From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261367AbVFCQTP (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jun 2005 12:19:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261374AbVFCQTO (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jun 2005 12:19:14 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:16848 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261367AbVFCQOf (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jun 2005 12:14:35 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 18:10:14 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Lennart Sorensen Cc: Ananda Krishnan , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Did anyone try (Logitech/Microsoft) bluetooth keyboard and mouse on Linux? Message-ID: <20050603161014.GA5083@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20050602163740.37068.qmail@web14824.mail.yahoo.com> <20050602165034.GP23621@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050602165034.GP23621@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > Did anyone try Logitech/Microsoft wireless keyboard > > and mouse on Linux? If so, please let me have the > > details of the driver you used and the details of the > > keyboard/mouse (model number, brand etc.,). Thanks. > > Well in my opinion, if anyone makes a keyboard/mouse that does not use > standard protocols and work without any custom drivers, they are going > to fail badly. > > Certainly the logitech cordless mouse/keyboard set I have (not > bluetooth) just appears as a usb mouse and keyboard (or optionally ps/2 > mouse and keyboard if you use the other connectors) to the system and > work with no special drivers required other than what you normally use > for mouse and keyboard on that type of connector. > > If you want to do networking or something over bluetooh, that is > different, but that isn't what mouse/keyboard should require unless > bluetooth was never meant to be used for such things. Not sure why you > want bluetooth for the mouse/keyboard. Doesn't it use the same > frequency range as 802.11b/g? I don't need more interference around the > machine in that frequency range. Bluetooth mouse/keyboard is very usefull for your PDA/cellphone, and if you have bluetooth-equipped notebook, you can use it without pluging anything in. That's *big* advantage. Yes, it shares frequency range with 802.11b; but I operate both here and did not see any problems. Pavel