Smart Card readers

[Douglas Furlong]

On Mon, 2004-06-28 at 17:38 +0800, Kent E. wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:25:15 +0800, Edward <edward at tripled.iinet.net.au> 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.