Installing Drivers for logitech MX5500 Keyboard mouse combo

[super-panik]

I was wondering if someone had the drivers for this setup, on Ubuntu

[sdlyr8]

I too just got the mx5500 and have hardy haron. Has anyone gotten the special features to work correctly?

[stanna]

i myself have this keyboard, not that the special functions are all that snazzy or important, im still interested if its possible..

[Vargas]

I'm about to buy this keyboard on Amazon.
Anyone had any functionality issues with this keyboard/mouse?
I read some things about the numpad

Also, anyone got the special features to work?

[grantbow]

I don't have this keyboard or mouse but I found these links that are somewhat related.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/291269

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=890118

http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/community/other-hardware-vista/33605-logitech-bluetooth-mx5500-mouse-problem-fixed.html

http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1109907

[miesnerd]

hey guys i have the MX5500 and I love it.
I'm wondering though, is there any way that is known (even if its difficult) to get the lcd display screen at the top of the keyboard to work?

Thanks!

[Vargas]

hey guys i have the MX5500 and I love it.
I'm wondering though, is there any way that is known (even if its difficult) to get the lcd display screen at the top of the keyboard to work?

Thanks!
Quite a good question
Unfortunately, the complete lack of interest to support any non-windows environment from logitech is quite sad.
As far as I know, there is no way to make the lcd display work in ubuntu.
I've also yet to get the usb bluetooth dongle to work as such.

[Stef74]

Actually there is a small solution for the LCD:
sudo apt-get install libnetpbm10-dev libgtk2.0-dev
wget http://download.gna.org/mx5000tools/mx5000tools-0.1.2.tar.gz
./configure
make
sudo make install

if you get : libmx5000.so.0: cannot open shared object file:
then do : sudo link /usr/local/lib/libmx5000.so.0.0.0 /usr/lib/libmx5000.so.0

test beep:
sudo mx5000-tool -d /dev/usb/hiddev0 -b

Set LCD time to current system time:
mx5000-tool -d /dev/usb/hiddev0 -t now

Display the name of the current user on the keyboards LCD:
sudo mx5000-tool -d /dev/usb/hiddev0 -n $USERNAME

Change temperature unit to Celsius or Fahrenheit
mx5000-tool -d /dev/usb/hiddev0 -c # Celsius
mx5000-tool -d /dev/usb/hiddev0 -f # Fahrenheit


See keys:
sudo mx5000d -d /dev/usb/hiddev0 -f

Tested with 9.04

[BuayaGuy]

This last post seemed like a great help - I installed all the packages, and it compiled fine. The only problem now is that I don't have a /dev/usb directory to locate my device.

I'm also using the latest Ubuntu, 9.10...did these devices change location?

[farchumbre]

i am also using 9.10.
i run it from a different directory and I always get

"Could not open device or improper device (No such file or directory)"

any ideas what might be the problem?

[cryogenic]

FYI, mine was /dev/usb/hiddev1 to get it working, but dude's instructions above (aside from that fact) worked perfectly fine. Basically do an ls /dev/usb and choose whatever the highest hiddev device you have. That should do the trick.

[Automat2]

I tried to follow Stef74´s steps. Although I am stuck after downloading mx5000tools-...gz.

I don´t know how to execute the command ¨./configure¨

It tells me bash: ./configure: No such file or directory


PS: I am very novice at Ubuntu. ;)

[Denisiuk]

Here is solution.

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdmitry-denisiuk.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fcordless-desktop-mx-5500-revolution_22.html&sl=ru&tl=en&swap=1

Original on russian: http://dmitry-denisiuk.blogspot.com/2009/11/cordless-desktop-mx-5500-revolution_22.html