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Re: [LUG] USB barcode reader in X

 

On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 17:10 +0100, Simon Waters wrote:
> kevin wrote:
> > 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 all else failed delete /dev/ttyS0 an create a link to ttUSB0
> 
> Or just recreate the device file with the appropriate major and minor 
> numbers - these days you may have to do this to some evil layer that 
> recreates these at boot time.
> 
> Can't you just hack the Java to have the right devices in the list.
> 
> No idea where xorg.conf would fit here.

is ttys0 the keyboard input?
or the serial input?

I dont have any experience with .jar files 
can you suggest an editor or is a .jar file compiled?
 
> 
Regards

Kevin Lucas
Minions Post Master(Sub)
Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE
01579363386


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