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I've just installed Hardy on my HP laptop and like how things are going
but I've got a couple of issues. I HATE the touchpad and want to use a
mouse but as this system has no mouse port, I had used a Microsoft
wireless with a receiver plugged into a USB port. My hope that when I
plugged it in, Ubuntu would "see" it weren't granted and I'm wondering
if anyone can recommend--ideally--I wireless mouse which works with
Linux and, failing that, a USB connector type mouse?
thanks
Tim Mathews wrote:
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> ...I'm wondering
> if anyone can recommend--ideally--I wireless mouse which works with
> Linux and, failing that, a USB connector type mouse?[/color]
Any standard USB mouse should be detected at boot and should work just
fine.
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Mark Warner wrote:[color=blue]
> Tim Mathews wrote:
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>> ...I'm wondering if anyone can recommend--ideally--I wireless mouse
>> which works with Linux and, failing that, a USB connector type mouse?[/color]
>
> Any standard USB mouse should be detected at boot and should work just
> fine.
>[/color]
Logitech cordless wheel mouse works just find on Gutsy. Even notifies me
when the batteries are low.
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Tim Mathews wrote:[color=blue]
> I've just installed Hardy on my HP laptop and like how things are going
> but I've got a couple of issues. I HATE the touchpad and want to use a
> mouse but as this system has no mouse port, I had used a Microsoft
> wireless with a receiver plugged into a USB port. My hope that when I
> plugged it in, Ubuntu would "see" it weren't granted and I'm wondering
> if anyone can recommend--ideally--I wireless mouse which works with
> Linux and, failing that, a USB connector type mouse?
>
> thanks[/color]
I use Logitech wheel wireless usb mouse with my Hardy and it works great.
Stan
On 2008-04-13, Stan Grigaliunas <sgrigali@columbus.rr.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> Tim Mathews wrote:[color=green]
>> I've just installed Hardy on my HP laptop and like how things are going
>> but I've got a couple of issues. I HATE the touchpad and want to use a
>> mouse but as this system has no mouse port, I had used a Microsoft
>> wireless with a receiver plugged into a USB port. My hope that when I
>> plugged it in, Ubuntu would "see" it weren't granted and I'm wondering
>> if anyone can recommend--ideally--I wireless mouse which works with
>> Linux and, failing that, a USB connector type mouse?
>>
>> thanks[/color]
> I use Logitech wheel wireless usb mouse with my Hardy and it works great.
>
> Stan[/color]
The computer does not really know that the mouse is wireless. It just
looks like a mouse. Should work. Maybe the mouse is bad.
i
Tim Mathews illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:[color=blue]
> I've just installed Hardy on my HP laptop and like how things are going
> but I've got a couple of issues. I HATE the touchpad and want to use a
> mouse but as this system has no mouse port, I had used a Microsoft
> wireless with a receiver plugged into a USB port. My hope that when I
> plugged it in, Ubuntu would "see" it weren't granted and I'm wondering
> if anyone can recommend--ideally--I wireless mouse which works with
> Linux and, failing that, a USB connector type mouse?[/color]
You may need to configure the mouse in xorg.
Here is a howto: from the ubuntu site
[url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ManyButtonsMouseHowto[/url]
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Moog
"If this is gonna be that kinda party I'm gonna stick my dick in the
mashed potatoes"
"Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@central.net> wrote in message
news:b339d$48017796$40cba7b2$16412@NAXS.COM...[color=blue]
> Mark Warner wrote:[color=green]
>> Tim Mathews wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> ...I'm wondering if anyone can recommend--ideally--I wireless mouse
>>> which works with Linux and, failing that, a USB connector type mouse?[/color]
>>
>> Any standard USB mouse should be detected at boot and should work just
>> fine.
>>[/color]
>
> Logitech cordless wheel mouse works just find on Gutsy. Even notifies me
> when the batteries are low.
>[/color]
You just made my day...on what's become a backup system, I HAVE a Logitech
cordless wheel mouse!! Sometimes life is so good you have to look in the
mirror to make sure it's your own!! ;-)
Thanks to all for the help.
