Hi everyone,

I run a Surface Go 1 with Fedora Workstation on it and with the Surface Kernel installed in order to improve bluetooth.

Sadly, lately, it ain’t improving anything and my Surface Go just seems to have lost its bluetooth connectivity as it only manages to connect to my Sony portable speaker.

My work iPhone and my Microsoft Modern Mobile Mouse aren’t detected/can’t detect my Surface Go, but I can still send files through LocalSend (I guess it’s not using bluetooth).

As I’m getting tired of these problems, if I don’t find a quick solution, I’m looking at getting a wired mouse or a bluetooth dongle.

Since I already have my bluetooth mouse, a dongle would be practical but I’d want to be sure that I won’t run into bluetooth problems with it anymore.

I don’t know if it changes everything, but my Surface Go is almost always linked to an USB-C screen from Philips that I’m using as an USB hub. So the dongle would be on it and I’d use the trackpad when I’m not in front of that screen.

Thanks in advance for your help.

  • flubba86@lemmy.world
    14·
    10 days ago

    Nobody yet has mentioned the obvious solution. Get a wireless mouse that doesn’t use bluetooth. There’s lots of different varieties, but my favourite is the Logitech G603.

    • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.worksOP
      3·
      22 days ago

      I guess I’ll go with a second hand wired mouse but I don’t like that I’m giving up on bluetooth on Linux. It feels like something which should be a given.

      The same Microsoft Mobile Mouse works perfectly with my MacBook Pro 2012 with Fedora on it…

  • nfms@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    22 days ago

    I’ve been using the Asus BT400 without any issues in different distros. But I’d always recommend a cable mouse if you have a stationary setup

  • Landless2029@lemmy.world
    1·
    22 days ago

    Wired is king.

    If I gotta do wireless I get one with a RF dongle/base.

    Astro A50 Wireless. Needs a dongle but it’s waaaay more stable than any bluetooth headset. Both on range and audio quality.

  • snekerpimp@lemmy.world
    22·
    22 days ago

    I gave up on Bluetooth and Linux, made sure the wireless peripherals I wanted had 2.4ghz dongles. Been using Logitech 2.4ghz lightspeed for a while. Dongle is plugged into a hub mounted under the desk. Use piper to get all my Logitech mouse features. No complaints.

  • Eugenia@lemmy.mlEnglish
    45·
    22 days ago

    I never understood those who buy on the hype of wireless-everything (that includes my own brother). Wireless is, and always will be flaky, even under a great OS implementation. Implementation is lacking on your kernel/distro, but even if it was done perfectly, you would still get the occasional problems, because, physics. This is is not seen as clearly with wifi or bt, but try to connect to a wireless monitor instead. There, you will see the problems 100x fold. It’s flaky. So it’s best to always be wired. Ethernet, usb etc.

    • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.worksOP
      3·
      22 days ago

      Well I clearly know that wired is way more reliable and efficient for a lot of things. I’d never charge my phone without a wire for instance.

      Still I’m happy to have wifi at home or wireless controllers for my Playstation 5.

      Depending on how your home is set up, it can be awful to have cables everywhere.

    • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      22 days ago

      Wireless devices let me use 2 different tables and an armchair+TV. That would simply not be an option otherwise.

      The benefits of going wireless vastly outweigh an occasional connection annoyance to me. And worst case I can still plug them in.