Update 2021: This has not been a problem for a real while. I recently accepted the "update your system" since this is (and was) in some sense the correct answer. Remember to use Solaar if you need to play with the USB Unifying device pairing, not needed for out-of-the-box mice.
I have a Logitech Anywhere MX mouse (wireless), when I connect it to the computer it doesn't work.
The mouse works in other computers with Windows and with Fedora 17 and Fedora 19, but it doesn't work in two different computers with Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10. Moreover these same computers work with another Microsoft wireless mouse.
So I think the combination of Logitech MX and Ubuntu doesn't play well.
The dmesg
log entry looks like this:
[ 578.845838] usb 3-2: Product: USB Receiver
[ 578.845841] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Logitech
[ 578.851625] logitech-djreceiver 0003:046D:C52B.0009: hiddev0,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Device [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:14.0-2/input2
[ 578.851899] logitech-djreceiver 0003:046D:C52B.0009: logi_dj_probe:logi_dj_recv_query_paired_devices error:-32
[ 578.854518] logitech-djreceiver: probe of 0003:046D:C52B.0009 failed with error -32
Instead of the expected (taken from Fedora):
[154344.634520] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: Logitech
[154344.647935] logitech-djreceiver 0003:046D:C52B.000D:
hiddev0,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Device [Logitech USB Receiver] on
usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.2/input2
[154344.653788] input: Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017 as
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.2/0003:046D:C52B.000D/input/input21
[154344.654192] logitech-djdevice 0003:046D:C52B.000E: input,hidraw1:
USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017] on
usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.2:1
UPDATE: I would say that at this point, solaar
is the way to go. So I accepted a previous answer suggesting this.