After buying a logitech bt mouse, and finding it won't auto-connect of F21 (kde), I'm planning to return that and try something else. Is there another that is known to work? Something smallish for a notebook.
On 03/20/2015 07:55 AM, Neal Becker wrote:
After buying a logitech bt mouse, and finding it won't auto-connect of F21 (kde), I'm planning to return that and try something else. Is there another that is known to work? Something smallish for a notebook.
I use a Logitech BT keyboard. Was a keyboard/mouse combo, but the mouse died, so I replaced the mouse with a USB model, still using the BT keyboard.. fedora 21 amd_
On Fri, 2015-03-20 at 07:55 -0400, Neal Becker wrote:
After buying a logitech bt mouse, and finding it won't auto-connect of F21 (kde), I'm planning to return that and try something else. Is there another that is known to work? Something smallish for a notebook.
I have a Sondstrom mouse which used to autoconnect until I updated to Plasma-5. Now it has to be connected manually when I log in, so I need another mouse to do that. Curiously, the other mouse is part of a Microsoft wireless kb/mouse combo and it autoconnects every time (the combo comes with its own dongle, the Sondstrom has a separate Broadcom dongle). In case you're wondering why I don't just use it instead, the Sondstrom has better build and a much nicer scroll wheel action.
I've had three Logitech BT mice in the past, and they've all developed hardware faults after a few months of use.
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On 03/20/2015 08:50 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Fri, 2015-03-20 at 07:55 -0400, Neal Becker wrote:
After buying a logitech bt mouse, and finding it won't auto-connect of F21 (kde), I'm planning to return that and try something else. Is there another that is known to work? Something smallish for a notebook.
I have a Sondstrom mouse which used to autoconnect until I updated to Plasma-5. Now it has to be connected manually when I log in, so I need another mouse to do that. Curiously, the other mouse is part of a Microsoft wireless kb/mouse combo and it autoconnects every time (the combo comes with its own dongle, the Sondstrom has a separate Broadcom dongle). In case you're wondering why I don't just use it instead, the Sondstrom has better build and a much nicer scroll wheel action.
I've had three Logitech BT mice in the past, and they've all developed hardware faults after a few months of use.
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there is a long thread about Logitech mice going bad... I will not buy another.. the clickers die..
On 03/20/2015 08:15 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On 03/20/2015 07:55 AM, Neal Becker wrote:
After buying a logitech bt mouse, and finding it won't auto-connect of F21 (kde), I'm planning to return that and try something else. Is there another that is known to work? Something smallish for a notebook.
I use a Logitech BT keyboard. Was a keyboard/mouse combo, but the mouse died, so I replaced the mouse with a USB model, still using the BT keyboard.. fedora 21 amd_
Hi. I have used the Microsoft Bluetooth "Notebook Mouse 5000" on several Thinkpads, X200, X220, X240 on many releases of Fedora, now F21 In fact I haven't used it until now on the X240 because I wanted to get used to the touchpad (which has greatly improved IMO). This post made me curious so I paired the mouse, shutdown the computer, rebooted and immediately had the mouse, as it was on the previous two thinkpads. Overall this has been a very good mouse and is a nice small size for laptop use. I continue to use it on the X200 although that is running W7.
good luck.
I've found the bluetooth devices that come with a dongle which emulates a USB device to be much more useful than the ones with a dongle that is "native" bluetooth.
You don't need any bluetooth software on linux to be working at all, so there is much less source for troubles :-). If it is a keyboard, you can actually use it in the BIOS.
On the other hand, that means the dongle isn't generally useful for bluetooth connections, but is pretty much dedicated to the one device.
On Fri, 2015-03-20 at 12:50 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Fri, 2015-03-20 at 07:55 -0400, Neal Becker wrote:
After buying a logitech bt mouse, and finding it won't auto-connect
of F21
(kde), I'm planning to return that and try something else. Is there
another
that is known to work? Something smallish for a notebook.
I have a Sondstrom mouse which used to autoconnect until I updated to Plasma-5. Now it has to be connected manually when I log in, so I need another mouse to do that.
Correction: when I log in under under Plasma-5 Bluetooth is always off. I have to turn it on again every time, then the mouse does autoconnect.
The problem may be related to Plasma-5 not restoring session state correctly, see https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=343875
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