Then I got a bit confused, because when I ran it I saw it starting up, then it just disappeared. Installation was just about as easy as it had been on openSuSE, although this time it required a CLI command rather than the GUI one-click install. Ugh.Īfter using it on openSuSE to set up the peripherals for my office, I decided to try it on Fedora.
LOGITECH UNIFYING SOFTWARE NOT SEEING RECEIVER INSTALL
That means that almost every time I need it, I first have to download and install the software (again), then configure, then move to Linux. In addition, I tend not to keep Windows systems around for very long, so it's not like I have the same one with the Logitech software installed always at the ready. That works, because once paired the devices will stay that way even with the receiver is unplugged and moved around, but it's not nice. I have previously worked around that problem by booting up some kind of Windows system just long enough to install the Unifying software, pair the various peripherals that I want, and then move the receiver to my Linux systems. Unfortunately, the Unifying management software provided by Logitech is only for Windows. I really don't want to give up three USB ports for that, so the Unifying receiver is a real blessing. So I want to keep a "visitor's mouse" handy as well. At my office the situation was even worse, because I have the same keyboard and trackball combination, but when someone else comes along to look at my screen and wants to show me something, they try to shove the trackball around the desk without much success.