On Wednesday 21 February 2007, Pete Connolly wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 February 2007 07:48:56 Basil Chupin wrote:
> > 10.2 has just been upgraded by bits relating to KDE and now my keyboard
> > not only will not register keystrokes but I had to turn off the key
> > repeat feature because pressing any keyproduc ces a non-ending rpeat of
> > thatkey.
> >
> > Is none else experiencing this or is my Logiteh keyboard/mouse combo on
> > its last legs of a 3-year illustrious career?
> >
> > Chees
> >  Chheers evn.Damn thiskeyoard!
>
> Hi Basil
>
> Same problems here with autorepeat - sometimes it just goes ballistic and
> won't stop without me hitting the keyboard :(  Not good for SSHing over a
> slow connection.
>
> Keyboard here is also a Logitech...
>
> Cheers
>
> Pete

I stopped buying Logitech hardware because of crappy quality control.  Back in 
the day Logitech used to put out some fairly good products.  But the last 3 
joysticks got worse every successive time I bought one (after the 2 kludgy 
model I gave it one more shot).  The last keyboard from them went bad after 
about 18 months (dead keys and flaky behavior - Linux or Win).  The mouse is 
about the best thing they seem to make now - I have an MX500 and so far it's 
the only Logitech device that seems worth the money.  

To give some insight into my experience, lets consider the joystick - the 
accuracy was so bad that I couldn't fly a flight sim with any reliabilty.  
Throttle wouldn't zero and on full wouldn't kick on afterburners regardless 
of how I set it up in the OS or game config.  It wouldn't stay level because 
the stick wouldn't zero and if I took my hand off it the craft would roll or 
turn - regardless of any trim adjustments.  The keyboard would flake out in 
both OS'es and in Linux it would freak out - after replacing it I have had no 
problems (pick any generic keyboard - how can you screw up a keyboard?). I 
replace the joystick with a Saitek and almost fell out of my chair - it's 
accurate, smooth, precise and I have had absolutely no problems with it - the 
same goes for the Saitek game pad as well.  Given the price Logitech has been 
asking for their products I likely won't be buy a Logitech mouse when the 
time comes.  The 800 dpi/resolution doesn't really seem to make a difference 
in Windows and in Linux - unless it's plugged into a usb port the 800 res 
doesn't matter either.  And when plugged into a usb port one must use an app 
to enable the mouses higher res functions.

As you can tell my opinion of Logitch products is less than favorable - I used 
to love 'em, not I avoid them.

Cheers, Curtis.

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