Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755140AbWL3P36 (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:29:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755141AbWL3P36 (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:29:58 -0500 Received: from ibawizard.net ([82.208.44.173]:34112 "EHLO ibawizard.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755140AbWL3P35 (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:29:57 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 1506 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:29:57 EST Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:05:33 +0100 From: Petr Stetiar To: Loye Young Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, loye.young@iycc.net Subject: Re: The Input Layer and the Serial Port Message-ID: <20061230150533.GB24929@ibawizard.net> Reply-To: Petr Stetiar References: <20061227195433.872F03FC063@hamlet.sw.biz.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061227195433.872F03FC063@hamlet.sw.biz.rr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 832 Lines: 20 Loye Young [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: How do I expose my > RS232 barcode scanner to the input layer so that the scanned information > shows up in applications? Basically, I need the scanner to act like another > keyboard. Scan a code, see the numbers. Maybe http://kbde.sourceforge.net/ it's what you're looking for. -- ynezz - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/