HOWTO: USB Logitech mouse and 800 cpi with udev

[wallijonn]

#sudo lmctl -i
002.002: 046d:c01d Unknown or Unsupported Logitech device

[p!=f]

that would be

sudo lmctl -p 046d:c01d -8 --sms

Not really...

[~] > sudo lmctl -p 046d:c00e -8 --sms

[~] > sudo lmctl -p c00e -8 --sms
001.002: 046d:c00e Wheel Mouse Optical (M-BJ58) Caps: RES
        Resolution set to 800 cpi

The Logitech Applet readme file states that the MX510 & MX500 are both M-BP81A devices.

There must be the typo.
MX500 = M-BP81A
MX510 = M-BS81A

I've added the support for MX510 and recompiled the package. See attachement.
Packed with gzip to be able to post it here.
Hope it helps.

[wallijonn]

Thank you for your recompiled package. I downloaded it, started a Root Terminal, then

# gunzip lmctl_0.3.2_i386.deb.gz
# sudo dpkg -i lmctl_0.3.2_i386.deb
# lmctl -i

002.002: 046d:c01d MX510 Performance Optical Mouse (M-BS81A) Caps: RES SMS
        Resolution (RES): 400 cpi
        SmartScroll (SMS): on
# lmctl -8 --sms
002.002: 046d:c01d MX510 Performance Optical Mouse (M-BS81A) Caps: RES SMS
        Resolution set to 800 cpi
        SmartScroll enabled

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[BMWolf]

First off this works so great and i'm loving Ubuntu! I wish i could use Ubuntu for everything.

Unfortunately, when i reboot the script does not work. I can see something about an "error code 1" as it boots up but, i don't know how to freeze the screen during boot or where the boot log(if any) is located, to get a better look. It's not too hard to use the shell to get it back up but, i would prefer to do this at boot. Any suggestions?

ps. I'm new to linux.

all my info:

cat /etc/rc.boot/logitech-mouse
#! /bin/sh
echo "Tunning Logitech mouse..."
lmctl -8 --no-sms

~ $ sudo /etc/rc.boot/logitech-mouse
cat /etc/rc.boot/logitech-mouse
#! /bin/sh
echo "Tunning Logitech mouse..."
lmctl -8 --no-sms
Tunning Logitech mouse...
001.003: 046d:c01d MX510 Performance Optical Mouse (M-BS81A) Caps: RES SMS
        Resolution set to 800 cpi
        SmartScroll disabled

~ $ ls -l /etc/rc.boot
total 4
-rwxr--r--    1 root     root           94 2004-11-27 19:25 logitech-mouse

~ $ sudo lmctl -i
001.003: 046d:c01d MX510 Performance Optical Mouse (M-BS81A) Caps: RES SMS
        Resolution (RES): 800 cpi
        SmartScroll (SMS): off

~ $ sudo lmctl -s
005.004: 04b8:0007 Not a Logitech device
005.001: 0000:0000 Not a Logitech device
004.001: 0000:0000 Not a Logitech device
003.003: 04fa:2490 Not a Logitech device
003.001: 0000:0000 Not a Logitech device
002.004: 04b8:0005 Not a Logitech device
002.001: 0000:0000 Not a Logitech device
001.003: 046d:c01d MX510 Performance Optical Mouse (M-BS81A) Caps: RES SMS
001.001: 0000:0000 Not a Logitech device

[wallijonn]

Why did you include lmctl -8 --no-sms?

Applications -> System Tools -> Root Terminal

# sudo gedit logitech-mouse

{copy / paste the following into the new window}

#!/bin/sh
echo "Tuning Logitech mouse..."
lmctl -8 --sms

{exit /save}

# sudo chmod u+x logitech-mouse
# sudo mkdir /etc/rc.boot
# sudo cp logitech-mouse /etc/rc.boot
# exit

{reboot}

The only thing I can think of is that when you created the logitech-mouse shell script you did not include the # in the first line.

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[p!=f]

cat /etc/rc.boot/logitech-mouse
#! /bin/sh
echo "Tunning Logitech mouse..."
lmctl -8 --no-sms

#! /bin/sh = wrong syntax. Should be without spaces (#!/bin/sh).
Also you might want to use --sms parameter to benefit of the SmartScroll/Control.

[BMWolf]

Hey guys, thanks for the replies!

I had put a space between the "#!" and "/bin/sh awhile back to see if it would work. i wasn't familiar with shell scripts and when i did a seach someone had pasted "#! /bin/sh", so I thought I'd give it a try. Needless to say, I forgot to change it back. I had put no-sms into the script because I never use those buttons. I was going to map them to something else, like open a terminal or firefox. I know they don't work by default but I thought i'd include it anyway.

I did figure it out though. I had to remove the "cat /etc/rc.boot/logitech-mouse". I assume it's only use was to print the text within "logitech-mouse" to the screen at boot. so now everything works.

Thanks a bunch guys! now if i can just get cd burning to work i'll be set.

[x03]

MX500 mouse here, this is all I get

003.001: 0000:0000 Not a Logitech device
002.001: 0000:0000 Not a Logitech device
001.003: 03f0:3c02 Not a Logitech device
001.001: 0000:0000 Not a Logitech device

[p!=f]

MX500 mouse here, this is all I get

003.001: 0000:0000 Not a Logitech device
002.001: 0000:0000 Not a Logitech device
001.003: 03f0:3c02 Not a Logitech device
001.001: 0000:0000 Not a Logitech device

001.003: 03f0:3c02 Not a Logitech device

HP printer connected in that port?
Is your mouse connected to PS/2 port?

Logitech devices starts with 046d...

[~] > lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c00e Logitech, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

[wallijonn]

I had to remove the "cat /etc/rc.boot/logitech-mouse".

That's why I put my code up, so that people can just copy / paste. Yeah, it threw me the first time I saw the original code. Glad you got it going. Yeah, I cleaned mine up, just in case... Someone is bound to ask me whether they should include the "#" in the script files... which is why I use multi-colours.

btw, p!=f did a great job. I appreciated his write-up on how to set it up so that it runs at boot-up time as much as the script itself.

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