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Logitech USB optical mouse cannot be started in Linux
Name: Linux_User Date: January 18, 2001 at 19:13:27 Pacific
Comment:
Hi,
I have a IBM laptop that is running Linux (yeah, I know...). Unfortunately, my Logitech USB optical mouse cannot be detected, I have tried through "mouseconf" and I had no luck. Do you have any suggestions?
Name: someone Date: January 18, 2001 at 21:35:20 Pacific
Reply:
If it has kernel 2.2x then it most likely done not have support for USB , although I have read that kernel 2.4 has very good USB support, perhaps try installing that kernel
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Response Number 2
Name: Robbo Date: January 19, 2001 at 23:16:06 Pacific
Reply:
Linux dont support USB. (though kernel 2.4 may. not sure).
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Response Number 3
Name: Doug Berner Date: January 20, 2001 at 00:53:03 Pacific
Reply:
Actually, there is some support in the 2.2x kernel. I'm using RH7 on a Dell Inspiron laptop, it recognizes my Logitech USB optical mouse just fine, picked it up on the install, and all works just fine. All the usual USB features (hot swapping) work just fine, as does the wheel in everything but Netscape. Sorry, I don't know how to configure it, as it was done during the installation, but it is do-able! Good luck. Doug
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Response Number 4
Name: Ryan Cooley Date: January 21, 2001 at 03:24:56 Pacific
Reply:
Linux supports USB okay! In RedHat 7.0, there is a module, USB-OHCI that is run at startup. The Last of the 2.2 kernels has built-in USB support and Linux 2.4 has great USB support. Take your pick.
If you don't have the experience to configure and install a kernel, you should just install RedHat 7.0 which has been included with USB support.
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