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Solaar is a Linux manager for many Logitech keyboards, mice, and other devices

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Re: Solaar is a Linux manager for many Logitech keyboards, mice, and other devices

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Post by bayindirh »

homebrewer wrote: post #146
bayindirh wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If your mouse starts double clicking, play a game of Quake 3 for an hour, or just click a bit more aggressively for the next hour. It clears the problem, per my experience. What I understood is, the switches on these mice (I have G700) are practically abuse-proof. However, they don’t like to be used lightly and start to glitch possibly from fine dust. Using the switches more aggressively cleans them up. My first gene…

Their switches are just crap. They use Omron switches mostly due to their low cost, even on supposedly "high-end" mice. People routinely replace them with better alternatives (e.g. TTC Gold or Kailh, but there are lots of them) and get years of heavy usage after that without any problems. The switches can be obtained on aliexpress, you do need a soldering iron though.

I mean, if a mouse is working for 10+ years for 8 hours a day (M705) or for 14 years for 2-3 hours a day (G700) without any major problems, I wouldn't call that switches crap.

But that's only me, of course.

Re: Solaar is a Linux manager for many Logitech keyboards, mice, and other devices

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Post by fransje26 »

bayindirh wrote: post #73
myself248 wrote: post #25

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Why does a mouse need an app, again?

To be able to program all the configurable buttons, and upload the macros and settings to the profiles present on the mouse itself, so you can use all the features of your mouse, tailored to you, even if you don’t have the software on the target device you’re using your mouse. Yes, Logitech’s high end mice store settings themselves. The app is just a programming interface. It sometimes does per program profile switch…

> To be able to program all the configurable buttons, and upload the macros and settings to the profiles present on the mouse itself, so you can use all the features of your mouse, tailored to you

Yep. Definitely sounds like something requiring a 150 Mb program to manage the complexity..

Re: Solaar is a Linux manager for many Logitech keyboards, mice, and other devices

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Post by kdmtctl »

hedora wrote: post #123
kdmtctl wrote: post #93

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I didn’t even check what it could be. I just got the rainbow cursor suddenly on boot, and the process name was enough to instantly uninstall the driver and search for a replacement.

What is a rainbow cursor? Do you mean the mac beach ball, or is it a misguided feature of the mouse?

Beach ball, yes. I've started to call it rainbow cursor 30 years ago on air gapped Macs, and still reluctant to absorb any other names.

Re: Solaar is a Linux manager for many Logitech keyboards, mice, and other devices

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Post by vladvasiliu »

bayindirh wrote: post #177
yndoendo wrote: post #137

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All programmable mice store their settings on the device itself, like Roccat and Razer. A true programmable mouse doesn't need software running in the background. A configuration application that needs to continue running is now just a background service running in user mode and not a true configuration application. Roccat user because of the size of the mouse is bigger than others and all the buttons can be reprogra…

> because the wheel could not be programmed to control the sound volume. If that's your biggest gripe with Logitech, then I can say they're pretty successful. Personally, I'd not prefer to reach to my mouse just for volume, but everyone is to their own. > A true programmable mouse doesn't need software running in the background. Logitech Mice doesn't need the application to run in the background. I'm using my G700's…

Logitech G mice dont need the app, but regular ones do. My Mx master 3s and Mx ergo reset to the default sensitivity and button functions if I leave them alone for a while.

Re: Solaar is a Linux manager for many Logitech keyboards, mice, and other devices

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Post by terminalbraid »

steakscience wrote: post #185

It's so good in fact that I wish it existed for macOS so I wouldn't need to use the official Logitech crap

The Logitch Options+ is super hot garbage I tried once. The regular "Options" I don't find to be as obtrusive. But I would use this in a heartbeat if it existed.

Re: Solaar is a Linux manager for many Logitech keyboards, mice, and other devices

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Post by bayindirh »

vladvasiliu wrote: post #184
bayindirh wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> because the wheel could not be programmed to control the sound volume. If that's your biggest gripe with Logitech, then I can say they're pretty successful. Personally, I'd not prefer to reach to my mouse just for volume, but everyone is to their own. > A true programmable mouse doesn't need software running in the background. Logitech Mice doesn't need the application to run in the background. I'm using my G700's…

Logitech G mice dont need the app, but regular ones do. My Mx master 3s and Mx ergo reset to the default sensitivity and button functions if I leave them alone for a while.

That's interesting, thanks for the information. I don't use any apps with my M705s (yes, I have a couple). The user I was replying to was giving examples of mice which are in the same class with Logitech G series, this is why I directly quoted my experience with G700.

Re: Solaar is a Linux manager for many Logitech keyboards, mice, and other devices

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Post by dmm »

jdndjfhdbr wrote: post #152

I don't get the use case for this, all Logitech keyboard and mice are supported with the default USB/Bluetooth HID drivers shipped by any OS in the last 20 years

You're right. It's not a driver. It's a configuration tool. I use it to associate devices with the little dongles.

Re: Solaar is a Linux manager for many Logitech keyboards, mice, and other devices

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Post by terminalbraid »

drdaeman wrote: post #112
KennyBlanken wrote: post #89

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At least it's not actual spyware. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29056847 Wacom's drivers collect and send both application and window title names to them. It still does, even after all the outrage.

How on Earth they’re not sued into oblivion?

But you agreed to it in the ToS when you installed it. You can disable this however (before it was discovered you could not).

Re: Solaar is a Linux manager for many Logitech keyboards, mice, and other devices

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Post by adamtaylor_13 »

I love my Logitech G602/502 series but after they killed the line it’s time for my money to go to a company that values me.

The problem is, I LOVE my 8-programmable buttons and there isn’t another mouse I’ve been able to find that approaches the number of buttons and ergonomics of the G602.

The price I’m willing to pay for the right mouse is absurdly high, but it isn’t $200 for a mouse that dies within a year due to shitty switches.

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