[KLUG Hardware] Cordless Optical Mice

[Doc Rea]

Hey all:

Just wanted to thank everyone for the input on the cordless mouse. I'm
now running a Logitech MX 700 with no problems. It's quite nice. I still
haven't got the scroll button to work yet, but plan on it. Peter's file
should help.

BTW: I'm moving to the mouse after many years with a track ball. I
didn't want to give it up, but my hand has had it.


On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 23:38, Peter Buxton wrote:
> (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?
-- 
Doc Rea <rea@docrea.net>
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