On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 05:02:57PM +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2016-07-08 at 09:53 -0300, George N. White III wrote: > > > I also find the dongle sometimes doesn't power on after returning > > from > > > hibernation. Haven't found a fix for that other than keeping an > > extra > > > mouse so I can enable it manually. > > > > > > > > If is any consolation, my new iMac also requires that I keep a USB > > mouse > > handy for the same reason. Curiously, the wireless keyboard is > > generally > > (but not always) recognized, but sometimes I have to borrow a USB > > keyboard > > to log in. > > The spare mouse I keep is in fact part of a cheap Microsoft wireless > kb/mouse combo that also works via a dongle, and which has literally > never failed to start. I think the difference is that the dongle > emulates a USB mouse and kb directly, but there's essentially no > documentation for it so that's a guess. > > (Before you ask: I prefer the feel of my BT mouse, especially for > scrolling, which is why I don't use the MS one except when forced to).
Agreed, their scrollwheel sucks. Plus they never seem to have left and right tilt. I use that to flip between workspaces. BTW the Broadcom BT adapter in my laptop seems to present as a USB device: $ lsusb ... Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation Bus 003 Device 009: ID 0a5c:4503 Broadcom Corp. Mouse (Boot Interface Subclass) Bus 003 Device 008: ID 0a5c:4502 Broadcom Corp. Keyboard (Boot Interface Subclass) Bus 003 Device 007: ID 413c:8126 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 355 Bluetooth Bus 003 Device 006: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth) Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation Jon -- Jon H. LaBadie jo...@jgcomp.com -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
