1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have a USB keyboard/mouse combo hooked up to an x86 box and when it loads the mouse works fine, but the ctrl, shift, alt, and i think the function keys don't do anything. Is there a setting I need to change, or a way to manually configure them. There are no drivers, it is supposed to emulate a... (0 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

I would like to get a script to respond to arrow key presses to scroll up and down a menu. The platform is CDLinux which uses a prehistoric version of bash, version 1.14.7. I would like to do something like "read -sn 1 keyin" but the "read" command is so primative that it only has the -r... (1 Reply)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi there, I have a Debian machine without any peripherals (no screen, no keyboard, etc.). I'd like to be able to detect and log when someone plugs a USB keyboard. Something like : 2009-07-04 12:21 warning: keyboard pluged! Is that possible? I see two ways : 1. Either actively react to the... (4 Replies)

4. SCO

Sir I have HP installed with SCO 6.0. The problems are (1) some keys in board like 'del' 'backspace', 'pageup/dn" do not function and display some special characters on conole. (2) Files transferred from Windows machine invariably contain control Z/M characters. How to resolve these issues. ... (4 Replies)

5. Solaris

Hello, I hope I put this in the right forum... I searched for similar threads, but I couldn't find any that seem to deal with the problem I am having. My workplace is using (among other Solaris-machines) Dell Dimension T3500 as workstations (running Solaris 10 X86 10/09 u8,... (0 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I need to provide more than one character to "> /dev/tty" through terminal/keyboard input, I have this: ok=false while do echo " Enter r1 to reformat " > /dev/tty read choice case $choice in ) echo " bla bla bla " ;; done However, in this way,... (3 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hey guys, first post! I want to write a script that will wait 1 second and then input the keys CTRL+ALT+J to the application i just opened. The program is dosbox, and thay key combination starts video recording :) I have no idea how to program this, can anyone help please? thanks in advance! (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am using while read do/ done to retrieve menu item. Works as advertised, no problem. I am using this hack function "pause" to stop script execution and wait for keyboard "enter" key to continue. Sort of break point function. Also works fine with one exception - it does not work when used... (4 Replies)

9. HP-UX

Greetings. Seeking guidance on adding a USB barcode reader (BCR) to an HP c3750 workstation with HP-UX 11.11 which is essentially configuring X windows to accept input from both a primary keyboard and a secondary keyboard that happens to be the BCR. Historically, I have successfully added a BCR... (2 Replies)