Logitech mouse/keyboard use on slack
 

Hey everyone,

I was curious if there was a way to configure my Logitech Cordless Elite Duo mouse and keyboard combination to work under Slackware 10.1. I have posted on the Logitech discussion forum without yet a response. Has anyone attempted this, and have a successful way of setting it up that they could share with me?

Thanks.

When you say "get it working", do you mean that there's absolutely no input whatsoever, or do you mean that multimedia keys aren't working?

I ask, because as I understand it, there's no reason why the keyboard/mouse themselves wouldn't work. The base station plugs into the computer, either through USB or PS/2, and as far as the computer is concerned they're a regular keyboard and mouse. It's when you start dealing with extra features that you run into problems with it not being supported, no?

if its the bluetooth set, i have them and they work, some of the keys dont work but both scroll wheels work. I havent yet figured out how to change the channel. had my wallmate ( the guy nextdoor) change his since he has xp.

The keys are actually pretty easy to get working, depending on your WM. It's a two-step process.... first, assign a scan code to the key, second, assign an event to the scancode. I use XFCE, and there, it's ridiculously easy to assign an event to a scancode.

Go to Control Panel > Window Manager > Keyboard. Create a new profile, and you can now assign events to keypresses.

I wrote a howto that's XFCE-specific for that part. But assigning the scancodes to keypresses is distro- and wm-independant.

http://killerbob.ca/howto/inetkeys.html