Bluetooth input devices

This article describes the setup of Bluetooth input devices.

Kernel
You need Bluetooth and evdev support. Also you need to activate the following kernel options:

BlueZ settings
Change the value of UserspaceHID to  in :

Configuration
To configure the input devices use the specialized desktop management tools:


 * for GNOME
 * for KDE
 * is a generic GTK+ client (i.e. for use with Openbox/i3, etc)

Some Bluetooth input devices are initially not in HID mode, but in HCI mode. This is handled by udev in. Additional devices can be added in a custom rule file which needs to be placed in. Refer to the udev article for more details.