Newbie to Asahi Linux - two issues

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Hi

New to this Mac Silicon linux and really impressed with speed and installation

i have two fundementals which I can can’t get working
Running Mac Pro M2

I have a plugin Logitech Mouse 325. I get not reponse and don’t see it with lsmod/lsusb or any other qu ery. Can someone point me in the right direction hear please

The other issue is a usb stick. Being linux i thought a ext4 formatted stick would be recognised. But again no response. It has important info on it. Need to get it working.

Thought about going into MacOs with Paragon etc…

thanks Cliff

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Right. Solved the usb issue. Changed file format to exFat and the usb was recognised. Had to borrow another laptop to do it.

Mouse next

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Linux supports ext4 on USB drives, SD cards, etc. so it shouldn’t have been an issue unless there was something wrong with the partition table and/or filesystem. Repartitioning and reformatting as ext4 would’ve fixed it (assuming the USB drive is still reliable), but exFAT is a good choice for portability.

The only Logitech mouse I’ve seen that was a model 325 was wireless with a USB dongle. What’s the exact model number on the label on the bottom of the mouse?

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Yep. That’s the one. It’s the 325 with dongle that I have. Plug in dongle get absolutely nothing.

Can’t be a kernel issue. Usually all bases are covered there?

Thanks for replying

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I recall that Asahi had some issues with USB due to lack of open source drivers, so some things that work with macOS didn’t work with Asahi. Also, Apple has a history of more strict standards compliance that did not allow use of some devices that worked with Windows and Intel Linux.

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The USB dongle basically emulates a USB mouse (the computer isn’t actually talking to the mouse itself).

With the USB dongle unplugged, launch a terminal and issue the following command before plugging the dongle back in:

dmesg --follow-new

Please share the dmesg output (being sure to use the preformatted text option to preserve the formatting so it’s easier to read).

For the M325, shouldn’t be an issue. It’s been on the market for more than 10 years and has been supported since Linux kernel version 2.6.

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Apologies. It turned out to be a faulty USB to USBC reducer.

Got it straight away with new one

Thanks to all

Cliff