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Has any one experience of USB barcode readers and getting the input in a form box? I have found a very good project on Sourgeforce called Openbravo POS written in java it does all I need for Point of sale including MySql backend, apart from the input for barcode scanner. it has the usual com1... etc and ttys0 but i need ttyUSB0 for my setup. if i plug in my scanner i get > usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 > usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > pl2303 4-1:1.0: pl2303 converter detected > usb 4-1: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 > usb 4-1: New USB device found, idVendor=067b, idProduct=2303 > usb 4-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0 and if I scan and do a [root@kevinspc ~]# cat /dev/ttyUSB0 5000157024671 i get a code for Heinz Beans I think Xorg.conf may be the answer but am unsure this is the best way to go. Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html