Debian testing amd64, fresh install, idiot newbie user four days old. I had everything pretty much working and configured except for my bluetooth mouse. Finally I succeeded in getting it working, although I cannot tell you how. I had installed Blueman, but it couldn't get the mouse paired either. But then suddenly I had two bluetooth icons in my Gnome panel. Using System Monitor I killed two bluetooth devices - that is, killing the first one changed nothing but killing the second one deleted one of the bluetooth icons. Afterward I was able to get a GUI dialog box that found the mouse. And this time I had a Next and a Back button. I was finally able to get the mouse working when I selected "connect" but "without pairing."
However, the mouse was not working properly. The pointer moved around, but left clicking did not work. I could select things only by right-clicking on them. After poking around for a while and not finding a solution I decided to reboot. When X and Gnome came up I got a popup asking if I wanted to grant permission to the bluetooth mouse. I said Yes, and the mouse then worked properly; that is, a left click worked as a left click. Unfortunately, the entire Gnome panel is gone. Clicking on where things are supposed to be in the panel does nothing. Windows have no title bar or icons in the corner to minimize or maximize them The keyboard works, but I cannot launch a terminal because I have forgotten the secret keyboard shortcut to launch a terminal. The only way I know how to do it is Applications > Accessories > Terminal, but there is no panel so I can't click on Appplications. I did get to a command line with Ctrl-Alt-F1, but I was unable to do anything constructive for failure to know what the window manager is called or how to restore it. I also note that, although I logged in as myself, some of my display preferences were not honored. For example, I had Gnome set not to display any icons at all on the dekstop. I wanted a dekstop utterly devoid of anything except the Gnome panel. However, now all the items contained in the Desktop folder appear on the screen. I am just about to give up and go back to Ubuntu. I had said at the outset of my foray into Debian that I would give it a week, but it has become apparent that I do not have the technical expertise to run Debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
