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Tried that, no luck. I'm starting to think it might just be a hardware issue. It's a mouse and keyboard I haven't used for a while.
Is it just the mouse and keyboard that aren't showing in solaar, or the unifying receiver itself?
For context, this is what a unifying receiver with a mouse and keyboard paired to it ought to look like in solaar:
Not even the unifying receiver seems to show up in solaar. When I plug it in I get a notification saying Logitech unifying receiver has been plugged in on my task bar. But then I open solaar and it's just a blank window. I also tried it on my other PC that's running bazzite and it's the exact same thing. I also had 2 unifying receivers and I tried them both just to rule out a broken dongle.
I'd check with other USB ports then. If the receiver is not even detected, it's often a defective USB port.
I tried every USB port, they all detect when the dongle is plugged in but solaar just displays a blank window. I even tried it on my other Linux PC and it had the exact same thing happen . I also had a second dongle so I plugged it in to time rule that the dongle was broken.
Silly question, but you have tried turning the computer off and back on again, right?
Yes I did, even tried a different PC which is why I think It might be the hardware. I might see if my buddy from work can plug it into his windows PC to see if it works. That way I can definitely know if it's a hardware issue.