Bill Glidden wrote:
>
> I’m working on a POS
>
Point Of Service, or Piece Of S#*&? Well, my retail experience has
taught me that the two are synonymous, but that not withstanding, the
POS acronym has always raised the question in my mind...
>
> application, and I am trying to use a credit card reader that emulates
> a USB keyboard.
>
> I know that the particular device works, because I can hook it up to a
> windows machine and it’s fine.
>
> USB keyboard support is enabled in the system BIOS.
>
> When I boot Debian, I see that the device is recognized as a USB
> keyboard from the following message:
>
> “input: USB HID v1.0 Keyboard [POSIFLEX INC. …..] on usb2:6.0”.
>
> I login to Debian, and issue the command “cat >/dev/null”. However,
> when I swipe a credit card I get nothing.
>
> I expected to see the credit card data echoed on the terminal as if it
> were typed.
>
> Do I need to do something with the kernel to enable the use of a USB
> keyboard?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Glidden
>
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