Linux Help Needed

[butilikethecookie]

Hey everyone!

I just dual booted Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 on my computer. The install went great! However, I have a Logitech G110 Keyboard and G500. The Keyboard types an the mouse moves just fine. However,the keyboard lights up blue (I have it set to red) and the G keys do not work. On the mouse, none of the more advanced buttons work. Everything works fine in Windows 7 (After I installed the Software of coarse)I google a bit and I found that I have to compile code to the kernel (If I'm understanding it correctly) and I really don't want to do that for obvious reasons. Are there native either closed/open source driver that will make everything work? Can I run the software in WINE?Is anyone else reading having problems with their lighted keyboards/mice? Am I just SOL?

Thank you for your help!

--butilikethecookie

[mps69]

Have you tried selecting the option Additional Drivers, the System Settings menu. Sometimes this shows up alternative drivers.

Good luck.

[Princess Katie Pixie]

Just download Virtualbox on Windows 7 and run Ubuntu in it. I don't dual boot since it is such a waste of space since Linux creates its own partition and when you download stuff on the Linux partition it takes up the Windows partition.

[hjf288]

http://warped.org/blog/2011/02/04/ch0wned-logitech-g500-mouse-all-buttons-in-redhat-el5/

For RHEL but you can adapt it for Ubuntu :)

[Kreuger]

Just note under theprerequisites, instead of yum you'll need to use "sudo apt-get install xorg-x11-server-sdk"