MS Wireless Optical Desktop for Bluetooth
MS Wireless Optical Desktop for Bluetooth
- Subject: MS Wireless Optical Desktop for Bluetooth
- From: Paul Jara <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 16:25:30 -0700
I just picked up the MS Wireless Optical Desktop for Bluetooth. This
consists of a bluetooth keyboard, mouse and USB transceiver. I'm using
it with a dual-USB iBook 700. Basic keyboard and mouse functionality
work well in OS X. However, OS X is unable to turn off the bluetooth
adapter via the bluetooth menu. Also, if I unplug the bluetooth adapter
and re-plug it, the keyboard and mouse will fail to work. Doing a
'killall -HUP blued' will get things going again. However, the computer
will freeze up when I try to put it to sleep after this process. It
does not matter whether the adapter was previously unplugged and in the
USB socket, or whether it is absent at the time of putting the iBook to
sleep - the computer will freeze up. Does anyone on this list have any
idea how to resolve this matter? I suspect that once OS X is able to
power-off the adapter via the bluetooth menu, this issue will be
resolved or at least have a workaround. Are there any plans to
officially support this combination? If I can get the hardware running
reliably, I was seriously considering putting out free software to give
Mac users access to the extra keys on the keyboard and extra mouse
buttons. Currently, the IntelliType and IntelliPoint software from
Microsoft do not work with this hardware.
Thanks in advance,
-Paul
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