Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 20:04:03 -0800 From: Jos Backus <josb@cncdsl.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Edwin Culp <eculp@EnContacto.Net>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Logitech Cordless Mouseman Optical mouse works in PS/2 mode? Message-ID: <20020105040425.GB90171@lizzy.bugworks.com> In-Reply-To: <20020105141146.D24766@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20020104054408.GC500@lizzy.bugworks.com> <1039012098.3dee1102aeced@Mail.SavvyWorld.Net> <20020104175710.GB429@lizzy.bugworks.com> <20020105141146.D24766@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 02:11:46PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> I've had one of these for 18 months now. I've never seen the connect
> LED light up.
That's right, I don't think there is one :-) It just looked like there was a
LED in there.
> Note that things go *really* funny when the batteries die, which
> happens about every 6 months.
It's attached to my wife's WinXP system now; I guess I'll find out when the
time arrives. 6 months sounds pretty decent.
In retrospect the Cordless Optical Mouse (the non-Mouseman version) would
probably have been a better buy: it's $20 cheaper, lighter and slightly
smaller. Oh well.
> Can you get the thumb button to work? So far nobody has been able to tell
> me how.
Sorry, I haven't tried any of this but it looks relevant:
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/xwin/xmouse.html
(the section ``Putting Side Buttons To Work'')
Cheers,
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