Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse and Linux
This
practical wireless optical mouse features a tiny receiver that
plugs into the USB port of your computer when you work, and
snaps into the bottom of the mouse for storage. Microsoft
claims that new optical technology extends battery life in
comparison with other products. Supposedly a single AA battery
should be good for about three months. The mouse fits extremely
well into my hand and, of course, there is no pesky wire to
worry about. The build is solid and likely to last long, the
only question is how well is the snap-in receiver going to hold
in the bottom of the mouse after numerous
removals/insertions.
The mouse is recognized by Linux as USB HID and the usbhid
driver is loaded. Detailed information about the device can be
found in /proc/bus/usb/device
:
T: Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 4 Spd=1.5
MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs=
1
P: Vendor=045e ProdID=00b9 Rev= 0.17
S: Manufacturer=Microsoft
S: Product=Microsoft USB Wireless Mouse
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr= 50mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=01 Prot=02
Driver=usbhid
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=10ms
Both buttons and the scrolling wheel work fine with this X11
configuration snippet from
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
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