[SATLUG] wireless mouse & keyboard

[Al Castanoli]

Don Wright wrote on Sunday, November 14, 2004 at 4:08 PM:

: On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 03:19:50 -0600, maurice trevor andrews
:<mtandrews at hotmail.com> wrote:

:>Hello everyone, I was looking at buying a wireless board/mouse (by
:>logitech) combo for my machine running mandrake 9.2.  Does anyone know

:>if these work on a linux machine. I am a rookie to the 3rd power about
:>linux though I'm learning more by the minute.

:It should. The standard keyboard interface hasn't changed much since
the
:IBM AT days. Newer machines use USB, which is a big change, but most
:Logitech gear comes with PS/2 adapters and works with both, in case
your
:distro doesn't like it one way. My wireless mouse looks like a standard
:PS/2 mouse to Debian, etc.

:You may not get the GUI tools that tell you the battery is low, or let
you
:use the extra Internet and multimedia push buttons, but that's not
always
:a deal-breaker. You could check the usual places[*] for additional
Linux
:support, of course.  --Don

:[*] Manufacturer's website, rpm finder sites, Google...

I'm using the "Logitech Deluxe Cordless Desktop", which was the cheapest
cordless kit at the PX. It has one PS2 connector for the mouse and a USB
connector with a PS2 adapter for the keyboard, so you can use it with a
laptop (I'm using it right now hooked up to an older Inspiron, with the
mouse plugged into the PS2 port and the keyboard plugged into the USB
port).

It works fine with Solaris 10/x86, Knoppix 3.6, and SuSE 9.1, because
it's read by the 'puter as a normal keyboard and mouse.  They all pick
up the mouse as a generic PS2 wheel mouse and the keyboard as a standard
US one.

-- 
Al Castanoli <afcasta@[texas.net satlug.org]>