Re^2: Reading directly from a keyboard device, not simply <STDIN>

Yes, Term::ReadKey is what i am trying to use, see my example Code above. I seem to be doing it wrong though, as everytime i type something on my (attached to embedded box)keyboard , it just reads garbled characters instead of printing the string i actually typed.

what i really want is to read (or sth close to read) from the keyboard device in the same way i would read from a device attached to a normal serial port.

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Re^3: Reading directly from a keyboard device, not simply <STDIN> by f00li5h (Chaplain) on Dec 16, 2008 at 23:58 UTC
The link was supposed to be a nudge toword the docs... Term::ReadKey doesn't mention that it needs a file handle to do it's reading, have you tried without opening the `$fh` yourself, and just letting it default to using the current TTY? As for your nobody-logged-in issue, would it not be possible to spawn your perl scrpt from `/etc/inittab`? Then you will have everything you need set up (without having to log a user in via `getty`) Also, have you managed to get the module to behave the way you want on a box with a display? (it'll make debugging easier atleast) `@_=qw; ask f00li5h to appear and remain for a moment of pretend better than a lifetime;;s;;@_[map hex,split'',B204316D8C2A4516DE];;y/05/os/&print;`	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: Reading directly from a keyboard device, not simply <STDIN>
by f00li5h (Chaplain) on Dec 16, 2008 at 23:58 UTC

The link was supposed to be a nudge toword the docs...

Term::ReadKey doesn't mention that it needs a file handle to do it's reading, have you tried without opening the $fh yourself, and just letting it default to using the current TTY?

As for your nobody-logged-in issue, would it not be possible to spawn your perl scrpt from /etc/inittab? Then you will have everything you need set up (without having to log a user in via getty)

Also, have you managed to get the module to behave the way you want on a box with a display? (it'll make debugging easier atleast)

@_=qw; ask f00li5h to appear and remain for a moment of pretend better than a lifetime;;s;;@_[map hex,split'',B204316D8C2A4516DE];;y/05/os/&print;

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