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USB keyboard support

Posted: 26 Sep 2007, 08:09
by ringmod
Hi all,

Does the bubba support USB keyboards? I do not currently have any keyboard to try this with, but I am planning on buying a wireless keyboard with USB dongle. Ofcourse there is no screen, but that can be handled in other ways... 8)

If supported, what is the destination of the key sequences? The terminal (the same as the hardware serial port) ?

My idea is to make some software that listens to the keys and, if needed for the use case, utilize a network connected LCD for actual visual output (Kiss dp-1500).

BR
Svante

Posted: 28 Sep 2007, 01:56
by tor
Hi ringmod,

Bubba should support USB-keyboards. But you would need to install the kernel modules and then possibly load the evdev module.

After that the keyboard should turn up as a event device under /dev/input/eventX that you then would have your application use.

Not really sure if you could attach it to a running terminal session though.

/Tor

Posted: 28 Sep 2007, 03:01
by ringmod
Thanks Tor, that sounds great! :)

BR
Svante