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Flip _lightspeed_receiver() to may_unpair: True so the GUI unpair button
becomes sensitive for Lightspeed-paired devices, and route the GUI unpair
action through _unpair_device(n, force=True) so the unpair register write
actually fires instead of short-circuiting to cache invalidation.

The previous GUI path called `del receiver[n]`, which dispatches to
Receiver.__delitem__ → _unpair_device(n, force=False). On receivers with
re_pairs=True (Lightspeed, Nano) that hits the cache-invalidation branch
at receiver.py:391 and never writes the unpair register — a "fake unpair"
that would have left the slot bound on the hardware even after the button
was enabled.

With force=True, the GUI now issues RECEIVER_PAIRING action 0x03 for the
selected slot, matching the CLI unpair path (cli/unpair.py:39) which has
always used force=True. Lightspeed and Unifying unpair behavior are now
symmetric: the button is enabled, the confirmation dialog is shown, and
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lets the receiver firmware pick an empty slot, re_pairs remains True so
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occupied devnumber. Verified on dual-slot C547 hardware that pairing into
an empty slot preserves the occupant of the other slot.

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row to right-click) still require the --slot CLI from the preceding
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README.md

Solaar

Solaar is a Linux manager for many Logitech keyboards, mice, and other devices that connect wirelessly to a Unifying, Bolt, Lightspeed or Nano receiver as well as many Logitech devices that connect via a USB cable or Bluetooth. Solaar is not a device driver and responds only to special messages from devices that are otherwise ignored by the Linux input system.

More Information - Usage - Capabilities - Rules - Manual Installation - Known Issues

codecov License: GPL v2

 

 

Solaar supports:

  • pairing/unpairing of devices with receivers
  • configuring device settings
  • custom button configuration
  • running rules in response to special messages from devices

For more information see the main Solaar documentation page. -

Installation Packages

Up-to-date prebuilt packages are available for some Linux distros (e.g., Fedora) in their standard repositories. If a recent version of Solaar is not available from the standard repositories for your distribution, you can try one of these packages:

Solaar is available from some other repositories but may be several versions behind the current version: