On Mon, 2004-06-28 at 23:22, Kent E. wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 11:22:36 +0100, Douglas Furlong > <douglas.furlong@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2004-06-28 at 17:38 +0800, Kent E. wrote: > > > On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:25:15 +0800, Edward <edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kent E. wrote: > > > > > > > > > i have a smartcard reader on usb .. how would i know if it is > > > > > supported? or how to access a usb device?? is it still plugh and play > > > > > in linux? > > > > > > > > Check your logs when you plug it in - it will give you an indication of > > > > whether the reader is recognized or not. > > > > > > tail -f /var/logs/messages > > > > > > does this will do? > > Yes, that is what you want, however you need to plug the device in after > > you run the above command and look at the output, it should give you > > some information on the device that was just plugged in if it is > > recognised. > > > > You can also use dmesg to get some information usually. > > yes it is detected at the last portion of it ... running dmesg > > usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using address 2 > > That is the usb device, but not the card. Is the card in the device when it got plugged in? It also needs to be seen so it can be configured as a device you can access.
