Hello I’m a Linux newbie and I need some help. I’m running fedora on my laptop and I want to connect my Logitech mouse. I got solaar installed but I need to manually install the udev rule. I’m following the Instructions here

So I understand that I need to copy rules.d/42-logitech-unify-permissions.rules from the solaar GitHub and place it in /etc/udev/rules.d the thing I don’t know how to do is get there. I’m not super familiar with the terminal

  • lichengeese@lemmy.zip
    14·
    2 days ago

    Solaar appears to be available through the Fedora package manager. Among other reasons, using the package manager is preferred because it gives you a mechanism to remove it cleanly, including any system changes such as the udev rule

    https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/solaar/solaar/

    I’m not a Fedora user myself, but I suppose if you open the terminal and run

    sudo dnf install solaar

    This would install both solaar and the udev rule.

    • johnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      2·
      2 days ago

      I did install it through the package manager. For some reason though my Logitech mouse doesn’t come up on solaar. When I was looking for a reason I found something about the udev and thought that’s what I had to do, I didn’t realize I was reading mac stuff 😅

      • ace_garp@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 days ago

        First time installing solaar last week. Was from package manager on Trisquel(deb based).

        All installed and detected automatically. Probably the same under Fedora.

        Try a purge/uninstall of solaar, and then put the dongle in before you reinstall.

        (Random aside. If your PC auto-resumes after suspend, it may have picked up a logitech keyboard from another room. Unpair it from your dongle)

        • johnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
          2·
          22 hours ago

          Tried those things, no luck. And no other Logitech things around to connect too. I’m starting to think it might just be a hardware issue. It’s a mouse and keyboard I haven’t used for a while.

          • Jumuta@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            13 hours ago

            I’d try:

            • running solaar from the terminals so you get the output log
            • checking what you have in /etc/udev/rules.d
            • johnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
              1·
              6 hours ago

              I honestly don’t know much about terminal, how could I go about doing that? I’m pretty sure this is exactly my problem. I had stumbled on this Reddit thread when looking for a solution. But someone here pointed out that the link lsd_ninja provided was for MAC so I thought I must’ve been on the wrong track. I know I have to copy the file from the GitHub. I just don’t know how to get to the location where it goes.

          • buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
            1·
            21 hours ago

            Is it just the mouse and keyboard that aren’t showing in solaar, or the unifying receiver itself?

            For context, this is what a unifying receiver with a mouse and keyboard paired to it ought to look like in solaar:

            • johnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
              2·
              18 hours ago

              Not even the unifying receiver seems to show up in solaar. When I plug it in I get a notification saying Logitech unifying receiver has been plugged in on my task bar. But then I open solaar and it’s just a blank window. I also tried it on my other PC that’s running bazzite and it’s the exact same thing. I also had 2 unifying receivers and I tried them both just to rule out a broken dongle.

                • johnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
                  2·
                  6 hours ago

                  I tried every USB port, they all detect when the dongle is plugged in but solaar just displays a blank window. I even tried it on my other Linux PC and it had the exact same thing happen . I also had a second dongle so I plugged it in to time rule that the dongle was broken.

                • johnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
                  2·
                  6 hours ago

                  Yes I did, even tried a different PC which is why I think It might be the hardware. I might see if my buddy from work can plug it into his windows PC to see if it works. That way I can definitely know if it’s a hardware issue.