Re: [gentoo-user] Logitech diNovo Keyboard Mac Edition
on 01/13/2010 07:43 AM Hazen Valliant-Saunders wrote the following: Make sure you have HID and Input Devices enabled when you (re)-compile your kernel. Also verify your settings in your motherboards bios. On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Willie Wong ww...@math.princeton.edu mailto:ww...@math.princeton.edu wrote: On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 02:59:31PM +0200, Thanasis wrote: http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/17587875/Logitech_diNovo_Keyboard_Mac_Edition.html Dont see why not. I have a rebranded logitech wireless keyboard/mouse combo which uses a USB receiver, similar to described in the link. It works out of the box just like another USB keyboard. For my keyboard/mouse, after plugging the USB receiver in, I need to hit a button on the receiver and a corresponding button on the keyboard and mouse to associate the keyboard/mouse to the wireless receiver. Thanks. It's only the MAC part the makes me worry... :-\ But I guess I could use x11-misc/keytouch if needed, right?
Re: [gentoo-user] Logitech diNovo Keyboard Mac Edition
on 01/13/2010 05:15 AM Willie Wong wrote the following: On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 02:59:31PM +0200, Thanasis wrote: http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/17587875/Logitech_diNovo_Keyboard_Mac_Edition.html Dont see why not. I have a rebranded logitech wireless keyboard/mouse combo which uses a USB receiver, similar to described in the link. It works out of the box just like another USB keyboard. For my keyboard/mouse, after plugging the USB receiver in, I need to hit a button on the receiver and a corresponding button on the keyboard and mouse to associate the keyboard/mouse to the wireless receiver. I heard that some keys like CTRL and ALT in mac keyboards may be (in let's say) interchanged positions.
Re: [gentoo-user] Logitech diNovo Keyboard Mac Edition
On 13 Jan 2010, at 09:46, Thanasis wrote: on 01/13/2010 05:15 AM Willie Wong wrote the following: On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 02:59:31PM +0200, Thanasis wrote: http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/17587875/Logitech_diNovo_Keyboard_Mac_Edition.html Dont see why not. I have a rebranded logitech wireless keyboard/mouse combo which uses a USB receiver, similar to described in the link. It works out of the box just like another USB keyboard. For my keyboard/mouse, after plugging the USB receiver in, I need to hit a button on the receiver and a corresponding button on the keyboard and mouse to associate the keyboard/mouse to the wireless receiver. I heard that some keys like CTRL and ALT in mac keyboards may be (in let's say) interchanged positions. The keyboard mapping should be easy to change. I don't think this should be a problem at all. Macs use standard HID keyboards mice - I can plug a Dell keyboard into my Mac it works just fine. I seem to recall there is something funny about the control keys layout if you do that, but it's been a long time since I tried it. I think the Windows key becomes the Apple key, and the latter is immediately to the left of the space bar (whereas you'll see for yourself that the former is one key further left, with the alt key in between). I don't know if this is the same if you try a Mac keyboard under Linux, but swapping keys under Linux is well documented. Stroller.
Re: [gentoo-user] Logitech diNovo Keyboard Mac Edition
on 01/13/2010 03:47 PM Stroller wrote the following: On 13 Jan 2010, at 09:46, Thanasis wrote: on 01/13/2010 05:15 AM Willie Wong wrote the following: On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 02:59:31PM +0200, Thanasis wrote: http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/17587875/Logitech_diNovo_Keyboard_Mac_Edition.html Dont see why not. I have a rebranded logitech wireless keyboard/mouse combo which uses a USB receiver, similar to described in the link. It works out of the box just like another USB keyboard. For my keyboard/mouse, after plugging the USB receiver in, I need to hit a button on the receiver and a corresponding button on the keyboard and mouse to associate the keyboard/mouse to the wireless receiver. I heard that some keys like CTRL and ALT in mac keyboards may be (in let's say) interchanged positions. The keyboard mapping should be easy to change. I don't think this should be a problem at all. Macs use standard HID keyboards mice - I can plug a Dell keyboard into my Mac it works just fine. I seem to recall there is something funny about the control keys layout if you do that, but it's been a long time since I tried it. I think the Windows key becomes the Apple key, and the latter is immediately to the left of the space bar (whereas you'll see for yourself that the former is one key further left, with the alt key in between). I don't know if this is the same if you try a Mac keyboard under Linux, but swapping keys under Linux is well documented. Can this (swapping keys) easily be done outside of X (in console, ie before and without X) ? For example how do I swap left CTRL and ALT in console?
Re: [gentoo-user] Logitech diNovo Keyboard Mac Edition
on 01/13/2010 08:38 PM Thanasis wrote the following: swapping keys I think I 'm in the right direction looking at KEYMAPS(5)
Re: [gentoo-user] Logitech diNovo Keyboard Mac Edition
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 02:59:31PM +0200, Thanasis wrote: http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/17587875/Logitech_diNovo_Keyboard_Mac_Edition.html Dont see why not. I have a rebranded logitech wireless keyboard/mouse combo which uses a USB receiver, similar to described in the link. It works out of the box just like another USB keyboard. For my keyboard/mouse, after plugging the USB receiver in, I need to hit a button on the receiver and a corresponding button on the keyboard and mouse to associate the keyboard/mouse to the wireless receiver. Cheers, W -- Willie W. Wong ww...@math.princeton.edu 408 Fine Hall, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University, Princeton Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire et vice versa ~~~ I. Newton
Re: [gentoo-user] Logitech diNovo Keyboard Mac Edition
Make sure you have HID and Input Devices enabled when you (re)-compile your kernel. Also verify your settings in your motherboards bios. On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Willie Wong ww...@math.princeton.eduwrote: On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 02:59:31PM +0200, Thanasis wrote: http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/17587875/Logitech_diNovo_Keyboard_Mac_Edition.html Dont see why not. I have a rebranded logitech wireless keyboard/mouse combo which uses a USB receiver, similar to described in the link. It works out of the box just like another USB keyboard. For my keyboard/mouse, after plugging the USB receiver in, I need to hit a button on the receiver and a corresponding button on the keyboard and mouse to associate the keyboard/mouse to the wireless receiver. Cheers, W -- Willie W. Wong ww...@math.princeton.edu 408 Fine Hall, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University, Princeton Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire et vice versa ~~~ I. Newton -- Hazen Valliant-Saunders IT/IS Consultant (613) 355-5977
