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Using The Gyration Media Center Remote With Linux

Posted by timothy on from the make-it-so-wirelessly dept.

Bruce Perens writes "The Gyration Media Center Remote is a radio keyboard and mouse with 100-foot range. The mouse uses an accelerometer rather than a mouse wheel, and thus has the unique feature that you can make mouse gestures in the air. The mouse should be perfect for a public speaker who wants to move around during a speech, without giving up control of his laptop. It would also make a nifty remote for a Linux PVR user, since it has VCR controls and channel and volume buttons. But does it work with Linux?" Bruce Perens tried it out and says the answer is a qualified Yes.

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  1. No.... by kmmatthews · · Score: 4, Informative
    Actually, it was submitted by Bruce Perens, who .. uh, well, runs technocrat.net. It's *his* content, and he can post it anywhere he likes.

    In other words, one author can't plagarise himself, no matter how hard he may try.

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    feh. stuff.
  2. Re:Computers, BAH by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 5, Informative
    I did learn a lesson from this which will be applied to UserLinux. The installer was putting "usbmouse" in the modules list instead of "usbhid", it's not going to do that any longer. This is the result of evolution in Linux drivers - the HID driver came after the USB keyboard and mouse drivers, takes over their job and does it better, although this was not communicated well enough for me to find out until now. I agree that "mere mortals" have zero chance of finding this out and can only hope that their system installation program gets it right.

    Thanks

    Bruce

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    Bruce Perens.