On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 07:21 -0700, James McKenzie wrote: > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:53 AM, Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo > <nospaze@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 07:45 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 10:56 +0200, Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo wrote: > >> > I got a new barcode reader, but it doesn't work (does in any Win box). > >> > Am I missing something? Loading any USB keyboard module? (cant guess > >> > any). > >> > >> What does "It doesn't work" mean? It returns bad data? it returns no > >> data? something crashes? it just sits there and never responds? what? > >> Presumably you're trying to use it with some application, but you don't > >> say. Neither do you mention the brand and model (the dmesg dump just > >> says "generic"), which might mean something to someone. > > > > Patrick, maybe u missed the rest of my message, with the dmesg output. > > Dmesg throws an error when plugging the keyboard (its a barcode reader). > > THen... does nothing. It has energy (laser turns and beeps on when > > unique button is pressed). But does not generate any keytyping. > > > Even though this looks like a keyboard, does it need Windows drivers > to function? Nope. Just pluggin it in any win box (tried XP, Vista, 7). Not debian, not fedora (though in any mailing list modprobe usbkbd is mentioned to get it working in debian, which now does not exist now, usb-hid is included in debian/fedora kernel now). ---------------------------------------------- Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo - nospaze@xxxxxxxxx otbits.blogspot.com / counter.li.org: #367962 ---------------------------------------------- "Solange Menschen denken, dass Tiere nicht fÃhlen; mÃssen Tiere fÃhlen, dass Menschen nicht denken." - Unbekannter Autor -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
