On Sunday 01 March 2009 07:30:58 am Greg Freemyer wrote:
In windows bar code scanners / kernel can be configured to dump ascii data straight into the keyboard buffer so you don't need app support. Is the same not true in Linux?
As in Windows, nothing needs to be done to get a barcode reader to work in linux. Barcode readers can emulate keyboards, USB and PS/2. (There could be issues with some laptops, but those are hardware issues and have nothing to do with the O/S running.) Barcode scanners that emulate keyboards don't care what O/S is running. BTW, the barcode readers are not "dump[ing] ascii" into the keyboard buffer. They are emulating the keyboard. You can configure some bardcode readers to transmit ascii, but that's usually done via RS232. Tim -- 08:50:01 up 21 days, 15:57, 3 users, load average: 2.50, 0.86, 0.40 "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts" John Wooden