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Paul E. Lehmann
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 Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:27 am Post subject: Wireless Keyboards and Mice |
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Are wireless keyboards and mice recognized out of
the box in Open Suse 11.0 or do they take special
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George
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:21 am Post subject: Re: Wireless Keyboards and Mice |
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Paul E. Lehmann escribió:
| Quote: | Are wireless keyboards and mice recognized out of
the box in Open Suse 11.0 or do they take special
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In my experience, they work out of the box. |
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houghi
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:19 am Post subject: Re: Wireless Keyboards and Mice |
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George wrote:
| Quote: | Paul E. Lehmann escribió:
Are wireless keyboards and mice recognized out of
the box in Open Suse 11.0 or do they take special
setup work?
In my experience, they work out of the box.
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I tried them once inside the box, but got a lousy responsetime. ;-)
houghi
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Can't Help?
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:44 am Post subject: Re: Wireless Keyboards and Mice |
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:19:12 +0100, houghi wrote:
| Quote: | George wrote:
Paul E. Lehmann escribió:
Are wireless keyboards and mice recognized out of
the box in Open Suse 11.0 or do they take special
setup work?
In my experience, they work out of the box.
I tried them once inside the box, but got a lousy responsetime. ;-)
houghi
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Personally, I find people who waste bandwidth to be a little gay...
Funny. But a little bit gay. |
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Claude Hopper
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:30 am Post subject: Re: Wireless Keyboards and Mice |
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Paul E. Lehmann wrote:
| Quote: | Are wireless keyboards and mice recognized out of
the box in Open Suse 11.0 or do they take special
setup work?
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I had to take it out of the box to put batteries in it.
Works fine after that, just eats batteries. Get rechargeable.
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Claude Hopper :)
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houghi
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:03 pm Post subject: Re: Wireless Keyboards and Mice |
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Can't Help? wrote:
| Quote: | Personally, I find people who waste bandwidth to be a little gay...
Funny. But a little bit gay.
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Without quoting the sig, it is makinging no sense. OTOH People who waste
bandwith should be shot. They tae away the bandwith it is mine. Mine.
MINE. IT IS MINE!!11!!!
houghi
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if you can pry it from my dead, cold, stiff fingers |
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David Bolt
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: Re: Wireless Keyboards and Mice |
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2008, Claude Hopper wrote:-
| Quote: | Paul E. Lehmann wrote:
Are wireless keyboards and mice recognized out of
the box in Open Suse 11.0 or do they take special
setup work?
I had to take it out of the box to put batteries in it.
Works fine after that, just eats batteries. Get rechargeable.
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I found that too, especially the mouse. Mind you, the mouse uses two AAA
batteries while the keyboard uses four AA batteries. Using four alkaline
batteries in the keyboard means I don't have to replace them more than
once per year. The mouse, on the other hand, would suck the batteries
dry in less than two months, and even less when using rechargeable
batteries. End results are that I now use the wireless keyboard but use
a USB optical mouse.
Regards,
David Bolt
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Team Acorn: http://www.distributed.net/ OGR-NG @ ~100Mnodes RC5-72 @ ~1Mkeys/s
SUSE 10.1 32 | | openSUSE 10.3 32b | openSUSE 11.0 32b
| openSUSE 10.2 64b | openSUSE 10.3 64b | openSUSE 11.0 64b
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houghi
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:46 pm Post subject: Re: Wireless Keyboards and Mice |
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David Bolt wrote:
| Quote: | I found that too, especially the mouse. Mind you, the mouse uses two AAA
batteries while the keyboard uses four AA batteries. Using four alkaline
batteries in the keyboard means I don't have to replace them more than
once per year. The mouse, on the other hand, would suck the batteries
dry in less than two months, and even less when using rechargeable
batteries. End results are that I now use the wireless keyboard but use
a USB optical mouse.
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I have a wireless Logitech trackball. Latsts for about 1-2 months. Then
I put the 1-rechargable battery in the recharger and do something else
for 1 hour or so. I could just have a freshly charched battery at hand,
but this is great as well.
houghi
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David Bolt
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:12 am Post subject: Re: Wireless Keyboards and Mice |
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On Tue, 11 Nov 2008, houghi wrote:-
| Quote: | David Bolt wrote:
I found that too, especially the mouse. Mind you, the mouse uses two AAA
batteries while the keyboard uses four AA batteries. Using four alkaline
batteries in the keyboard means I don't have to replace them more than
once per year. The mouse, on the other hand, would suck the batteries
dry in less than two months, and even less when using rechargeable
batteries. End results are that I now use the wireless keyboard but use
a USB optical mouse.
I have a wireless Logitech trackball. Latsts for about 1-2 months. Then
I put the 1-rechargable battery in the recharger and do something else
for 1 hour or so. I could just have a freshly charched battery at hand,
but this is great as well.
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I prefer a mouse to a tracker ball, although I do have one somewhere. I
don't like it, although I do occasionally use it. I also have a couple
of mice with the rubber balls, and I don't like them either[0],
preferring to use an optical mouse.
As for the tracker ball, it's a Logitech TrackMan Marble FX, with a nice
red ball about the size of a snooker ball, but a lot lighter. It's
covered in a pattern of black dots, and has four buttons. It's useful
for those occasions where I'm doing an install and have very limited
space for another keyboard and mouse, but it doesn't get used any other
time.
[0] I have pets and it's not funny having to remove all the fine hairs
the cat moults from around the rollers. And this just adds another
reason to why I don't like the wireless mouse.
