Will the Logitech T650 rechargable wireless touchpad work with Ubuntu?

Question

I've searched Google, but haven't found any answer to this. I'm thinking about getting the Logitech T650 wireless touchpad as a replacement for my old mouse. (More information: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/touchpad-t650)

The device is targetted toward Windows 8. My question is, will this work under Ubuntu 12.10. And in particular, will the multitouch gestures work?

Answer 1

So I just bought the t650 today and with the help of xev I was able to figure out how to get all of the button presses. I have not tried to map any buttons to specific functions but as far as I can tell here are the default mappings. As of yet I have not found a solution to tapping registering as a click. :-(

Button 1 (Left-click): This occurs whenever the touchpad is pressed down with 1 or 2 fingers so that either the front right and/or front left foot is pressed. Sole exception is when a single finger is pressed above the right foot.

Button 2 (Right-click): This occurs whenever the touchpad has a finger placed above the right foot and either front foot is depressed.

Button 3 (Middle-click): This occurs like a left-click event but 3 fingers are used to press the touchpad.

Button 4 & 5 (scroll-wheel): Button 4 occurs when two fingers are slid upward on the touchpad and button 5 when two fingers are slid downward.

Button 6 & 7 : Button 6 occurs when two fingers are slid to the left on the touchpad and button 7 when two fingers are slid to the right.

Button 8 & 9 : Button 8 occurs when three fingers are slid to the left and button 9 occurs when three fingers are slid to the right.

Of course moving one finger over the touchpad moves the mouse on-screen. I also found that moving three fingers up on the touchpad is the same as pressing the super (windows) key.

So that's what I found and I hope it is helpful to anyone who uses the t650.

Answer 2

You can find some useful information here http://cmattoon.com/articles/logitech-t650-ubuntu.php

There you can sea what works and what doesn't work at the moment at Linux. Some gestures work and the mechanical click also works, but clicking by tabbing for example doesn't work.

Answer 3

Good news and bad. Yes, it does work on Linux but, because the Logitech T650 is made specifically for Windows, (unless I've been missing something) it is actually a very limited device (doesn't recognize "tap", etc.). As already stated, it does have some basic gestures like 2-finger scrolling and fwd/back for the browser.

If you are going to spend the money, (IMO) it's better spent on an Apple Magic Trackpad. You lose the built-in rechargable battery but you gain a large number of functions.