Locating the Device driver for keyboard in LINUX

Submitted by sachin.puttur
on February 9, 2007 - 3:18am

I am trying to work with a keyboard. I need to find out which driver is being used by the kernel. /dev/kbd, /dev/input/keyboard dont work. Is a keyboard represented in some other way also? could it be possible that keyboard is using BIOS driver in linux. How can I check that?

Observations: /dev/mouse is

Anonymous (not verified)
on
February 13, 2007 - 1:42am

Observations:

/dev/mouse is perfectly responding to the PS2 mouse.What it could be for keyboard?
There is a keyboard node in the path...
/dev/input/ keyboard .But when I try to read the keyboard input stream .There is messge like keyboard is not found.But My keyboard is working fine, at the same time node /dev/input/keyboard is not responding.Why ?
Another intresting thing is that /dev/input/mice is responding perfectly to the keyboard./dev/input/mice is taking all the input from keyboard .Why????What is the reason..............................
Please give me a solution ,How can I make the /dev/input keyboard to respond to my keyboard PS/2.
Should I make any hardware configuration?Is the problem is with BIOS?

Please send your solutions to this problem.......

I have installed Red Hat Enterprice Linux (RHEL) 2.4.21-27.ELsmp .And keyboard connector is PS/2 type(not USB type keyboard) .Brand name of keyboard :LOGITECH.......
I am not able to locate device node for the keyboard......................
/dev/kbd
and
/dev/input/keyboard
is not responding.Is there any event node represents the keyboard.
For mouse Ps/2 everything is working fine. It is configured in hw_config file .What about for the keyboard? Is this has anything to do with BIOS?

with regards
sachin

help me

ghsajkdh (not verified)
on
July 4, 2007 - 11:52pm

Please help me to get the solution.............

Thank you
Sachin P B

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