Linux 2.6.6 patch or better from bluez.org, and set
# HIDD_ENABLED to 1.
HIDD_ENABLED=0
HIDD_OPTIONS="--master --server"
# to make hidd always use a particular interface, use something
# like this, substituting the bdaddr of the interface:
# HIDD_OPTIONS="-i AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF --server"
#
# remove '--master' if you're having trouble working with Ericsson
# T630 phones with hidd operational at the same time.
So now what you need to do is change the HIDD_ENABLED and HIDD_OPTIONS
you need to change the HIDD_ENABLED to HIDD_ENABLED=1, now this is where it gets a little tricky...this is the HIDD_OPTIONS line that worked for me.....but others have used different lines to get this to work;
my settings, that got my mx5000 to work;
Code:
HIDD_ENABLED=1
HIDD_OPTIONS="-i hci0 --connect 00:07:61:32:70:6F --connect 00:07:61:33:CF:33 --master --server"
however these HIDD_OPTIONS have worked, according to others in the bug report;
[code]
HIDD_OPTIONS="--master --connect 00:07:61:34
xx--connect 00:07:61:37xx --server"
HIDD_OPTIONS="--connect 00:07:61:07:XX:XX --connect 00:07:61:06:YY:YY --connect 00:07:61:06:ZZ:ZZ --master --server"
[code]
bascially if you get a similar output as me when doing hcitool dev try my line, do not forget use your devices mac address to connect.
OK ..... there is one more change I made, I have no Idea if this change made a difference or not but open up /etc/init.d/bluetooth, however you wish to do; now look for this section;
Code:
restart|force-reload)
log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC"
stop_hid || true
stop_pan || true
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec $HCID || true
sleep 1
if test "$BLUETOOTH_ENABLED" == "0"; then
log_progress_msg "disabled. see /etc/default/bluetooth"
log_end_msg 0
exit 0
fi
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $HCID -- $HCID_OPTIONS || true
log_progress_msg "$HCID_NAME"
start_pan || true
start_hid || true
restart_rfcomm
log_end_msg 0
;;
*)
I added the line enable_hci_input || true after the start_hid || true line err, like this;
Code:
restart|force-reload)
log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC"
stop_hid || true
stop_pan || true
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec $HCID || true
sleep 1
if test "$BLUETOOTH_ENABLED" == "0"; then
log_progress_msg "disabled. see /etc/default/bluetooth"
log_end_msg 0
exit 0
fi
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $HCID -- $HCID_OPTIONS || true
log_progress_msg "$HCID_NAME"
start_pan || true
start_hid || true
enable_hci_input || true
restart_rfcomm
log_end_msg 0
;;
*)
now you can restart bluetooth via
Code:
sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart
hopefully this will get your mouse and keyboard working. Ok so now you should have a working bluetooth keyboard and mouse.
Ok I haven't found a way to get my mx1000 working properly and the same for the keyboard, but you if open up keyboard preferences, the hit the layout tab, and then pick the Logtiech itouch cordless keyboard (model Y-RB6) as the model, you can use the regular Logitech itough cordless keyboard, which properly detects the volume touch sliders raise volume as XF86VolumeRaise, but for some reason does not work when trying to raise the volume, however, if you use the other model I suggest it detects the raise slider as XF86Launch1, but at least you can raise and lower your volume. Also the FMode keys do work however but the word, excel and powerpoint do not work and neither do the smart keys... :\ and also none of the top shortcut keys except for the email button, which works.
Ok now I can use my keyboard and mouse in grub, (once it did complain about wanting a passkey) I just entered something random and then was able to freely do what I wished in grub.
The only other thing is that, when I restart from windows, I loose the keyboards bluetooth connection.
Also if you want to send and receive files via blue tooth its easy, first install gnome-bluetooth
Code:
sudo apt-get install gnome-bluetooth
then run gnome obex server, send as you would from the other device to recieve and to send files from your computer just right click pick send to and in the send as field pick bluetooth
*** ALSO NOTE *** I found that updating the dongles firmware makes the keyboard behave strangely, media keys and some keypad buttons do not work, that is available on the logitech website.
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I'll give it a try and report back...
My mouse pointer is faster and smoother than before 
Re: HOW TO: Logitech MX5000 via (bluetooth)
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