logitech g19 keyboard installation

Quick to answer questions about finding your way around Linux Mint as a new user.
Forum rules
There are no such things as "stupid" questions. However if you think your question is a bit stupid, then this is the right place for you to post it. Stick to easy to-the-point questions that you feel people can answer fast. For long and complicated questions use the other forums in the support section.
Before you post read how to get help. Topics in this forum are automatically closed 6 months after creation.
Locked
heiny

logitech g19 keyboard installation

Post by heiny »

Hi all, I have a Logitech G19 keyboard and trying to make it work without success...
Followed some links but no luck. Is there one of you somewhere that make it worked?

Really need some help here!!

Regards,

Linux Mint 18.3
Last edited by LockBot on Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:16 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Topic automatically closed 6 months after creation. New replies are no longer allowed.
User avatar
catweazel
Level 19
Level 19
Posts: 9763
Joined: Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:44 pm
Location: Australian Antarctic Territory

Re: logitech g19 keyboard installation

Post by catweazel »

heiny wrote: Wed Jun 20, 2018 9:18 pm trying to make it work without success...
Define 'trying to make it work without success...'
"There is, ultimately, only one truth -- cogito, ergo sum -- everything else is an assumption." - Me, my swansong.
heiny

Re: logitech g19 keyboard installation

Post by heiny »

Ok...first i've tried this

1 sudo apt-get update
2 sudo apt-get upgrade
3 sudo apt-get install make git build-essential

Shell

1 cd /tmp
2 git clone https://github.com/Huskynarr/gnome15.git
3 cd gnome15
4 ./configure
5 make
6 sudo make install

Everything goes well except at this line: ./configure...got an error msg there :(

any idea?

Thank you for taking time to look at my post, really appreciated.
heiny

Re: logitech g19 keyboard installation

Post by heiny »

For now the keyboard lit up in white only, no dimmer. and the multimedia screen show the Logitech logo only.

Regards,
User avatar
thx-1138
Level 8
Level 8
Posts: 2092
Joined: Fri Mar 10, 2017 12:15 pm
Location: Athens, Greece

Re: logitech g19 keyboard installation

Post by thx-1138 »

heiny wrote: Thu Jun 21, 2018 11:38 am ......................
Everything goes well except at this line: ./configure...got an error msg there :(

any idea?
......................
...heiny, i have no idea how this thingy works myself...but i'd try instead:

Code: Select all

autoreconf -i
./configure
make
make install
That is, based on the bug reports on the project page itself:
https://github.com/Huskynarr/gnome15/issues/19
&
https://github.com/Huskynarr/gnome15/issues/13

Edit:...you could also have a look at the following thread for pre-compiled binaries and/or instructions:
viewtopic.php?t=211650
heiny

Re: logitech g19 keyboard installation

Post by heiny »

ok, all installed correctly this time, thanks for the help. :D

Nothing changed on my keyboard...lit up in white with the Logitech logo on the multimedia screen....M1 M2 M3 etc button does nothing....
Seems to be missing something..
Have in menu/preference/ Logitech G keyboard configuration program but when i click on it I see the computer is working but nothing happen...

Any idea?
heiny

Re: logitech g19 keyboard installation

Post by heiny »

Something new, I can now change display of the LCD but limited functions.... lit up in green now...but can't change it to another color....and M1 M2 M3 MR keys are lit up but does nothing....
At least a sign of life loll :lol:
heiny

Re: logitech g19 keyboard installation

Post by heiny »

keep going.... working now wit some tweaks to do.....
kboard2.png
Loron
Level 1
Level 1
Posts: 4
Joined: Sun Sep 09, 2018 1:34 pm
Location: Germany

Re: logitech g19 keyboard installation

Post by Loron »

Hello!
Any news on this? I was running my Logitec G19s with Linux Mint 18 which worked totally fine.
Now I changed to Linux Mint 19 some days ago. I took me some time gut all the dependencies installed but now it compiles without errors.
To be sure I just tried the way mentioned above with

Code: Select all

autoreconf -i
./configure
make
make install
I can start Logitec Keyboard Configuration but nothing changes when I edit for example the colour settings. In order to find some issues I started G15-dekstop-service with the terminal and got some error messages:

Code: Select all

WARNING	19:26:38-MainThread	gnome15.g15drivermanager - Failed to load driver.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gnome15/g15drivermanager.py", line 42, in <module>
    driver_mod = __import__("gnome15.drivers.%s" % d , fromlist=[])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gnome15/drivers/driver_g930.py", line 21, in <module>
    from pyinputevent.pyinputevent import SimpleDevice
ImportError: No module named pyinputevent.pyinputevent
ERROR	19:26:38-MainThread	gnome15.g15pluginmanager - Failed to load plugin module /usr/local/share/gnome15/plugins/indicator-messages.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gnome15/g15pluginmanager.py", line 247, in <module>
    for mod in ([__import__(fname) for fname in pluginfiles]):
  File "/usr/local/share/gnome15/plugins/indicator-messages/indicator-messages.py", line 45, in <module>
    raise Exception("Only works in Ubuntu Unity desktop")
Exception: Only works in Ubuntu Unity desktop
WARNING	19:26:41-MainThread	gnome15.g15service - None of the supported session managers available, will not detect logout signal for clean shutdown.
I looks like the driver is not working properly. Anything I could check?
Loron
Level 1
Level 1
Posts: 4
Joined: Sun Sep 09, 2018 1:34 pm
Location: Germany

Re: logitech g19 keyboard installation

Post by Loron »

Anybody?
heiny

Re: logitech g19 keyboard installation

Post by heiny »

did you tried to run: g15-systemtray
it will open the console to configure the keyboard and you can start the desktop service from this console.
I have to start this utility manually each time i boot but..it's working.
expaddy
Level 1
Level 1
Posts: 8
Joined: Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:19 am

Re: logitech g19 keyboard installation

Post by expaddy »

Hi,

I'm trying to follow the above instructions but when I get to ./configure I get:
configure: error: Requires RSVG for Python

I have opened synaptic and tried to find this particular module but no luck.

Could anyone point me in the correct direction,

BR/D
To be or not to be, is that a question?
expaddy
Level 1
Level 1
Posts: 8
Joined: Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:19 am

Re: logitech g19 keyboard installation

Post by expaddy »

Hi,

I got round the G910 issue eventually:

`git clone https://github.com/MatMoul/g810-led.git`
`cd g810-led`
`make bin LIB=libusb`
`sudo make install`

I haven't played too much but it seems to work fine and the initial light layout works just fine for me.

Read about it here:
https://github.com/MatMoul/g810-led

BR/D
To be or not to be, is that a question?
Locked

Return to “Beginner Questions”