[lug] wireless keyboards and mice

[Peter Hutnick]

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On Thursday 02 May 2002 11:32 pm, luke p wrote:
> Hey,
> Does anyone have any experience working with wireless keyboards and can
> state that they have a wireless keyboard from whatever company and that it
> does work in linux without a hitch?

The Logitech wireless mouses and keyboards work perfectly with contemporary 
(stable) versions of Linux.

I am using a M-RM67A mouse over USB as I write this (and the wheel works in X, 
woohoo!) and have used a mouse/keyboard pair (single receiver, separate mouse 
and keyboard) over USB during a RH 7.2 install and over USB and PS/2 (at 
different times) during normal operation of that system after the install 
without a single glitch.

There is no difference AFAIK between a wired or wireless Logitech keyboard as 
far as the PC hardware or OS are concerned.  All the magic happens in the 
transceiver.  (Yes, it's a transceiver.)

They get a little tricky if you have more than one mouse or more than one 
keyboard within about 15 ft of each other.  You have to monkey with the 
"connect" buttons or they will interfere with each other.  It isn't a big 
deal to fix, but isn't obvious if you don't see it coming.  See the Logitech 
web site if you need details.

- -Peter

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