> It at least seems as if Genius wants to support Linux!
> Chris
Thanks; I'd not seen that page. It's hopeful, but a bit generic, and this particular bit of hardware is wireless too, just to complicate things. Also just a fraction too pricey (for me, anyway) to risk buying.
-- Mike Scott (unet2 <at> [deletethis] scottsonline.org.uk)
Harlow Essex England
On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:11:49 +0100, Mike Scott wrote:
> On 26/10/12 21:29, Chris Whelan wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:18:15 +0100, Mike Scott wrote:
>>> Does anyone know whether this "pen mouse" will work on linux please?
>> It at least seems as if Genius wants to support Linux!
>> Chris
> Thanks; I'd not seen that page. It's hopeful, but a bit generic, and
> this particular bit of hardware is wireless too, just to complicate
> things. Also just a fraction too pricey (for me, anyway) to risk buying.
If its any help, I've been using a Genius GM-0040003A mouse with Linux for a few years without any problems. This is a wired USB optical mouse, but if the Pen mouse presents itself to the system like any other optical mouse I'd not expect problems.
However, as you can install a custom a mouse driver for Windows but not for Linux, you might want to check how you set the dpi sensitivity: Genius claim that is selectable for the Pen mouse. If that's only selectable via some settings applet for the driver this would probably make using it with Linux a non-starter.
Have you asked Genius about Linux compatibility either directly or via their local agent? If not, why not?
-- martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |
> Have you asked Genius about Linux compatibility either directly or via
> their local agent? If not, why not?
No. Amazon wouldn't have a clue; and I'm quite sure if I ask Genius (assuming I get to anyone vaguely technical - and the UK support is phone-only, not email), they'll say windows-only, because it's the easy answer. Maybe I'm too pessimistic - mind you, I see now that EU support has an email address, I'll see what happens there.
-- Mike Scott (unet2 <at> [deletethis] scottsonline.org.uk)
Harlow Essex England
On Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:05:48 +0000, Mike Scott wrote:
> On 27/10/12 20:08, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> ....
>> Have you asked Genius about Linux compatibility either directly or via
>> their local agent? If not, why not?
> No. Amazon wouldn't have a clue; and I'm quite sure if I ask Genius
> (assuming I get to anyone vaguely technical - and the UK support is
> phone-only, not email), they'll say windows-only, because it's the easy
> answer. Maybe I'm too pessimistic - mind you, I see now that EU support
> has an email address, I'll see what happens there.
The first question you need to ask is "Can I change the Pen Mouse resolution directly on the mouse or must I change the driver settings?". If the answer is "By the driver, thats end of game" without asking anything else. Even a chimp on a telephone should be able to answer that one.
-- martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |
