No more rubbing your elbow against your chair’s armrest for hours on end. Better yet, a few days into testing we realized our thumbs and hands as a whole weren’t cramping up and clenching like other mice tend to cause.Īnother added benefit of the stationary design is that you can rest your arm on your computer chair’s armrest and keep it supported while still moving the cursor around the screen. It’s almost as though you have to rewire your brain a bit in terms of how you interact with your computer, but within an hour or two it felt like second nature. Using our thumb as the main form of input did take some time. You can use the command.Another added benefit of the stationary design is that you can rest your arm on your computer chair’s armrest and keep it supported while still moving the cursor around the screen.
If you want to change the modifier button you need to figure out which button on the M570 corresponds to which number. Next, reboot your computer.Īfter the reboot the M570 should be working with the small forward key as the modifier for horizontal trackball scrolling. Option "EmulateWheelTimeout" "200" # Comment out XAxis if you don't want horizontal scroll Option "EmulateWheelInertia" "10" # Timeout between EmulateWheelButton click and "emulation" to begin Option "EmulateWheelButton" "9" # Affects distance trackball needs to move register scroll movement Option "EmulateWheel" "true" # Set to middle-click Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" # EmulateWheel refers to emulating a mouse wheel using the trackball
Identifier "Logitech M570" # Tailed /var/log/Xorg.0.log to figure out the following Section "InputClass" # User-defined name for this profile/input class
#Trackball logitech m570 driver install#
So off we go and install Solaar via the terminal. Both are able to list the devices paired to a Unifying Receiver, show detailed info for each device, and also pair/unpair supported devices with the receiver. It comes in two flavors, command-line and GUI. It is able to pair/unpair devices to the receiver, and for most devices read battery status. Solaar is a Linux device manager for Logitech’s Unifying Receiver peripherals. Here's a description of what it does from Solaar's website.
#Trackball logitech m570 driver software#
The trackball comes with a 'Logitech Universal Receiver' (basically, a usb dongle).īefore configuring the M570 it's best install a piece of software called Solaar which works with the receiver and the devices. This post will document the setup process that I went through to get the trackball working with ubuntu 16.04. I have added the forward button as a modifier to use the trackball to scroll horizontally. The 2 small buttons with the arrows on them are the forwards and back buttons. One other benefit of a trackball is that you can use them even if your desk is covered in papers (not that my desk is ever like that).Īfter reading a bit about trackballs and the reviews of the various models available I decided to pick up a 'lightly used' 2nd hand Logitech M570. This was mostly the reason I decided to add one to my workspace. One of the main reasons for using a trackball is ergonomics (design effiency and comfort). Wikipedia has a good article about trackballs, their history (they were 1st called Rollerballs) as well as some of the reasons people use them (versus using a mouse).
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