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Old 07-03-2008   #1 (permalink)
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PS/2 Keyboard plug events
Hi all,

Does anyone know,

how to detect a PS/2 keyboard plug / unplug event in Linux (may be using UDEVt). I am developing a program, which would pop up a message saying that the "KEYBOARD IS CONNECTED / DISCONNECTED" when the KBD is plugged in/out in PS/2 port.

The problem is there are no events generated by UDEV for PS/2 keyboards.

Requesting for ideas,

thanks
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I might be mistaken, but I don't believe the old PS/2 keyboard and mouse connectors are hot-swappable, so they won't generate events when something is plugged/unplugged. That's something specific to USB.
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