Re: Logitech "unifying" receiver buttons aren't?

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Logitech "unifying" receiver buttons aren't?
Date	2017-10-13 00:30 +0200
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On Thu 12 Oct 2017 at 11:44:29 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings all;
> 
> What does the word Unifying, as I see in dmesg for some, but not all, the 
> the rx buttons for wireless keyboards/mice, actually mean?
> 
> I took that to mean that it could work for both their (logitech's) 
> keyboards or mice, possibly at the same time so that it might be usable 
> for both at the same time, thereby saving a usb2 socket.
> 
> Testing that theory got that idea squashed, so what exactly does that 
> word unifying mean?

AFAIK you need windows for running the Logitech application
that does the unifying. You can do it anywhere that you can
take your devices if you don't have windows. Yes, you save
a USB socket.

Cheers,
David.

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Re: Logitech "unifying" receiver buttons aren't? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-10-13 00:30 +0200
  Re: Logitech "unifying" receiver buttons aren't? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-10-13 00:40 +0200
    Re: Logitech "unifying" receiver buttons aren't? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-10-13 00:50 +0200
      Re: Logitech "unifying" receiver buttons aren't? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-10-13 01:00 +0200
        Re: Logitech "unifying" receiver buttons aren't? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-10-13 01:40 +0200
      Re: Logitech "unifying" receiver buttons aren't? Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-10-13 01:20 +0200
        Re: Logitech "unifying" receiver buttons aren't? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-10-13 01:40 +0200
    Re: Logitech "unifying" receiver buttons aren't? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-10-13 01:10 +0200
      Re: Logitech "unifying" receiver buttons aren't? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-10-13 03:10 +0200
  Re: Logitech "unifying" receiver buttons aren't? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-10-13 00:50 +0200
  Re: Logitech "unifying" receiver buttons aren't? Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-10-13 01:00 +0200

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