Microsoft surface ergonomic keyboard driver error

#Microsoft surface ergonomic keyboard driver error update#

I'm pretty sure this solution would have worked on 18.04. Good luck! While I found this problem really frustrating, it makes typing on my keyboard a lot more satisfying! This may or may not help you out, but it should at least help you narrow down the problem in your case. Restart the bluetooth service, and you'll find debug info in syslog. Find this line:ДЄnd configure it to log debug info by appending -d:Д®xecStart=/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd -d To do this, modify the following file: /lib/systemd/system/rvice. If that doesn't help you, then you may want to start the bluetooth daemon in debug mode and look at the logs, to see if it helps you out.

#Microsoft surface ergonomic keyboard driver error update#

If you see any errors indicating that firmware was not loading, then you should determine the manufacturer of your bluetooth chip, and from there figure out how update it to the latest version. From a terminal typeДmesg | grep -i blue. Once I updated the firmware, bluetoothctl prompted me with a pin code, when entered on my keyboard paired successfully.Дetermine if the firmware is loading correctly. Select HID Keyboard device and click finish. Click on Let me pick from a list of device drivers. Click on browse my computer for driver software. When I built my super fast workstation computer in October, I got it a clean new keyboard that matched the rest of my arsenal of electronic products adorned with the logo of Redmond, WashingtonвЂ™s finest company.

The cause of the problem in my case was that the Bluetooth firmware on my machine was not up to date. Double tap one, click on driver tab, click on update driver.

I just went through this rigmarole, and I'm happy to say that I'm typing this answer on my Surface Ergonomic Keyboard (albeit on Ubuntu 19.04).