Setting up a bluetooth mouse on FreeBSD 6

[Sean McNeil]

On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 20:57 -0500, Eric Anderson wrote:
> Sean McNeil wrote:
> >>From previous emails, I found:
> > 
> > Eric Anderson's blog at
> > http://destari.blogspot.com/2006/01/setting-up-bluetooth-mouse-on-freebsd.html
> > 
> > I did this and my mouse works, but unfortunately the middle and right
> > mouse buttons are reversed.  This is a bluetooth mouse I got with my
> > Acer Ferrari lapop.  Movement isn't quite as smooth as a USB mouse
> > either, but it isn't that bad.
> > 
> > Another odd thing here is that bluetooth is enabled in the standard
> > build of -CURRENT, but bthidd and bthidcontrol are not.  Will these be
> > added in anytime soon?
> 
> There is a patch to bthidd (check gnats, but I've attached the one I 
> found) to fix that.  I'm not sure what Max's plans are to commit or not, 
> but it's a needed patch for sure.
> 
> I think (but I'm nobody) that bthidd and bthidcontrol should be enabled 
> on current for greater exposure, and then enabled on -STABLE.  I've been 
> using it for quite some time, and it's been very solid.

Yes, this patch fixed my problem.  Thanks.

Sean