Moog wrote:[color=blue]
> Tim Mathews illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:[color=green]
>> I've just installed Hardy on my HP laptop and like how things are going
>> but I've got a couple of issues. I HATE the touchpad and want to use a
>> mouse but as this system has no mouse port, I had used a Microsoft
>> wireless with a receiver plugged into a USB port. My hope that when I
>> plugged it in, Ubuntu would "see" it weren't granted and I'm wondering
>> if anyone can recommend--ideally--I wireless mouse which works with
>> Linux and, failing that, a USB connector type mouse?[/color]
>
> You may need to configure the mouse in xorg.
>
> Here is a howto: from the ubuntu site
> [url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ManyButtonsMouseHowto[/url]
>
>[/color]
Having logged on to read my morning paper--on my MS desktp system--I saw
these answers and repied BEFORE I had tried to setup the mouse. Well,
imagine my joy at reading and replying to this on the Ubuntu laptop AND
I've already gotten my first dandy surprise...this might be old news to
you Linux/wheel mouse veterans but I just accidentally discovered that
if one rolls the wheel while the cursor is on the desktop rather than
the application it's a fast way to change from desktop to desktop.
Darn!!! I shoulda tried Ubuntu a LONG time ago!!! It's looking more
and more, just over a day into the experiment, that I'll be able to do
everything I want/need to do in Linux and I can say, "BYE BYE" to MS!!
Again, thanks to all...especially Linus for starting this while thing!! ;-)
Tim Mathews illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
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> <snip>
> Having logged on to read my morning paper--on my MS desktp system--I saw
> these answers and repied BEFORE I had tried to setup the mouse. Well,
> imagine my joy at reading and replying to this on the Ubuntu laptop AND
> I've already gotten my first dandy surprise...this might be old news to
> you Linux/wheel mouse veterans but I just accidentally discovered that
> if one rolls the wheel while the cursor is on the desktop rather than
> the application it's a fast way to change from desktop to desktop.
>
> Darn!!! I shoulda tried Ubuntu a LONG time ago!!! It's looking more
> and more, just over a day into the experiment, that I'll be able to do
> everything I want/need to do in Linux and I can say, "BYE BYE" to MS!!
>
> Again, thanks to all...especially Linus for starting this while thing!! ;-)[/color]
No worries Tim. Welcome to the group BTW.
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Moog
"If this is gonna be that kinda party I'm gonna stick my dick in the
mashed potatoes"
Tim Mathews wrote:
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> Moog wrote:[color=green]
>> Tim Mathews illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:[color=darkred]
>>> I've just installed Hardy on my HP laptop and like how things are going
>>> but I've got a couple of issues. I HATE the touchpad and want to use a
>>> mouse but as this system has no mouse port, I had used a Microsoft
>>> wireless with a receiver plugged into a USB port. My hope that when I
>>> plugged it in, Ubuntu would "see" it weren't granted and I'm wondering
>>> if anyone can recommend--ideally--I wireless mouse which works with
>>> Linux and, failing that, a USB connector type mouse?[/color]
>>
>> You may need to configure the mouse in xorg.
>>
>> Here is a howto: from the ubuntu site
>> [url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ManyButtonsMouseHowto[/url]
>>
>>[/color]
> Having logged on to read my morning paper--on my MS desktp system--I saw
> these answers and repied BEFORE I had tried to setup the mouse. Well,
> imagine my joy at reading and replying to this on the Ubuntu laptop AND
> I've already gotten my first dandy surprise...this might be old news to
> you Linux/wheel mouse veterans but I just accidentally discovered that
> if one rolls the wheel while the cursor is on the desktop rather than
> the application it's a fast way to change from desktop to desktop.
>[/color]
Aren't new discoveries uplifting? :-)
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> Darn!!! I shoulda tried Ubuntu a LONG time ago!!! It's looking more
> and more, just over a day into the experiment, that I'll be able to do
> everything I want/need to do in Linux and I can say, "BYE BYE" to MS!!
>
> Again, thanks to all...especially Linus for starting this while thing!!
> ;-)[/color]
He didn't, but that's another story. Please visit [url]http://fsf.org[/url]
Cheers.
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