Yet Another Linux Blog » lazyweb http://linux-blog.org Open Source, Open Blog Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:18:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Dear Lazyweb, Microsoft Laser Mouse http://linux-blog.org/dear-lazyweb-microsoft-laser-mouse/ http://linux-blog.org/dear-lazyweb-microsoft-laser-mouse/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:49:54 +0000 devnet http://linux-blog.org/?p=836 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I was shopping around for a mouse for gaming.  After reading the reviews, I found that I wanted to give the Microsoft Sidewinder x8 a try (previously had a Logitech G5 that broke).  It works great in Windows, which I dual boot on my gaming machine.  However, when I try to use it in Linux…it doesn’t operate at all. (2.6.26 kernel)

Googling around hasn’t turned up much at all…so I figured I’d ask here.  So…here goes:

 

Dear lazyweb, has anyone gotten the Sidewinder x8 or x5 laser mouse to work in Linux and if so, can you point me in the right direction in the comments?

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