Barcode scanner layout not recognized at startup

[schiggi]

Hi there,

We are using Porteus Cloud 5.5 for some kiosks with a barcode scanner. We are experiencing some strange behavior and are not sure if it is a problem with the barcode scanner setup or with Porteus itself.

We have configured Porteus to use only one non-English keyboard layout. Our barcode scanners rely on this to read the numbers correctly. Basically, in the setup we use, the 0 key is the first on the keyboard, followed by 1,2,3... (English/UK would be 1,2,3...0 at the end).

Now, during boot, it seems to read incorrectly and only after unplugging and reconnecting the barcode scanner does it work as intended.

Any advice on what to check for? Anything during the boot of Porteus that could cause this behavior?

Thanks.

[fanthom]

Hello schiggi,

I'm not sure how to fix this.

As a workaround you may force reconnecting all USB devices with this kiosk parameter:

Code: Select all

for i in /sys/bus/pci/drivers/[uoex]hci_hcd/*:*; do echo "${i##*/}" > "${i%/*}/unbind"; echo "${i##*/}" > "${i%/*}/bind"; done; for i in /sys/bus/pci/drivers/[uoex]hci-pci/*:*; do echo "${i##*/}" > "${i%/*}/unbind"; echo "${i##*/}" > "${i%/*}/bind"; done; sleep 3

Mind it may cause an unexpected behaviour (touchscreen may stop working, etc) so please test before using in a production.

Thanks

[schiggi]

Hi fanthom, thanks for your quick reply. I will give it a try and let you know. Am I right in assuming that I need to use the run_command parameter and I don't need to reinstall the systems (since we are using the remote config setup)?