Re: The Input Layer and the Serial Port

2007-06-06 Thread Lars K.W. Gohlke
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Re: The Input Layer and the Serial Port

2007-01-02 Thread David Greaves
Loye Young wrote: > Basically, I need the scanner to act like another keyboard. Scan a code, see > the numbers. Depends, do you want to get the job done or play with drivers? If the former then get yourself to eBay and buy a brand new PS/2 barcode reader for circa $10-$20 that plugs between the

Re: The Input Layer and the Serial Port

2006-12-30 Thread Petr Stetiar
Loye Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-12-27 13:54:33]: > To the King of Penguins and the Wise Architects of the Kernel: > > Greetings and Smooth Compiling to All, > > I, a humble pilgrim in the Land of Tux, have spent over a year seeking a > simple answer to what seems to me a simple question: Ho

Re: The Input Layer and the Serial Port

2006-12-28 Thread Richard Purdie
On Wed, 2006-12-27 at 13:54 -0600, Loye Young wrote: > I, a humble pilgrim in the Land of Tux, have spent over a year seeking > a simple answer to what seems to me a simple question: How do I expose > my RS232 barcode scanner to the input layer so that the scanned > information shows up in applicat

Re: The Input Layer and the Serial Port

2006-12-28 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Loye Young wrote: >>Take for example the AT keyboard which is >>one of the most common keyboards in the world. I have seen and >>used it attached to a PC via parport, serial port and the standard >>PS/2 port. So to handle cases like this the input layer created a >>serio interface. > > > If plai

Re: The Input Layer and the Serial Port

2006-12-27 Thread Loye Young
"Nothing is hard if you already know how." -- Unknown "Nadie nace enseñó." -- Mexican proverb. ("Nobody is born taught.") >All you need to do is write the device interface. I wish that I knew how to program in C, and that I knew how to recompile the kernel. But C is Greek to me. Besides, it i

Re: The Input Layer and the Serial Port

2006-12-27 Thread James Simmons
> To the King of Penguins and the Wise Architects of the Kernel: > > Greetings and Smooth Compiling to All, > > I, a humble pilgrim in the Land of Tux, have spent over a year > seeking a simple answer to what seems to me a simple question: > How do I expose my RS232 barcode scanner to the inpu

The Input Layer and the Serial Port

2006-12-27 Thread Loye Young
To the King of Penguins and the Wise Architects of the Kernel: Greetings and Smooth Compiling to All, I, a humble pilgrim in the Land of Tux, have spent over a year seeking a simple answer to what seems to me a simple question: How do I expose my RS232 barcode scanner to the input layer so that