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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 -- 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