Bluez handles the detection of USB devices. Since the cursor moves (even though it is not displayed), the detection seems to have happened fine. The actual displaying/functionality of the mouse is handled by X, in particular xserver-xorg-input-evdev.
Please collect logs for this report using "apport-collect 1246203" ** Package changed: bluez (Ubuntu) => xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to bluez in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246203 Title: Mouse point does not appear Status in “xserver-xorg-input-evdev” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: It's a weird thing: I have an Apple magic mouse connected via bluetooth to my Dell XPS 13 laptop. When gnome shell starts, the mouse pointer is is not shown on the screen... however if a move the mouse, the pointer it is still not shown but it actually moves... if fact if I keep moving the mouse towards NW (that is where the top left corner of the screen is) the gnome shell overview mode is activated. In order to make my mouse pointer visible, I have to touch the touchpad. >From that moment on, the mouse pointer will be visible. It's a minor thing but it can be annoying especially if you disable the touchpad. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: bluez 4.101-0ubuntu8b1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-29.42-generic 3.8.13.5 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Oct 30 07:53:25 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-27 (155 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) InterestingModules: bnep rfcomm btusb bluetooth MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS L322X MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-29-generic root=UUID=4a7e3b74-1859-4197-974a-f319d6af8ee6 ro reboot=efi quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: bluez UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-17 (12 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/28/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A10 dmi.board.name: 091F4Y dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 0.1 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd08/28/2013:svnDellInc.:pnXPSL322X:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn091F4Y:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1: dmi.product.name: XPS L322X dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. hciconfig: hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB BD Address: C8:F7:33:83:A7:0B ACL MTU: 310:10 SCO MTU: 64:8 UP RUNNING PSCAN RX bytes:76231 acl:3866 sco:0 events:283 errors:0 TX bytes:3411 acl:92 sco:0 commands:98 errors:0 mtime.conffile..etc.bluetooth.input.conf: 2013-07-26T11:37:53.325690 mtime.conffile..etc.bluetooth.main.conf: 2013-07-25T15:50:55.459853 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/1246203/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp