[KLUG Hardware] Cordless Optical Mice

[Peter Buxton]

(OT: Am I the only trackball freak here? I find them SO much more
convenient than a mouse.)

On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 08:57:21PM +0000, Doc Rea wrote:

> Well, I'm making the move and getting an optical mouse (I hope). I'd
> like to go cordless even. Has anyone run into any problems running a
> cordless optical mouse? I'm looking at the Logitech MX 700

I have a corded USB optical trackball, the Logitech TrackMan Wheel. It
wasn't bad except for: looking up the wheel (z-axis) options for X, and
later fiddling with the USB-UHCI modules when I stopped using the PS/2
adapter.

(Just DON'T use the gpm -R option. I've never had an X/gpm mouse
conflict; I have had that repeater junk make every mouse I've tried
flicker under X.)

#/etc/gpm.conf - configuration file for gpm(1)
#
device=/dev/input/mice
responsiveness=
repeat_type=
type=autops2
append=""
sample_rate=

#/etc/X11/XF86Config-4:
#snip
Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"	"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"	"ImPS/2"
	Option		"Buttons"	"5"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"	"4 5"
EndSection

For some reason, gpm's autodetect works fine, but X prefers to be lied
to a little. <shrug>

> I've seen postings online with some configuration changes to get an
> optical to work with RH 7.3, but nothing on the cordless.

??? What would those 'optical' options be? USB or a wheel mouse would
need extra tweaks, but optical...? I dunno about the cordless: Is it a
special built-in? Doesn't the base station have a serial, USB or PS/2
adapter?

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