Hi !
I'm trying to set up a small embedded system for gps receiving with a linux
system. I want to have the system working without a graphics card - wich
works well. The Problem I have at the moment is to access the keyboard
without a graphics card, because the console driver does not start then (
Also a redirect doesn't work then :-( )
Is there a way to access the keyboard in this case by a user program ?
The system recognises the keyboard ( I think Kernel and init) and reacts if
ctrl-alt-del is pressed.
Thanks for your help !
Kai
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Kai-Boris Schad
University of Ulm, Germany
Dept. of Electron Devices and Circuits
Integrated Circuits in Communications
Albert Einstein Allee 45
89069 ULM
http://www.uni-ulm.de/icic
email:[email protected]
phone +49/731/50-31581 fax +49/731/50-31599
On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Kai-Boris Schad wrote:
> I'm trying to set up a small embedded system for gps receiving with a linux
> system. I want to have the system working without a graphics card - wich
> works well. The Problem I have at the moment is to access the keyboard
> without a graphics card, because the console driver does not start then (
> Also a redirect doesn't work then :-( )
> Is there a way to access the keyboard in this case by a user program ?
> The system recognises the keyboard ( I think Kernel and init) and reacts if
> ctrl-alt-del is pressed.
What would probably work, is to add funkey support to your kernel
(http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/funkey/), define all keys of your
keyboard to be funkeys, and read them from /dev/funkey.
Eric
Its is easy if your keyboard driver is based on the input api. Just use
the /dev/input/event interface.
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On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Kai-Boris Schad wrote:
> Hi !
>
> I'm trying to set up a small embedded system for gps receiving with a linux
> system. I want to have the system working without a graphics card - wich
> works well. The Problem I have at the moment is to access the keyboard
> without a graphics card, because the console driver does not start then (
> Also a redirect doesn't work then :-( )
> Is there a way to access the keyboard in this case by a user program ?
> The system recognises the keyboard ( I think Kernel and init) and reacts if
> ctrl-alt-del is pressed.
>
> Thanks for your help !
>
> Kai
>
> --
> Kai-Boris Schad
> University of Ulm, Germany
> Dept. of Electron Devices and Circuits
> Integrated Circuits in Communications
> Albert Einstein Allee 45
> 89069 ULM
>
> http://www.uni-ulm.de/icic
> email:[email protected]
> phone +49/731/50-31581 fax +49/731/50-31599
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