udev 97-hid2hci.rules missing usb id for logitech dinovo 2

[Jesús Diéguez Fernández]

Trying to install kubuntu 16.04.2 (Xenial Xerus) today, the Logitech dinovo 2 bluetooth keyboard and mouse didn't work, nor in live cd nor after being installed using another keyboard and mouse.

In /lib/udev/rules.d/97-hid2hci.rules there are two lines for Logitech devices:

# Logitech devices
KERNEL=="hiddev*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="046d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c70[345abce]|c71[3bc]", \
  RUN+="hid2hci --method=logitech-hid --devpath=%p"
# Logitech, Inc. diNovo Edge Keyboard
KERNEL=="hidraw*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="046d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c714", \
  RUN+="hid2hci --method=logitech-hid --devpath=%p"

lsusb shows in my computer:

Bus 001 Device 006: ID 046d:c704 Logitech, Inc. diNovo Wireless Desktop

The id is almost equal (c714 <> c704). After adding a new line with the missing id, the keyboard and mouse started to work:

# Logitech, Inc. diNovo 2
KERNEL=="hidraw*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="046d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c704", \
  RUN+="hid2hci --method=logitech-hid --devpath=%p"

I've also followed these other bugs to find out the file that I needed to modify and that my keyboard needs hidraw instead of hiddev:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/872940
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/123920

[Konrad Zapałowicz (kzapalowicz)]

Interesting. Will look into this.

[Konrad Zapałowicz (kzapalowicz)]

@jesusdf

you have written that:

"the Logitech dinovo 2 bluetooth keyboard and mouse didn't work, nor in live cd nor after being installed using another keyboard and mouse."

I wonder - were you able to pair it or that did not work too?

[Jesús Diéguez Fernández (jesusdf)]

The keyboard is quite old, it has a technology prior to the Logitech Unifying, but probably this led to it. It has a dongle that it autopairs to it, so really you don't have to manually pair/configure it. For example, it works out of the box accessing the bios of the computer.

[Jesús Diéguez Fernández (jesusdf)]

Any news on this topic? Do you need any additional information?

[Konrad Zapałowicz (kzapalowicz)]

This shall be released

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Shall be or was released? :)

[Konrad Zapałowicz (kzapalowicz)]

Meaning that it is out :)