Bluetooth mouse reports as connected but doesn't work

[jroth]

I set up Bluetooth and connected my Bluetooth wireless mouse (a MadCatz R.A.T. M) to my laptop as described on the Bluetooth wiki page, and the mouse initially works - I can pair it, set it as trusted, and move the mouse and click on things. (However, I did have to set "advertise on" in bluetoothctl to get the mouse to pair. I'm not sure if that's a relevant detail).

However, following a reboot or wake from suspend, it doesn't work anymore. I open up bluetoothctl and power on the Bluetooth module, and the mouse is reported as a paired and connected device, but moving the mouse doesn't do anything. Then, this starts happening:

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[bluetooth]# show
Controller 9C:B6:D0:8C:F2:10 (public)
        Name: hekate
        Alias: hekate
        Class: 0x000c010c
        Powered: yes
        Discoverable: no
        Pairable: yes
        UUID: Audio Source              (0000110a-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: Audio Sink                (0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: A/V Remote Control        (0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: PnP Information           (00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: A/V Remote Control Target (0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: Generic Access Profile    (00001800-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: Generic Attribute Profile (00001801-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        Modalias: usb:v1D6Bp0246d0531
        Discovering: no
[CHG] Device 00:15:9E:20:74:29 Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 00:15:9E:20:74:29 Connected: no
[CHG] Device 00:15:9E:20:74:29 Paired: yes
[CHG] Device 00:15:9E:20:74:29 Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 00:15:9E:20:74:29 Connected: no
[CHG] Device 00:15:9E:20:74:29 Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 00:15:9E:20:74:29 Connected: no
[CHG] Device 00:15:9E:20:74:29 Connected: yes
[CHG] Device 00:15:9E:20:74:29 Connected: no
[CHG] Device 00:15:9E:20:74:29 Connected: yes
[Mad Catz R.A.T.M]#

The bluetoothctl terminal fills up with the mouse apparently disconnecting and reconnecting about once every five seconds. All the while, the mouse doesn't work and the Bluetooth status LED on it is blinking as if it's trying to connect or pair.

Setting discoverable and advertise to on has no effect; the disconnecting and reconnecting continues:

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[Mad Catz R.A.T.M]# discoverable on
Changing discoverable on succeeded
[CHG] Controller 9C:B6:D0:8C:F2:10 Discoverable: yes
[CHG] Device 00:15:9E:20:74:29 Connected: no
[CHG] Device 00:15:9E:20:74:29 Connected: yes
[Mad Catz R.A.T.M]# advertise on
[CHG] Controller 9C:B6:D0:8C:F2:10 SupportedInstances: 0x04
[CHG] Controller 9C:B6:D0:8C:F2:10 ActiveInstances: 0x01
Advertising object registered
Tx Power: off
Name: off
Apperance: off
[CHG] Device 00:15:9E:20:74:29 Connected: no
[CHG] Device 00:15:9E:20:74:29 Connected: yes

Can anyone who knows more about Bluetooth tell what's going on here? Is something wrong with my mouse, or the way I configured and [/code][/url]used the Bluetooth system?

[xaviermiller]

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