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On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 02:31:45PM -0500, Dr. Doug L. Hoffman wrote:
> Has anyone out there successfully used the Gyration Ultra Professional
> Optical Suite (RF keyboard and in-air mouse) on a Linux box?

I just bought the 'Ultra Cordless Optical Suite' (GP170-001). It's only
$100 and has a 25ft range on the keyboard and mouse. Your local
CompUSA or BestBuy will probably carry it.

> I've about had it with the (relatively) cheap IR keyboard I've got
> installed on my myth box and I'd really like to move up to an RF
> model. This combo from Gyration sounds great but it uses a USB dual
> receiver that comes with the unit. At ~$300 it is rather pricey so I'd
> rather not be the first one to have tried this :-)

They both work great if you've got HID support in your kernel. I
already had my usb mouse/keyboard connected and just plugged the
Gyration receiver in and they both worked without any additional
configuration on my part.

I haven't really played with them enough for a proper review, but I am
very impressed with the product so far.

HTH,
-c

* note that I haven't tried this with MythTV yet, just with a Linux box
that has a Gnome desktop running on XFree86 4.3.0.

On Thursday 05 June 2003 05:40 pm, Chris Huseman wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 02:31:45PM -0500, Dr. Doug L. Hoffman wrote:
> > Has anyone out there successfully used the Gyration Ultra Professional
> > Optical Suite (RF keyboard and in-air mouse) on a Linux box?
>
> They both work great if you've got HID support in your kernel. I
> already had my usb mouse/keyboard connected and just plugged the
> Gyration receiver in and they both worked without any additional
> configuration on my part.
>
> I haven't really played with them enough for a proper review, but I am
> very impressed with the product so far.

I got a Gyration Optical Suite a couple of weeks ago, and have been very
pleased. It was a breeze to get it working under Linux and X. I love the
size of the keyboard, and being able to use the mouse in mid-air is
absolutely the best. No problems using it with Myth.

My only (minor) complaint is that, at about 10' from the receiver, I do get
intermittent missed keys on the keyboard. Actually, I haven't had a single
one as I type this (yes, I'm checking my email on my Myth box -- the
advantages of a 60" screen!) -- I think the dropped keys occur mostly in
console mode, and not nearly as often in X.

I highly recommend it!

-JAC

Thanks for your advice, I just received my keyboard and mouse and they
look like quality goods. The keyboard is working fine but I'm having a
bit of trouble with the mouse. It seems to only show up as a hid, not a
mouse, in the usb devices section of proc. I'm running debian unstable
with a 2.4.20 kernel. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Regards,
Doug

On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 16:40, Chris Huseman wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 02:31:45PM -0500, Dr. Doug L. Hoffman wrote:
> > Has anyone out there successfully used the Gyration Ultra Professional
> > Optical Suite (RF keyboard and in-air mouse) on a Linux box?
>
> I just bought the 'Ultra Cordless Optical Suite' (GP170-001). It's only
> $100 and has a 25ft range on the keyboard and mouse. Your local
> CompUSA or BestBuy will probably carry it.
>
> > I've about had it with the (relatively) cheap IR keyboard I've got
> > installed on my myth box and I'd really like to move up to an RF
> > model. This combo from Gyration sounds great but it uses a USB dual
> > receiver that comes with the unit. At ~$300 it is rather pricey so I'd
> > rather not be the first one to have tried this :-)
>
> They both work great if you've got HID support in your kernel. I
> already had my usb mouse/keyboard connected and just plugged the
> Gyration receiver in and they both worked without any additional
> configuration on my part.
>
> I haven't really played with them enough for a proper review, but I am
> very impressed with the product so far.
>
> HTH,
> -c
>
> * note that I haven't tried this with MythTV yet, just with a Linux box
> that has a Gnome desktop running on XFree86 4.3.0.
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On Saturday 14 June 2003 11:35 am, Dr. Doug L. Hoffman wrote:
> Thanks for your advice, I just received my keyboard and mouse and they
> look like quality goods. The keyboard is working fine but I'm having a
> bit of trouble with the mouse. It seems to only show up as a hid, not a
> mouse, in the usb devices section of proc. I'm running debian unstable
> with a 2.4.20 kernel. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Doug

HID should be just fine... need a little more info, for instance:

- What exactly is the problem with the mouse?
- What is your kernel configurations?
- If the problem is with the mouse under X, what is your XF86Config?

-JAC

PS- Just as an aside, my Gyration 25' RF Keyboard seems to have died... the
mouse works fine, but the receiver doesn't show any signal from the keyboard.
*sigh*, I just hope I kept the receipt...