Logitech MX 500

eggs · 11-25-2002, 08:38 PM

Anyone know if the new MX serires of mice from Logitech work in linux and have some information on how to set up X to use it? Or does it just use standard mouse driver and PS/2 protocol?

Aussie · 11-25-2002, 11:26 PM

It should be the same as any other optical wheel mouse, just do a search of LQ for "optical mouse" or "intellimouse".

zoomer · 11-26-2002, 07:21 PM

Well, I have a MX700 and it works fine as a mouse.

The 2 thumb buttons and the app button do not work, but everything else does. I'm happy with it. I have 5 out the 8 buttons working, and didn't need to mess with anything.

I would expect that you will get similar results with the corded version. As always, YMMV.

Aussie · 11-26-2002, 07:38 PM

zoomer, have a look here if you want to try setting up your side buttons.

zoomer · 11-27-2002, 04:57 PM

Thanks for the link Aussie. I might have to give that a shot.

johnh123 · 03-31-2003, 01:09 PM

The link seems to be down. How do you get the side buttons working with an mx700? I'm running m9.1.

Aussie · 03-31-2003, 01:51 PM

The 'link' is having a server upgrade....I have no idea who thought April 1st would be a good date for that but there you go, try it a bit later.

gregf · 08-25-2003, 04:04 PM

The link appears to be a 404 now ive tried several days in a row. Can anyone give me some instructions on getting the extra buttons working? Thanks in advance.