The Ubuntu Incident

A few weeks ago I bought a Targus laser presentation remote, model AMP13EU. I can report that it works perfectly on my Ubuntu box. I tested it under Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04.

The user manual doesn’t mention Linux :( It says it works with Windows and Mac OS so when I bought it, I was just hoping that it would work with Linux too. Thank God it works like a charm.

Technical details
After connecting its USB receiver, “dmesg” produces the following output:

[ 3150.204455] usb 1-1.6: new full-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd
[ 3150.300357] usb 1-1.6: New USB device found, idVendor=1048, idProduct=07d3
[ 3150.300361] usb 1-1.6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 3150.300364] usb 1-1.6: Product: Laser Presentation Remote
[ 3150.300367] usb 1-1.6: Manufacturer: Targus
[ 3150.302437] input: Targus Laser Presentation Remote as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6:1.0/input/input19
[ 3150.302631] hid-generic 0003:1048:07D3.0005: input,hidraw4: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Targus Laser Presentation Remote] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.6/input0
[ 3150.305049] input: Targus Laser Presentation Remote as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6:1.1/input/input20
[ 3150.305304] hid-generic 0003:1048:07D3.0006: input,hidraw5: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Targus Laser Presentation Remote] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.6/input1
[ 3150.308158] input: Targus Laser Presentation Remote as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6:1.2/input/input21
[ 3150.308331] hid-generic 0003:1048:07D3.0007: input,hiddev0,hidraw6: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Targus Laser Presentation Remote] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.6/input2