Regards,
David Bolt
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Team Acorn: http://www.distributed.net/ OGR-NG @ ~100Mnodes RC5-72 @ ~1Mkeys/s
SUSE 10.1 32 | | openSUSE 10.3 32b | openSUSE 11.0 32b
| openSUSE 10.2 64b | openSUSE 10.3 64b | openSUSE 11.0 64b
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houghi
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:31 am Post subject: Re: Wireless Keyboards and Mice |
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David Bolt wrote:
| Quote: | I prefer a mouse to a tracker ball, although I do have one somewhere. I
don't like it, although I do occasionally use it. I also have a couple
of mice with the rubber balls, and I don't like them either[0],
preferring to use an optical mouse.
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One day I started to get a little bit of RSI. Changed from a mouse to a
trackbal and no problems anymore. Took me three days to get used to, but
it was worth it.
For games it is extremely unprecise. I have different trackbals at work
an at home. At home it is wireless. At work it is wired. No special
reason.
Another thing I added was a mousemat with a gel wrist support. So now
when I use th trackbal, I can lay down my hand, instead of have it hover
around.
| Quote: | As for the tracker ball, it's a Logitech TrackMan Marble FX, with a nice
red ball about the size of a snooker ball, but a lot lighter. It's
covered in a pattern of black dots, and has four buttons. It's useful
for those occasions where I'm doing an install and have very limited
space for another keyboard and mouse, but it doesn't get used any other
time.
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I have three. One I do not use, because I do not like it Cordless
TrackMan Optical
http://dutch.ircfast.com/screenshots/29298/288x300x79ec498b14.jpg
At home I have Cordless TrackMan Wheel
http://images.overstock.com/f/102/3117/8h/www.overstock.com/images/products/10037147.jpg
At work I have the Tracjkman Wheel
http://www.tir.is/assets/myndir/Lykklabor/3261image.jpg
Basicaly because they are the same.
I used to have a cordless presentor as well
http://www.techedgeezine.com/images/wireless_pics/logitech_presenter_box500.jpg
(Bit different, as it had the ability to move around on the screen)
The HUGE disadvantage was that it was very hard to drag stuf and such.
You needed two hands for that. What it missed, I thought was a kind of
revolver trigger at the bottom. Why limit yourself to only the top if
the whiole idea of a presenter is that it is your hand.
So something with the following:
Take your standard remote control and imagine that there are no buttons
yet. Seriously, hold the remote while readding this. It makes it easier
to understand.
Imagine a button where your index finger is. Imagine a button where
your middle finger is. Those will be the left and right button
(nterchangable for left/right handed people) So very easy to keep it
pressed just as you would do now.
Where your thumb is, you will have a ball that will direct the cursor
around. Around that you can have three buttons. Extra left and right
buttons and even a laser if wanted (or any number of buttons)
Well, I just send the idea to Logitech and see if it will make me a
milionaire. Within 6 to 8 weeks I will know exactly how many billions
they will give me.
houghi
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difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of
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Claude Hopper
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:33 am Post subject: Re: Wireless Keyboards and Mice |
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houghi wrote:
| Quote: | David Bolt wrote:
I prefer a mouse to a tracker ball, although I do have one somewhere. I
don't like it, although I do occasionally use it. I also have a couple
of mice with the rubber balls, and I don't like them either[0],
preferring to use an optical mouse.
One day I started to get a little bit of RSI. Changed from a mouse to a
trackbal and no problems anymore. Took me three days to get used to, but
it was worth it.
For games it is extremely unprecise. I have different trackbals at work
an at home. At home it is wireless. At work it is wired. No special
reason.
Another thing I added was a mousemat with a gel wrist support. So now
when I use th trackbal, I can lay down my hand, instead of have it hover
around.
As for the tracker ball, it's a Logitech TrackMan Marble FX, with a nice
red ball about the size of a snooker ball, but a lot lighter. It's
covered in a pattern of black dots, and has four buttons. It's useful
for those occasions where I'm doing an install and have very limited
space for another keyboard and mouse, but it doesn't get used any other
time.
I have three. One I do not use, because I do not like it Cordless
TrackMan Optical
http://dutch.ircfast.com/screenshots/29298/288x300x79ec498b14.jpg
At home I have Cordless TrackMan Wheel
http://images.overstock.com/f/102/3117/8h/www.overstock.com/images/products/10037147.jpg
At work I have the Tracjkman Wheel
http://www.tir.is/assets/myndir/Lykklabor/3261image.jpg
Basicaly because they are the same.
I used to have a cordless presentor as well
http://www.techedgeezine.com/images/wireless_pics/logitech_presenter_box500.jpg
(Bit different, as it had the ability to move around on the screen)
The HUGE disadvantage was that it was very hard to drag stuf and such.
You needed two hands for that. What it missed, I thought was a kind of
revolver trigger at the bottom. Why limit yourself to only the top if
the whiole idea of a presenter is that it is your hand.
So something with the following:
Take your standard remote control and imagine that there are no buttons
yet. Seriously, hold the remote while readding this. It makes it easier
to understand.
Imagine a button where your index finger is. Imagine a button where
your middle finger is. Those will be the left and right button
(nterchangable for left/right handed people) So very easy to keep it
pressed just as you would do now.
Where your thumb is, you will have a ball that will direct the cursor
around. Around that you can have three buttons. Extra left and right
buttons and even a laser if wanted (or any number of buttons)
Well, I just send the idea to Logitech and see if it will make me a
milionaire. Within 6 to 8 weeks I will know exactly how many billions
they will give me.
houghi
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Now they can stick a wire in your brain and you can move the pointer
just by thinking about it.
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Claude Hopper :)
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