Barcode reader f14=no win=yes

James McKenzie jjmckenzie51 at gmail.com
Thu Apr 7 14:21:50 UTC 2011


On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:53 AM, Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo
<nospaze at gmail.com> 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?

James McKenzie


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