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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 ...
  1. 07-03-2008 #1
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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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