Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Aug 2002 22:34:08 +0200 (CEST) | From | Eric Lammerts <> | Subject | Re: Q: Howto access the keyboard in a linux system without a graphics card ? |
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On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Kai-Boris Schad wrote: > I'm trying to set up a small embedded system for gps receiving with a linux > system. I want to have the system working without a graphics card - wich > works well. The Problem I have at the moment is to access the keyboard > without a graphics card, because the console driver does not start then ( > Also a redirect doesn't work then :-( ) > Is there a way to access the keyboard in this case by a user program ? > The system recognises the keyboard ( I think Kernel and init) and reacts if > ctrl-alt-del is pressed.
What would probably work, is to add funkey support to your kernel (http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/funkey/), define all keys of your keyboard to be funkeys, and read them from /dev/funkey.
Eric
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