wireless keyboard & mouse..will it work?

Hi all,

how do i know if my wireless keyboard & mouse (drivers) will work with my Raspberry ??

this is the set i have http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/25778040/Microsoft-Wireless-Desktop-800-Keyboard-and-Mouse-For-Business/Product.html?searchstring=wireless+keyboard&searchsource=0&searchtype=allproducts&urlrefer=search

cheers

morgaine over 13 years ago

I don't know that particular mouse and keyboard Darren, but it's very rare that a USB mouse and keyboard doesn't work with Linux because these days they're almost universally USB class-compliant. That means that they don't need brand-specific drivers.

In addition, since those are Microsoft branded products, it would be exceedingly unlikely that they don't work with Linux because there are so many of them around in the world, and so support would appear rapidly even in the very unlikely event that they're not USB class-compliant.

I'm just guessing about yours, but I would be very surprised if they have any issues with Linux or Pi.
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cullimore over 13 years ago in reply to morgaine

many thanks for your reply. just trying to get stuff sorted out before my Raspberry pi turns up.
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Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to cullimore

Darren,
Although you are not likely to have problems, there have been some
problems reported with Microsoft wireless keyboards. See message #4
on this thread:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/general-discussion/wireless-keyboard

It is possible that the issue is related to power rather than related to drivers,
since there seem to be some unresolved power-related issues currently.
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Former Member over 13 years ago

As others have said, the keyboard and mouse should be no issue.

But drivers? I've never installed a driver for a mouse or keyboard. OS has basic support built in. Only need for drivers would be multi-touch wierdness or specialty functions. And then, no, the drivers MS supplies will definately not work. Wrong OS. Wrong processor.
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